This beautiful exchange

I know you’ve heard the adage that a family who plays together, stays together. Well, we’re hoping that it’s true for a family that blows their noses together, complains together and chain sucks on cough drops together. Since last week, Lucy and I have been sick. Tony joined in on the fun over the weekend. [...]

Lucy had spaghetti for the first time this week. Of course, more of it ended up on the floor than in her mouth. I think it took about fifteen minutes of inspection before she was willing to try to eat it. Tony and I had a lot of fun watching her smear it on the [...]

We spent last weekend with the Hill/Jenkins family. Here are a few pictures of Lucy playing with Grandma Hill, riding the Merry-go-Round horse and playing with Uncle Derek and Aunt Ashley.

It is true! We closed on our house in Charlotte last week. We are so thankful to have to not have to worry about it anymore. However, there is a bit of sadness mixed in. Selling our house in North Carolina officially means that we don’t live there anymore. We have some really good memories [...]

You get to wear colorful tutus and large purple beads and people STILL think you’re adorable! You can eat all of the cheerios that you desire and your servants applaud every time you take a drink from the sippy cup. I think everyone should be a princess!

Conversation on a Saturday morning. Mom, Dad and Baby are lounging on the bed.

dad: Ouch!
dad: Ouch!
dad: Ouch!
mom: Why do you keep sticking your finger in there?
dad: I don’t know why!
dad: Ouch!

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The weather has been so great for the past few days that Lucy and I have been taking walks around the block. I load the wagon with baby, toys and snacks. Here are a few pictures from our most recent walk.

That’s right. We have a contract on our house in Charlotte. It’s taken six months to sell our home and it hasn’t turned out at all like we hoped, but we feel very lucky that our house is even selling.
We are actually scheduled to close next Tuesday. As in, a week from today. I can’t [...]

Yesterday, after coming home from church, Lucy went down for her afternoon nap. This is what we found when we heard her wake up and went in to get her.