Author Archives: Candy

The BIG Birthday Gift

By | March 29, 2011

This is Zoey’s big birthday gift from Grandma, Grandpa, Mommy & Daddy! It’s a swingset that has this little “play house” area with a slide. It’s small enough that Zoey can play on it now but big enough that it should last until at least 6 years old. Gene and I slaved 4 (FOUR!) hours [...]

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Pig Tails

By | March 21, 2011

Last week I took Zoey out in the back yard to play on one of the warmest days yet, it was 80°. I put her in an adorable 1980s-esque outfit that Grandma gave her for Valentine’s Day. Adorable neon-colored leggings and a ruffly purple shirt. I LOVED the purple shirt. It made me think of [...]

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Kiera Claire, 2 Months

By | March 20, 2011

Can you believe this? Because I can’t. At all. Wasn’t she JUST a month old? Like, YESTERDAY? Everyone warned me that having baby number two would make time start speeding along at an infinite rate. I shrugged them off but hey what do you know? It’s actually true and they were being serious. Kiera is [...]

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Kiera Claire, 8 weeks

By | March 16, 2011

Well, we survive the first 8 weeks of babyhood. More importantly, Kiera survived us taking care of her, albeit bleary eyed and zombified, during her first 8 weeks of life! We’re learning more and more about her personality as the days pass and it’s a lot of fun. We are so lucky to be her [...]

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Bradford Pears

By | March 15, 2011

Every year right around the start of spring, usually when the weather has sustained warm-ish temperatures (50-70) for a week, the Bradford Pears start blooming. It is around this time that you can almost hear the entire city sniffling and sneezing if you listen close enough. What are these trees that I speak of? Here [...]

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Our weekend in pictures

By | March 13, 2011

We had a busy but great weekend. Friday was my sister’s 20th birthday so we took the girls to see Tangled. Kiera slept through the whole thing and Zoey made it through most of the movie but melted down with 15 minutes to go. Gene took her out. To be fair, it was dinner time [...]

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