This is the first full week of school for Zak and we are all talking our time adjusting. Zoe woke up yesterday and today saying, “Daaaa? Daaaa?” Then today before her nap she excitedly pointed downstairs and said, “Dada! Dada!” I assured her that Zak would be home after her nap and a smile spread […]

We had a fabulous mini road trip to Wisconsin this weekend.  The car ride went extremely smoothly.  It turns out that not much makes Zoe happier that being strapped into a chair forced to watch Elmo eight inches from her face.  It did take about two hours longer than normal to get up to Eau […]

We just bought Zoe a portable DVD player for the car.  We leave tomorrow morning for a long car ride to Eau Claire to visit Zak’s grandparents and meet the new Johnson baby.  We were very nervous about Zoe and the car ride and just caved in and bought some entertainment.  We also picked up […]

We all went to another appointment to check on Baby 2.  Once again, all is great.  It’s heart beat is rapidly beating at 152 beats per minute and everything else is normal.  We find out if this baby is a boy or girl on the 27th.

…I’d actually feed my kid Kid Cuisine. But it was so convenient and she ate every last bite.

Zoe is at the age of loving to copy everything we do.  I find it quite useful, as two people carrying bags of groceries is better that one and two people sweeping gets a lot more picked up than one. My favorite though, is when get ready for the day together.  She puts her pretend […]

I went back and looked at a few of the recent posts and think I may have been too hard on Zoe.  Yeah, she’s a toddler, constantly exploring and wondering which often leads to more challenging times, but she is still as enchanting and brilliant as ever.  She is such a happy kid who loves […]