Poppy is one month old already. I'm pretty sure that was the fastest month of my life. It's all a blur. But I'm not crying ev...

(Only one of us is crying...)

Poppy Maude Hickman April 23, 2010 at 12:49 pm 8 lbs 1 oz  20 3/4 inches Adored by all...  

When we were little, my parents ran a home business.  Geary Associates was a mail-order quilt pattern company.  They made and mailed quilt p...

So while I'm off at the hospital I thought it might be a good time to finally post an Easter follow-up.  Do not be confused.  I am not w...

For some reason I was completely exhausted yesterday.  I slept OK the night before and luckily the girls were on their best behavior after T...

Oh, the thrills continue.  I hope you know I am just writing this stuff for myself; from past experience I know I will have no recollection ...

Monday is usually my grocery shopping day.  But since I did zero meal planning or shop-listing last night it didn't happen.  Whatever.  ...

Tonight, after dinner.  Hazel is showing me the mask she has been working on and embellishing all evening. "Mom, I think I'll bri...

Here's the thing.  If you knew the exact day and time you were having a baby, what would you do in the days leading up to it?  It's ...

Happy Cherry Blossoms!

I just went back to last Easter's post to remember what I wrote and also what I even put in the kids' baskets. Those Target baskets ...

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fascinating. Revelatory. Nearly unbelievable. Truly stranger than fiction....

Kari, Kari, Kari. Has your blogging really come to this? Yes, yes it has. I ran to Target the other night, in my "home" maternit...

Look at these two. I just love them so much I could die.

Until recently, the girls have been sleeping on mattresses on the floor. Hazel has a twin and Ginger was using the crib mattress. We never...