Hat tip to my sister-in-law Jennifer for directing me to a fun site. If you want to join in on the fun and take a stab at guessing Baby W's name, weight, birthdate and sex, just follow these instructions. Happy guessing.Not sure yet what we'll award the winner. I'm thinking a night of babysitting :-)To participate, click here.If that doesn't work, go to http://www.expectnet.com and enter "Baby-W" as the game name in the space indicated on the home page.

It's tough thinking back over eight years ago what life was like as a new mom. When I reflect on that time in my life, I realize just how far Scott and I have come - totally in a good way, of course.The first 48 hours in the hospital is a bit of a blur. We were totally smug that our "perfect" first baby was sleeping 5 hour stretches at the hospital and I scoffed at those parents who were ...

Just as soon as I recovered from the trauma of sending one to kindergarten, along comes Anna-Laura. With just 16 months between her and John Paul, it sometimes seems like we have twins. As soon as he reaches a milestone, she's right behind him.Thursday was no different.Fortunately, she went with a buddy. Clare began the two-year-old class, and according to chaueffer Scott, they bounded in like pros, hung up their backpacks, yelled bye and never looked back.My babies are growing ...

It's seems appropriate that today I give tribute to the "little" things I'm thankful about in this pregnancy. Little kinda seems to be the way we roll this time around. The weeks are ticking away (yesterday marked 34 weeks - only 6 to go!) and I know I will soon close this chapter of my life. Still not sure if I'm ready to do that, but that's another blog post :-)There was a special saint who was often known for ...

It wasn't until just a few years ago that my eyes would light up when one would say, "Dominican Sister." That was until we met a pretty amazing one, Sr. Anna-Laura. Name ring a bell? She's part of the Nashville Dominicans, located in Tennessee. We met her and many other young (average age is 28!), vibrant, holy-filled women, while living in Indiana.After I met them, I joked with Scott that it was a good thing I met him before meeting ...

The very first room we touched was the Master Jedi space. The boys, with a wee bit of help from Mom and the Internet, found some sweet bedding at one of my favorite stores, PB Kids (also known as the store that eats money). But, I told them the catch was that we had to find something to sell to pay for it all.I'm all about the teachable moment.We really thought their old bed was going to work great. It ...