First Communion!

Is that the face of a proud little boy, or what? Saturday evening, we journeyed up to the parish for Will’s First Communion. Now, as a convert, I had my first communion, along with confirmation, about an hour before my wedding. My fancy white dress with a veil, proud parents and nervous energy were for…

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Time to party!

I think all of you know my motto when it comes to birthdays… Go big, or go home. Well, after doing 16 birthdays, collectively, between the kids, we/I decided it might be fun to adopt a new motto… Go small, no stress. Definitely liking the new motto. Will gathered together 5 of his buddies from…

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He’s 5! He’s 5!! He’s 5 :-(

Yes, our little man is growing up. Explain to me, people, how that happened so dad gum fast. Us in the NICU, freaking out (ok, so we don’t look freaked out here, that was the exhaustion mixed with happiness, with a dash of delirium) because his heart kept skipping a beat in utero. Lo and…

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Happy FIRST Birthday Clare!!

Before the day slips away – we have to offer up special prayers for Clare as she turns ONE today! Man, today was fun. I’ll have a full post up tomorrow (until then, enjoy the photo teaser!) ALL the aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents were here to celebrate. Hooray!!

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Happy Birthday to…ME!!!!!

Yes, today’s the big day. And, in my head it was on par to be a super fantabulous day. I was all prepared to share my top ten favorite birthday memories and then 10:15 came along and the day hasn’t been the same since. So, here is today’s… TOP TEN UNPLANNED THINGS I DID ON…

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