I taught Charley at the age of like 6-weeks to smile when I said “cheeeeeeeese” in a high-pitched voice. It worked so well I never stopped. I mean why would I? Cheese is fun to say and it’s nearly impossible not to smile when someone says “cheeeeeeeeese” at you with a smile on their face. [...]
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IIIIIIIIII’M BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!
Why hello world! Happy New Year! You know when you’re swimming in the middle of the warm and beautiful, crystal-clear blue ocean and it feels amazing, but you can’t reeeaaaally enjoy the warm and beautiful, crystal-clear blue ocean because of its proximity? Like you’re so enjoying the swim and although the waves are a little [...]
Charley & Lola, like magnets
Upon waking up from her nap I greeted Charley with her “bayee” Lola and laid her down on Charley’s beloved pillow pet. And, like the strongest magnet in all the world she immediately dropped down to link their cheeks together. Lola smiled, Charley laid still and I was able to capture an image I will [...]
The reason I’ve been silent:
Dearest readers and friends, I am so excited to finally be able to share why I have been missing these past few weeks … Tuesday, January 10th I was sitting in a movie (Twilight – during “the scene” no less!) when I noticed my girlfriend’s phone lighting up. I looked over to see Corey’s number [...]
Charley & Me.
A few weekends ago Corey and Charley went to Knoxville for the weekend (I stayed here and had the time of my life (watching TV until 1 a.m., painting the living room, sleeping in, etc.) and my mom was telling me after her night with Charley that her and my dad just can’t get over [...]
Great Expectations
We’ve been traveling so much. During my final trip to see friends in Memphis and Nashville I told my girlfriend that from here on out we really should not be doing any traveling apart (minus on weekends). The lawyer we are working with in CA told us that he could call anyday, without warning, and [...]
The deets on our trip to L.A. and our journey to baby #2:
Well, we’ve been to L.A. and as would be expected I am blogging way late about it (I still have intentions of blogging about Charley’s birthday and party from JULY!). If you’re new around here or need a refresher you can read the post I wrote about why we went to L.A. here. We survived [...]
a semi-pretty-big announcement:
The synapsis in my brain are yelling to each other … Putting the word “announcement” in the title is kind of making your heart race. Maybe using the word “announcement” is too much. Quick! Tell everyone you’re not pregnant. I’m not pregnant. Well, not exactly … Infertility is just a really funny thing. I have all [...]