We have a cow. Yes, a cow. A couple years ago, Sam surprised me again with his creative gift ideas. For my birthday, he gave me a card with a cow on the front of it, and inside explained that we would be sponsoring a cow (Heidi) at Poplar Springs. […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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I got to put Laina to bed the other night since Sam had class, and we went through our normal routine of bath, reading, singing in the chair….and then, bedtime! Typically when I put her to bed, the last thing that happens is Laina stands up in her crib and […]
We usually have pictures or videos to go with these posts but we’ve been unable to capture this moment very well so far. So here it goes…. Laina has always liked my glasses. Well, I shouldn’t be so proud, she likes ALL glasses! But since she sees me the most […]
Laina loves her Auntie Vicky, and she occasionally gets to spend the entire day with her. My friend Victoria–who is really part of our family–takes a day off here and there to hang out with Laina and I. I find it to be really special that Victoria takes the time […]
…Just a really sweet picture of two little friends.
A couple weekends ago, we took Laina to the zoo for the morning. She had a blast watching the animals, riding on Daddy’s shoulders, and walking around the exhibits. She especially enjoyed the turtles, prairie dogs and panda bears. We saw 3 panda bears..all of which were sleeping. Laina exclaimed, […]
Laina’s been singing bits and pieces of the alphabet for a while, but learned the song in it’s entirety over the last couple weeks. We finally captured it on video!! We are lucky enough to hear her sing this song many times each day. I love it hearing her sing […]
Laina and I have a chance to check out all of the critters at the nature center during the week, but we’ve never been on the weekend so Daddy could come along! Last weekend we met a few friends there, and the kids had a great time exploring, inside and […]
around Fairlington again. We always find something new to look at. Flowers we missed, unique rocks unturned, acorns left uncollected, etc. I love the afternoons when we just head outside and Laina leads the way.