It's 7:10 as I start this post. Our little Margot Ryan was born a month ago at 7:13 p.m. It's been emotionally harder having a second, at least for me. I find that I'm having a hard time connecting to her. With Henry, I just held him all the time. You can do that when…

I've been a little down and out and gads- Chris went back to work on Monday after being home for 3 weeks so it's been a bit of a whirlwind. On Sunday I came down with a nasty something and was in bed most of the day. "Chris, call Jason (our resident friend and 24-hour…

I can't believe it's June already. It's starting to feel very, very Summer-y and I love it. We are going strawberry picking on Friday and we can't wait. I love Summer. BBQ's, lazy days at the beach, early evening walks, ice cream, fresh fruit. This here is one of my all-time favorite recipes to make…

Hi-ya! This is where we've been. Well, we just went there on Thursday. Chris' Mom is in town to help out with the new babe and we decided to high-tail it up to Solvang. Have you ever been? You really must. It's great and only about a 2 hour drive north of LA.They are famous…

Ridiculously cute hats, coy little poses. She may be smiling here, but I know she was thinking something like this: Henry calls this her "Pirate Face." Argh Matey! She was a big 5 days old here. Wow. I'm in love.

He said he wanted "strawberry cake." But he doesn't like strawberries. And then I remembered he had strawberry shortcake last week, sans strawberries. Just cake n' cream. I think it was mostly the whipped cream that he was after. So I made an angel food cake, added heaps of cream and threw on some mandarin…

Hooray!! I thought the day would never come. We headed to the hospital on Wed around noon and were sent to triage to see if they were going to admit us or have us come back. 2 1/2 hours later (why do those things always take so long?) they decided that since I was dialated…

Having contractions. Going to the hospital. Right. Now. Wish us luck!

I love the Huntington, I really do. We have annual passes but Chris has never been. It was his first day off in the last 7 so we packed up the car and headed out. It was overcast and just the most perfect day to be out strolling the grounds. I know I’ve bloggd about…

Did you know: When a pregnant Plains Indian woman was near term and showed no sign of going into labor, tribe members would tie her to a rock in an open field and stage a mock "attack," pulling up their horses only at the very last minute, in hopes of inducing labor. The Pilgrims, for…