— 1 — Jacob has the quintessential toddler voice. Consonants are consistently mispronounced; syllables are added and removed on a whim; subject-verb agreement is spotty. I love every minute of it, and almost don’t want him to figure it all out. It will be for the best when he does, of course, but for now […]

Blogging has gotten spotty around here because I find I can only barely form a coherent thought substantial enough to write a single sentence. Between moving, caring for kiddos, work, my other blog, revising my novel, and passing a bug around our family (is “ironic” the right word for getting a 103-degree fever during a […]

I did it, friends. I completed my first official 5K this weekend—and in record time. I guess it being my first would make whatever I did a record, but this is big.   I normally run 3.33 miles in 40 minutes. Saturday, I ran (given, without hills and without 90 pounds of stroller, car seat, […]