This Oz Life

So many developments this time around! Sleep: First up, we haven't slept through a night in I don't remember how long. He wasn't up and crying, it was just a few times a night of "Hello...I lost my binky...can you please put it back in?" and then he would go back to sleep. But all those interruptions at night left me WIPED OUT.  Anyway, by accident, I started having him take a third nap around 5:00 or flat out go to bed by 6:30. One thing I have learned...kid sle… Read more

Last weekend, we took a moms-only trip (because the dads were clearly more enthused with the Browns game than a pumpkin patch) to our favorite hideaway, Hidden Creek Farm.  This year, we traded the men for one cute baby. Larkyn loved a few new things this year: the pony ride and the wagon ride. I was afraid she would freak out on the hay ride and we would be stuck in the middle of a field with a wailing toddler. But, she loved the trek out to the patch. Also, the pony ride? She was sc… Read more

My dad turned 89 in August. And was still employed. After enlisting in the Navy right out of high school (and subsequently going off to WW2), he has worked hard his whole life. He grew up running a farm, protected our country in Japan, traveled coast to coast delivering mail by train, was a successful hotel manager, was a founding partner in Damon's restaurants, was a general contractor for a restaurant or hotel you've probably been in, and finally settled down to be our churc… Read more

You know those friends you have, who always have a Kleenex in their purse, or a mint when you've regretfully eaten something with onions? That's not me. And this morning's zoo trip reminded me of this. At least not since having kids. When I was preparing my diaper bag before Larkyn was born, I made sure that there were travel sized shout wipes, bandaids, single use desitins, a changing pad, a pacifier pod, you know...just the basics. But as soon as she was born, I quickly… Read more

It is a big weekend for my family. More to come on that later, but my immediate family on my dad's side is in town from Charlotte and Dallas for a few days. Of course we raved about the PERFECT weather we had all through September, listing all the fun things we could do outside when they came into town. Aaaaaand it was sleeting today. Where do you take a group of adults mixed with a wild child and a baby?  My mom found the perfect spot... Franklin Park Conservatory is downtow… Read more

I can't believe we are at the halfway-to-a-year mark! I am getting so behind on this project. I have no idea how I did a weekly post and picture for Larkyn. At 6 months Rhys is... Loving to eat! He scarfs down oatmeal cereal and Gerber Organic pouches, and I have yet to find one that he doesn't like. At the apple orchard, he chewed on an apple for a while. Sleeping inconsistently. He naps well at home but then won't sleep a blink at the sitter's. He will sleep 13 hours… Read more