Because our last name is Griswald

This morning Brian and I ran the “Jingle Bell Run” at the Milwaukee Zoo.  In honor of the occasion Blake wore a Christmas shirt – he wasn’t out of place considering there were jingle bells to tie on your shoes, and Santa, an Elf and a bunch of presents were running the race, too.  So [...]

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Because it’s Halloween-time

(that’s what Blake says when we ask him what holiday it is or what all of the decorations are for in our neighborhood – Halloween-time)
I have a CRAPLOAD of candy left over and I am trying to figure out how to save it so I have an emergency choclate stash (shut up) and also get [...]

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Because time flies!

I cannot believe that Hannah is 6 months old!  It’s obvious that both Brian and I keep thinking of her as a teeny baby because we haven’t been expecting her to do things like sit up or crawl – things that she is soooo close to doing right now!  This past weekend we put her [...]

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5 months

Hannah is now 5 months old – and I cannot be lieve how quickly the time has passed!

She doesn’t hate tummy time quite as much and she”ll schooch towards something (though most likely away from something) in front of her on the floor
She eats cereal (both rice and oatmeal with a preference for oatmeal) two [...]

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We actually DID stuff!

Saturday we went to the Johnny Appleseed festival and Sunday we went to Art in the Barn!  It’s just amazing that we got out of the house for two days in a row – and for that I’d like to thank Tom, Danelle and Jack.  Though I will admit in true boring Erin fashion I [...]

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