Mother/Son Road Trip

On Monday, the Squash and I took our 1st ever Mother/Son road trip. We headed east for St. Louis after dropping the little ones off at school. We stopped at gas stations and I let him get Skittles at 10 AM. We stopped in Columbia (where I lived from ages 3-7) and I showed him my old house, my old elementary school, the former pond across the street from my house (which is now a big pile of dirt), and the University of Missouri (he was mostly interested in the fraternity houses!). We ate lunch at Cracker Barrel.

Finally, we got to St. Louis, about 7 hours after we started. After checking into our hotel, we walked around the Arch and scoped out the (near-flood-stage) Mississippi River. Then we walked over to Busch Stadium for the main event: Phillies/Cardinals.

We were there 2 hours early so that we could catch batting practice. We watched the pitchers (his favorite players) warm up. They played catch with each other. We watched their every move. I took a lot of pictures. And then, the greatest moment in seven-year-old history EVER...one of the Phillies pitchers tossed a ball to my little guy AND HE CAUGHT IT (in his glove). He could have left right then.

But we didn't. We stayed for all 9 innings. We ate hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts AND Dippin Dots (Ice cream of the future...since 1988!). Even though the Phils lost, it was still The Greatest Night Ever. We were back at the hotel around 10 PM.

The next morning, we woke up and drove home. The little guy has not set his precious baseball down since. He loves the fact that it was ACTUALLY USED for warmups and it even has some dirt on it to prove that fact.

Here's my big boy watching his team in action:

Where's That Sun?

Where are our sunny days? It is 55 and cloudy today!

But earlier this week, it was 92, and Mr. Sunshine himself was sporting a new hat.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! It's a beautiful spring day here in Kansas. My family brought me breakfast (and COFFEE) in bed this morning, followed by roses, cards and a new vacuum! Yahoo!! If 2/3 of them weren't napping right now, I would so be trying it out!

Hope this Mother's Day is a great one for all my mom friends out there.

And here's to my three that make the whole Mother's Day possible:


(age 13 months)



(age 4)


(age 7 1/2)

Our Kiddos: One Year Stats

Truck at one year: 31 lbs., 31.5 inches.


Maggie at one year: 25 lbs., 28 inches.


Squash at one year: 28 lbs., 32 inches.

Face First

Face first into the cake, that's how he rolled at his party!

It was a gorgeous, sunny, 80+ degree day. I have never been that lucky for a party! We broke out the new water table and let the kids splash. So much fun. Even though the birthday sister was a bit of a pill (jealous, perhaps?) and had to go inside for multiple time-outs throughout the party, including one because she sprayed the birthday boy ON PURPOSE in the face with a hose. Nice, sis.

Weather is back in the 60s today, unfortunately. I am feeling very ready for summer.

One Year Old!

Impossible to believe, but it's been a year since I sat here waiting, and waiting, and waiting for that call that yes, there was a bed available and they could induce me today! Seven hours later, our Truck arrived, and he has been a bundle of fun ever since.

At one, he is walking, yammering (no words yet, just a LOT of different sounds), laughing his head off (especially at his brother), throwing his doggone sippy cup on the floor (a lot), eating everything in sight (last week, he polished off 2 hot dog buns in one sitting, healthy!), drooling, attacking our baby gates, and generally being our lovable little (huge) Truck. His well-baby check is next week...can't wait to hear his "stats."

New Normal

This is our new Saturday normal: breakfast, swim lesson, swim lesson, soccer game, lunch, nap, soccer game, play outside, dinner, baths, collapse. April is going to be one heck of a month.

Also, the Truck is officially truckin'. Everywhere!