Holidays

Dear Baby Eva, It’s pretty unbelievable that you’re 8 years old. I’m sure I’ve said that every year, but this number really amazes me. I feel like I only have a few years left of you being a “kid” and, well, we know how fast those years seem to go. The thought of this brings…

2020 started off misty with rain clouds. I might have mistaken it for a bad omen if I didn’t know that’s rainbow weather. I remember hearing of the year 2020 when I was a kid thinking, “That’s so far away…” and now here I am. But haven’t I been here all along? And won’t I…

Christmas is an interesting time. It’s the beginning of winter, but also of longer days with more light. It’s the transition into a new year. Lack of sunlight and the commercial aspect of it aside, I think people get anxiety during this season is because it reminds us of how fast time is moving. Wasn’t…

Christmas Eve was spent at our home in Laguna Vista this year. We had been planning on being in Mexico for the holidays, but Elijah’s birth certificate barely arrived today and we can’t cross the border without his passport. We were a little bummed to be missing out on warm waves and family fun, but…

Over the weekend we drove up to San Antonio for one of my family’s favorite traditions. The weekend after Thanksgiving, we all go ride the train through Brackenridge Park in San Antonio. My grandpa would take my father when he was a kid, my dad took me, and now I’m taking my own! Pretty trippy!…

Happy Halloween from my crew to yours! I wish I could still pick out their costumes and have us all matching but they’re still pretty cute, ya? Love these days…

Yesterday Laguna Vista hosted a pumpkin patch and pumpkin painting party at the library. The kids had a lot of fun picking their pumpkins and decorating them. Before hearing about our neighborhood pumpkin patch we actually had a little pumpkin painting party in our own backyard…

Today we made cascarones filled with birdseed instead of confetti. Eva had been begging me daily as we saved our eggshells for the past few weeks. She was so excited. On Easter Sunday we’ll hide them around the yard and break them on eachother’s heads.

This morning we discovered Eva’s first loose tooth! She’s been asking me when her teeth would fall out for what seems like forever. Welp… her bottom front right tooth is nice and wiggly. It won’t be long now! She’s leaving her babyhood behind and entering big girl status. She’ll always be MY baby, of course.