You know you’re in trouble when…
So yesterday Tony took the boys to dig for fossils for the day and it was just me and my girl. We played countless games of Guess Who, her favorite game and one of my favorites too. I worked on, and finished, my Christmas card templates. And finally I had to face the music and [...]

it gets cold in the morning
The first time I borrowed my friend’s camera it rained the entire week and was miserably hot. The second time I had beautiful weather. Beautiful….but cold. Or cool. But definitely cold by Texas standards. I’m not complaining – I’ll talk cold over hot any day.  I should point out that there was only 3 weeks [...]

I love Autumn in Texas
It’s so beautiful here in Autumn and Winter. I just can’t get enough of it.  It really is very much like Spring everywhere else. Everything is coming alive, people are gardening, everyone is outdoors, the sky opens up in this huge expansive blue monstrosity. Plus it’s the holiday season so on top of things springing [...]

Uniquely Vietnamese
(Man I just lovesome good sun flare!!! These beauty berries recently made their appearance meaning it is really officially Autumn!!) I read this article today: Previous studies have shown that human fetuses can memorize sounds from the external world by the last three months of pregnancy and are particularly attuned to melodies in both music and language. [...]

Nursing your adopted baby – the hidden benefits
I know I’ve talked about our breastfeeding story before so I won’t go into it all again but as time has passed, I have often wondered how Addy will look back on our nursing relationship. She got essentially no nutritive value out of it and some people I’ve talked to over the years wondered why [...]