Black Friday

I have never been one of the shoppers to venture out at 4 or 5 am the day after Thanksgiving. However, after finding out about this website and seeing all of the great deals, I may do it this year….maybe.  This may be helpful for those of you looking for specific items.  A friend told [...]

Visitors

We had a fun-filled weekend full of grandparents and even a surprise visit from Uncle Dorian!  My brother flew into O’Hare on Friday from Arkansas.  He surprised my parents with an unexpected Thanksgiving visit.  My parents were coming to visit us already so we decided a few weeks back we would be masters of disguise [...]

Animal Lover

Hazel loves animals.  Whenever she sees one, of any kind, either in a book or real, life she gets very excited and exclaims “Oooh, oooh!”  The past few days we have been in Port Byron visiting my best friend Yasmeen.  She is moving to Boston the day after Thanksgiving so we wanted to get a little quality [...]

Harmful Product Guide

Not trying to scare anyone, but this website is very informative.  You can type in the brands and names of specific personal products you use and find out how harmful they are on a 1-10 scale.  It gives ingredients and what they have been linked to; such as cancer, infertility, etc.  They also let you [...]

Big Night!

What a big day!  Fun filled with firsts.  This evening Hazel was invited to her first birthday party!  It was a special group party for the one-year-old kids (or soon to be) in our stroller class.  There were 5 little ones within a few weeks of one another in age.   They all played very nicely together.  Hazel really enjoyed [...]

11 Months Old Today!

Oh my.  I really can’t believe my baby is 11 months old today, one month short of a year, but lets not rush things.  
A few things…..
Yesterday, Hazel got the first shot in the series of two flu shots.  She smiled the whole time.  Dr.Calvert said she looked perfect and that she seemed to be [...]

Christmas Cards!!

I can’t believe I am even posting this already, but I guess it is time to start on these holiday projects.  Phillip and I decided we are actually going to send out Christmas cards this year, for the first time in our married lives.  Instead of stalking everyone for your addresses I am going to ask [...]

Michigan Get Away

This past weekend our little family, dogs included, loaded up and headed to Traverse City, Michigan, to visit our good friends Katie and Tim Kirkpatrick.  We had such a fun time with them.  Tim even commented that he wanted a Hazel, not a baby mind you, but “a Hazel.”  I think Hazel and Tim got along so [...]

Kisses for Obama

The Chicago Red Eye featured President-elect, Obama, on the cover of the November 5th issue.  Hazel couldn’t wait to get her hands on it and give Obama a congratulatory kiss.  
                    
 
Obama 08!
 Republican, democrat, independent or green; I hope we can all still be excited and united in hope for a brighter [...]

Updates

I have usually been writing the Hazel updates on a monthly basis, but she has been doing so many new things lately I can’t wait another week and a half to write about them.

When she hears the bath-water running she crawls as fast as she can to the bathroom and pulls up on the tub.  The other [...]