Forever is Tomorrow is Today

While life has taken a busy turn, with weddings and new schools and other various boring events that would entertain no one but me (and sometimes not even me!) I couldn't let the day pass without at least throwing out a Happy Mother's Day to all the moms I know.In light of the recent Time article asking if you are mom enough, making mothers all over the internet shout about how they ARE mom enough and who needs a magazine to make them feel otherwise all I have to say is this - I don't care...

We decided to make the final shindig for Lila a rainbow theme, because she has brought so much color to our worlds and joy to our hearts.Hahahaha, I am not really that cheesy. Well, not most of the time!No, seriously, I was stressing like 3 months ago trying to come up with a theme and let's face it, original I am not. So after hours spent perusing Pinterest and other party blogs I decided to do a full on rainbow theme, with some moon stuff thrown in there to honor her nickname of Mooniegirl....

After we wrapped up the first celebration on Lila's actual birthday we had Easter (which is a post in itself) and then moved onto party number 2, which was a Birthday Playdate. I decided to split up her party into two, with one being family and friends from our street, and then the rest of our friends. It was a difficult decision, but with Finn's party being a complete zoo it seemed to make sense, and I wanted to celebrate with everyone because, well, I am a party whore.So Lila's birthday...

I love to plan a party. I start thinking about it well in advance and start getting stuff together for it. I joined Pinterest, like the rest of the World, and refuse to pin anything that I want to use in a party because I don't want to give it away, but naturally I search that very site for ideas, so I am certainly not claiming to be completely original!So, when we decide to have not 1, not 2, but 3 celebrations for Lila's birthday I knew it was time to plan! The first was on the day of her...

Lila loves balloons. Loves them. Loveslovesloves them. And planes. But really balloons. We spend a lot of time looking at the balloons in our house, and you ask her where the balloons are and she says 'Bah! Up!' When we are outside and she hears a plane she likes to look up and point.So, much like we did with Finn right after he turned one, we took her to the local airport to their playground for the first time. And, much like Finn, she loved it just as much.Finn, the week after he turned...

We have had a busy week around here, celebrating first birthdays and Easter and another birthday celebration and we still have one more party to go. Yes, Lila is having two birthday parties. I don't even know what to say about that except sometimes something good in theory is not awesome in practice and live and learn, but the first birthday party, which was a playdate, was fun and she seemed to enjoy it. Since her birthday celebrations will span over 3 days I will post them over three days,...

This is it. The last day we have a baby, probably forever. Next baby days I get to look forward to (after my lovely friends of course) will be grandbabies and, well, that will not be for a very long time. And after watching 1 too many episodes of 16 and Pregnant I will make sure it is not for a VERY long time.So I am cherishing this day. With my baby girl. My sweet, loving, adorable baby girl, who has learned to shriek out of unhappiness and kick her legs when she wants something. She is...

I slacked off a little on these weekly posts a few weeks ago, but that didn't mean the photos weren't being taken. It is a little bit denial on my part that this first year is coming to a close, a little bit because life is busy, and, well, a little bit because she refuses to sit still for a picture.So here we go. Our last week of having a baby. She is quickly running from baby Lila to toddler Lila and I so want her to slow down, in more ways than one.Balloons, balloons, oh how I love...

When we moved back to Atlanta 3.5 years ago I didn't know any other moms with kids my age, and I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to make many friends. An American friend of mine in London told me a good friend of hers had just moved to Atlanta from SF and that I should be in touch with her as her son was just 3 weeks younger than mine.We immediately hit it off and spent a lot of time together, with Finn and Wyatt going from not knowing the other was around to crawling and then walking...

We have had Finn playing soccer for a year now, with breaks, so like 3 sessions last Spring, 2 in the Fall, and now another one. And if I have learned anything from all of them it is that we are playing $70 for him to run in circles, playing with mud and picking up rocks. There is still very little interest in the actual act of playing soccer, although a lot of interest in talking about how he wants to play soccer.So, when I signed him up for t-ball I wasn't sure how it would go. We have a...