great-grandparents and grandparents are in unique positions, especially when grandchildren get introduced into the family. they have the opportunity to shape the memories and experiences of the kids with their extensive knowledge and life experiences, as well as their love.
i’m glad that ellie has people around her, like my grandmother, who seem determined to leave [...]
saturday, january 16th, was ellie’s first birthday party ever, and it went off without a hitch :)
we started the morning off with errands to pick up the cake (winnie the pooh themed), the balloons (two dozen of them with helium and about 30 with air from my LUNGS), and the fruit bouquet (which was beautiful, [...]
ellie and i attended our first gymboree class last tuesday, her first birthday, and we had SO MUCH FUN! mr. rob was so nice and paid special attention to ellie to make her feel comfortable, and she really seemed to enjoy herself.
she would scoot over to me for comfort every now and then, [...]
dear ellie,
today you turn one year old. that means one year of your life is already behind you, and that is even more amazing to me than when you turned three months, six months, even nine months old. so often lately i’ve found myself wondering where the time goes, marveling at how fast a year [...]
ugh, what a horrible bug it was that hit our home. but! almost all of us are good as new, and ellie is right behind us. we think it hit her especially hard (lasting an entire week, give or take) because she’s never really been sick before and her little body has to work extra [...]
this weekend was full of activities. friday night we went to the tonga room at the fairmont hotel in san francisco for ryan’s company’s annual holiday party.
photo by janet martin hohmann
the party started at 6, but we didn’t leave the house until around 5:30, so we knew we’d be a little late. unfortunately the [...]
brandi and i have a lot in common. we’re both virgos, born just nine days apart. we both went to holy names high school and formed a wonderful friendship there. we both got engaged and married around the same time, and we got pregnant within two months of each other.
pre-babies ~ april 2008
we used [...]
