Author Archives: Kimberly

This morning I was making some pear baby food for Elias. He played happily in his “around the world” gym for most of it…but started to get a little unhappy as I was portioning it into the little containers so … Continue reading →

My Grandma passed away five years ago. It is difficult for me to remember her as her “normal” self. I was still pretty young when she started showing signs of Alzheimer’s. But I was thinking of her as I took … Continue reading →

Here are the words that (I think) Elias says consistently and uses correctly: Momma, Daddy, Hi, Burped I’m not sure how “burped” became one of his first words….we must burp a lot in our house. There are a few others … Continue reading →

Since we are having such nice hot weather, my mom and I decided to take Elias to the fountains again to cool off yesterday. He really enjoyed his time there, and was a little more brave at being near the … Continue reading →

We have had many busy weekends in a row, so Nathan and I wanted to take advantage of this three day weekend to get in some relaxing. We planned to have no plans on Labor Day. Our weekend turned out … Continue reading →

I want to be the kind of person that gets out into the community. I want Elias to be able to name Portland’s bridges because he’s actually seen them in person. I want to play outside at parks and take … Continue reading →

Elias is 11 months old today! It is hard to believe that in one month we’ll be marking his one year birthday. It has gone by so fast. Elias decided to celebrate his 11 months by trying to climb up … Continue reading →

Today was the feast day of St. Bartholomew. Since our church is named for him, we always have a picnic on this Sunday. Our family has also been out of town quite a bit in August, so we were glad … Continue reading →

Yesterday I received a book I had ordered in the mail entitled story maker. I ordered it because the author is one of my housemates from college, Molly VanBenthuysen. I wanted to support her. It is a book for children … Continue reading →

Everyone should experience a little bit of heaven on earth. Here are a few things that have made me feel very happy lately: – My son blowing raspberries on my shoulder. – Listening to my parents sing to Elias at … Continue reading →