Because the old windows are gone!! Our new windows were installed last week and it honestly feels like a completely different house. My ever-stylish husband decided black windows would be best. Once again, his eye for design is spot-on. The windows look terrific! I don’t have a great front shot of the house because we’re still doing some work there…but the big beauty shot is coming in the next few weeks! Hank the Tank was…

My sweet boy is googling and gurgling and making all sorts of sounds as he tries to figure out how to talk! While this is amazing, it’s also giving me major anxiety because I have a horrible mouth…as in, I could make a sailor blush. 🙂 I am not proud (and I know my mother is mortified by this) and I am working on it, but the other night while we were playing with Hank…

Guess where Mark and Henry spend most of their father-son bonding time? Yep, you guessed it…Home Depot, Lowe’s and Busy Beaver. Hank the Tank loves going to the hardware store with his dad…at least that’s what we think. We’ll continue to drag him there until he starts to talk and tells us otherwise. 🙂 Mark is prepping our Victorian house this weekend for the new windows that are coming. My dad is going to help,…

Yep…that’s what my husband wants, so that’s what my husband gets! Thankfully, we live in Lawrenceville where the number of breweries and bars is endless, so we have many, many options. 🙂 To be fair, I also love our new family ritual. Every night, we put Hank in the Rolls Royce of strollers and go for a nice, hour-long walk through the neighborhood. Sometimes we stop for a drink at the beginning…sometimes, we grab a…

Hank got this new kick ass stroller (which is nicer than my car) and we’ve been spending most of our time outside! We visit Dad while he works on the new house at least 5 times every weekend. Last Saturday and Sunday, Mark power washed the new brick addition and the front facade of the house. I told him to be extra careful because he is not allowed to fall off the ladder or scaffolding…

My sweet hubby Mark turned 40 this week…it’s a big one and Hank and I wanted to do something special for him! We surprised Daddy at his office with a big birthday lunch! The whole office was in on it and set up a bunch of fake meetings and kept Mark busy while the caterers came in and while I set up the cake! Since Mark is now an old, sexy dad…we had to celebrate…

Mom Guilt is real…it totally screws with your head…and it’s hard to get rid of. That is the 2,346,758th thing I have learned as a mother. I swore to myself that I would breastfeed Henry as long as I could, but if it got really difficult when I went back to work then I would supplement with formula and not feel bad about it. Well, guess how that went??? Not well at all. I don’t…

We’ve hit some pretty big milestones this week…with Hank the Tank and with the new house! Our big boy has figured out how to roll over. Now, he won’t stop. Put him on the floor and the kid will roll to the next room…or under the table…or anywhere else to freak us out! The major masonry work on the new house was also finished this week. Even though Mark probably permanently damaged his arm from…

Mark and I are trying to figure out what’s harder…renovating a house or raising a baby? I think the time we put into both might be comparable. When I’m with Henry on the weekends, Mark is at the house for a full 8 hours working his butt off. The only difference is that I get big coos and toothless smiles and Mark just gets a face full of dust. The money is not comparable. Renovating…

I wrote this blog in 7 minutes as Hank the Tank finished snoozing. (That Patriots onesie is for you, Uncle Dave!) I’m back at WPXI which means I’m a working mom…and Dear Jesus in heaven…I have no free time!! I’m sure I’ll get better as the weeks go by and bring you some super stellar blog posts about our house and baby…that is my goal. But all I’ve got for you today is that I…