the weeks are like the weekend now.

I thought I’d do a weekend update… But then I realized that the week is like the weekend now that I’ll be home with Fern.  I don’t have to wait until the weekend to get rest and relaxation now…although I do have to wait until Fern decides to sleep to get rest and relaxation, but […]

we had a baby fern!

I hope you’ll understand, but Fill in the Blank Friday is being postponed this week, because….I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of our family!  Fern Winter Hartmann Born Sunday, January 15th, 2012, at 3:32 pm 8 lbs. 7 oz. and 21.25″ long I apologize for the lack of blog posts this week, but we’ve […]

fill in the blank friday.

It’s Friday!…and that means two things: 1. It’s time for Fill in the Blank Friday.2. My due date is only five more days away!OK…now that we’ve established this we can get back to the blanks.  Enjoy! 1.   The last thing I ate was     frozen waffles with peanut butter and jelly on them and a glass of […]

my furry little friend.

This is Hani. …short for Samahani which means “excuse me” in Swahili. He is an adorable little Havanese belonging to my friend Lisa Warninger. And he has a Tumblr called Busy Busy Hani. It’s filled with all the super adorableness that are his daily adventures all narrated with a funny little twist. You should go visit. […]

the incredible growing woman.

My belly has had quite the journey over the past 39 weeks. So I decided to do a little photo roundup of all of my belly shots I took throughout the course of my pregnancy. You can check them out over at Babble! And see all the photos from…. 12 weeks to…. 37 weeks and […]

my favorite thing about today #65.

My favorite thing about today was…. The “birth”day crown my preschoolers made for Fern. In our class when it’s someone’s birthday they get to make a birthday crown and one of my students decided that Fern needed one, because, “On the day she hatches out of you it will be her birthday!  When she comes […]