Thank you!

My husband and I have been so lucky to be blessed with amazing friends.  Every time we travel back to the States they are willing to rearrange their schedules, open their homes and arrange dinners all just to welcome us. My family and I are fortunate to be surrounded by such wonderful examples of sisterhood, brotherhood, fraternity, and friendship. I can never say it enough- Thank You! Each and every one of you mean the world to me, Jimmy and our children. We look forward to when we can see you again- how does everyone's calendar look for New Years Eve?!

ZLAM, 

Happy Day!

Erin

PS: How is it with all of these parties we do not have a picture of everyone? We need to make it happen when we get together next! 

Bye bye ciuccio

Now I'm not a very emotional person. I might tear up once in a while but you will never catch me crying at a movie or commercial (like some sisters I may know). However when I realized Wildman had bitten of the end of his Gigi ciuccio I was heartbroken. Maybe it was just the realization that my baby was one step closer to being a big boy or maybe it was the fact that I'm almost certain he is our last baby and is no longer a baby or maybe I was sad he was losing a trusted friend. Or maybe it was all of the above. Whatever the reason I was expecting tears from him and not me when he said "bye bye Gigi ciuccio". He was such a brave big boy and just gave him a hug and said "mama trash". I'm constantly amazed at the small events in life that signal they are growing up. I'm excited to see what the new phase in his life brings, but I will miss my baby boy. 

Just between us though that ciuccio will not be going in the trash quite yet! 

Happy Day!

Erin

Excuse the fuzzies- it is his first selfie :)

Just let me pay you $30

 I swear people who design websites do not ever have to use them! Wildman is 21 months old- no longer an infant and not a child yet either. I just want to pay for him to have his own seat and not hold him for over 17 hours. Not a strange request right? Well you would think I was asking for the moon. Online I can't buy him a seat because he is too young and so when I call the telephone number the rate skyrockets! Over an hour on the phone, two representatives and a few supervisors later and hopefully soon Wildman will have a ticket... 

Please Air France just let me pay you! 

Happy Day!

Erin

It's done...finally

I finally finished wildman's belt! Upon inspection I realize I need to work on keeping even tension and making sure my thread is not twisted, but since it is my first one and it is finished I'm going to call it a success. And I even finished it in time for him to actually wear it. Now just to get it to The Sign of the Arrow to have them add the buckle so he can model it of course!

I wonder what I should do next?