In January, Brendan received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We were amazed to see a 3-D ultrasound of our baby in February.    We also visited the cemetery on the anniversary of my mother’s death. March was a bit of a blur. I know that my husband and children went to the cemetery again (I may…

Our little boy is six months old, 20 pounds and 28 inches. He can sit up and give kisses. He tries to swim on the floor. He likes to eat mashed banana and pureed baked sweet potatoes. He laughs when we play peek-a-boo with him and occasionally tries to initiate playing the game by covering…

I feel like a terrible mother. We missed our homeschool group’s All Saints party because we were only ready for 9:00 a.m. Mass two minutes before Mass was supposed to start. On the 31st, Kieran was up until past midnight for the second time this week and my older daughters stayed up with me until…

When I was in high school, my parents started going for weekly walks along a local waterfront. In fact, they were still doing so after the birth of my third child.  Occasionally, they would invite one of us to join them, but usually they went alone. When our family started to grow, I was tutoring…

On Sunday, Kieran watched some babies crawling in the vestibule. Since then, he has been attempting to become mobile. He’s no longer satisfied with rolling over. He wants to move.  On Monday night, while we prayed the Rosary, Kieran did a semi-push-up with his arms, kicked his legs, and succeeded in pushing himself backwards. Realizing…

For the past few weeks, this little boy has been grabbing at my food. Usually, I try to wait until my children are six months old before giving them “table foods”, but there was no stopping Kieran. On Tuesday, he cried for a little applesauce. Last night, he had some mashed banana. At one point,…