Someone loves their animals!

Often when Drew falls asleep in my arms, he smiles and laughs. I know most people say that it's just gas, but I did manage to catch him...

Just a shot of our little man in his Pottery Barn Kids 'big boy chair' from Mimi and Grandpa!

Andrew was not a fan of his first bath, but has since then begun to not mind it. He especially loves his little scalp massaged, but hates h...

Some of my blog posts are out of order as I'm still a bit behind on uploading and sorting through all of the hundreds of pictures we to...

I wanted to share Andrew's birth story on here as a way to keep it saved in time, but also fill in the details for friends and family ...

I HATE the look of bare nails on my hands. But now that I have a little one that likes to suck fingers, I obviously had to just deal with g...

At one week old, we officially attempted our first cloth diaper. It's VERY hard at this size and I'm glad that we didn't purchas...

What a whirlwind this first week has been. I feel like I've had to almost schedule time to go to the bathroom or get a bite to eat! Andr...

Derek and I chose our sons name about 3-4 years back, but at the same time, didn't "officially" decide on the name until...

Who do you think Andrew looks like more? Derek had a lighter brown color and I had a full head of black hair!

Introducing Andrew Calvin January 12th, 2011 at 6:22pm 8 lbs 2 oz 20.5 inches long I will share his birth story as soon as I...

Derek's siblings were in town for the past week to enjoy some time up here in Cleveland and meet Baby K! Even at 40 weeks pregnant, I h...

As my pregnancy comes to an end, I just wanted to reflect on the pros and cons I felt over the last 40 weeks. I've been extremely blesse...

The outfit that we have chosen to bring Baby K home is the same outfit that Derek was brought home in! I'm so glad Lesa kept this outfit...

One of my favorite nursery pieces is a rocking horse from my childhood. Once purchased, my father stained the entire piece, then carved my n...

Looks like the little man wants to stay in his hot tub a bit longer. I'm officially at my due date today and at Monday morning's app...

In our pursuit to find a good video camera, we were told by Best Buy that our new DLSR camera had a wonderful built-in HD video camera feat...

Here's to a wonderful 2011! Hope everyone has a year full of happiness, success, laughter and love!

  We are 39 weeks tomorrow and no sign of Baby K. He hasn't dropped at all and I really don't feel any different this week than I ...

Who hasn't been tubing down a huge hill in the middle of their MLB team's field? Weird right? Derek found out a whi...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Derek and I are very thankful again this year for many things and are looking forward to our BIG change coming soon! We ...

I searched high and low for a photographer here in the Cleveland are that had good, natural talent and would be able to elegantly capture th...

One thing I loved doing for my friends who had newborns was to prepare large meals to help ensure they aren't ONLY eating delivered pizz...

Here's the current 'bump'! The doc estimates that he is between 6.5 and 7 pounds now!

Almost 5 and a half years ago I was waiting to marry my best friend. Now I'm waiting to meet our little man. What a crazy journey li...

Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister-in-law who has essentially been a 'real' sister to me for the past 8 years. Derek and I a...

Yep! Baby K is officially full term meaning baby is likely to thrive well after birth. He's about the size of a watermelon and is practi...

There are still a few missing pieces to the puzzle like some picture frames and a large monogram over his changing table. We can't order...

Isn't the 'countdown chain' so fun? Seeing as how we are officially under the one month market, we have this little chain hung o...

Check out what the oinkers instantly do when there is more than 2 inches of snow on the ground. You'd think they never got fed or some...

Yep, that's my dad comparing his belly to mine after a full Thanksgiving meal. I think we're almost exactly the same size, but only ...