Author: Carrie Zinnecker

“Christmas” dinner in Austin.  Entertainment provided by Batman.  A really wonderful weekend.  I am so thankful for this family.

Spending time with Gramma.  A belated Christmas weekend with the Zinneckers.

This sweet little one would only nap here today.   On the bright side, it was an excuse to take a little break myself and snuggle with her.  I know I should treasure this time in Betsy’s life, but I will not look back and reminisce about her poor nap habits and waking every 3 hours … [Read more…]

I’m being ambitious here.  I’m not sure if I can post a photo a day for the rest of 2013, but I am going to try.  A friend told me today that she knows someone who has done a project 365 for the last couple of years and then made photo yearbooks with them at … [Read more…]

I meant to post this on Christmas Day.  At least it made it before the end of the year!  Enjoy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! These Jib Jab videos always make me laugh.  I think it might have to be a Christmas tradition.  I am sure Carson and Betsy will love watching them later, … [Read more…]

I love this boy.  We both do.  2 is such a fun age, and Carson is truly hilarious.  And he is quite sweet natured.  He likes to give hugs and will usually do it if asked and many times without being prompted.  Sometimes to complete strangers.  At his 2 year well check he was saying … [Read more…]

Our little girl is a little on the chunky side.  At her 2 month check up she weighed in at 11 pounds 13 ounces.  She’s 22.5 inches “tall” and has a head circumference of 15.5 inches.  Height and head size are close to average, but her weight puts her in the 80th percentile.  Still in … [Read more…]

Happy 1 month birthday, Betsy! She has been an exciting baby already, full of surprises, blessing us with a few weeks of peaceful sleeping, eating and minimal crying that has now turned into a rather difficult past week and a half.  It started out as what I thought was cluster feeding, wanting to eat for … [Read more…]

This is the term someone used recently in describing what it’s like about a month after the second baby is born and you start to return to reality and normal life.  I have to be honest, we are not even close to emerging from the fog.  We are in the midst of it with close … [Read more…]