Life on the Runn...

 That's right, on 10.20.21, my baby turned ONE.  It has been a most eventful (and often sleepless) year as a family of four.  And yesterday was a beautiful day to reflect on it all. On the triumphs. On the trip-ups. On the fact that it's often a mess but a most blessed and perfectly imperfect mess I get to call my world! Everett put in some serious work this first trip round the sun.  After extra well-checks and meticulous feeding plans, he moved out of the scary tiny (oh, and let's not forget 'arrived early and intensely') stage and into infancy. Then he taught us all about reflux, and I learned how to manage life and at least three loads of laundry per day. He started to smile and respond…mostly to get his sister's attention or a snack.  And sometime this summer, I looked at my baby and saw a little boy - his fantastic, full hair surely helps.  He babbles (he's got lots of Unti in him), giggles, and loves to do all the things all by himself (the extra lau...

...a  date weekend in Colorado.  I must begin by thanking our longtime mutual friend (but probably he was my  friend first!), Rob, for hosting a wedding weekend in one of our favorite places. I’ll continue by thanking my parents for watching the babies and BRunn for reminding me that it is both healthy and fun to take some time [Uhm, how does it feel like it has been seven years — instead of three months — since Cabo?] for just the two of us. We headed west early, early Friday, which gave us plenty of time to soak in the Colorado goodness. We braved the traffic and made use of our entry pass to Rocky, where we spotted plenty of elk and fall colors, and hiked to Dream Lake. Then, we stopped off at Kind Coffee before making our way back to Denver to meet up with Matt, Brian’s college roommate (and also my friend and fellow Law & Order SVU fan). It had been ages since we saw Matt, and it was simply wonderful to give him a much overdue hug (Real talk: I spent a good port...