Life of the Lorenzens

We finally got most of our leaves raked yesterday. There are still some leaves frozen to the deck and street after all the rain/moisture and...

We woke up this morning to the first dusting of snow. Austin & I were silently cursing it because 2/3 of our leaves are still on the gro...

That's right--we're expecting again! I'm currently 12 1/2 weeks along and due May 18. It has been a relatively good first trimes...

We had a fun birthday party for Emily on Sunday afternoon with lots of family. It was a Curious George theme with an adorable monkey cake m...

Well, the results are in. It looks like Austin lost his house race by approx. 1500 votes (56%-44%). While the outcome is a bit disappointing...

Just so you know, reading all those "doctor" books didn't help a bit. Emily had half of them memorized and would tell you ever...

Austin took Emily trick-or-treating after he got home from work. She liked it and got really good at the "thank you" part. Now I h...

It's hard to believe our little girl is 2 years old today! It seems like only yesterday we were nervously packing up to go to the hospi...

So it finally happened on Sunday. Emily figured out how to crawl out of her crib. It was quite by accident at first. She was throwing a t...

Since the weather is supposed to turn bitter tomorrow and all my plants will die, I decided today would be the best opportunity to snap som...