The Skarin Family Blog

Welcome, Logan Richard Skarin!  Welcome to the blog!  Welcome to our family!  Welcome to the world! Today at 12:39 pm we welcomed our newest little guy into our family and the world.  He weighed 10 pounds, 2 ounces and was 22.25 inches long.  As my OB told me last week, he is a big, stubborn baby!  He was born via...

I have been blessed to have the opportunity to spend the last 27 months at home with Evan.  Today, however, was our last day together, just the two of us.  It was a beautiful day, much cooler and less humid than the weekend, so I decided it would be fun to go to the zoo.  We had an absolutely wonderful...

This summer has been a great one for spending lots of time playing in the water.  Evan loves playing, splashing and having fun in the water. Photo slideshow from the original blog. The slideshow service (Picasa/Flash) has been discontinued, so these photos can no longer be displayed here.

If you are familiar with the children’s book Blueberries for Sal, then you know what it was like picking blueberries with Evan today.  We had been waiting for a cooler day so that we could go blueberry picking with Gramma.  Well today was that cooler day that we needed.  Evan carried his own bucket and once he had about 10...

Framing started March 29th, 90% of the work was completed by May 15th, and now after a bit of a delay 99.9% of the basement is finished.  There are a couple of minor things still yet to be completed but for all intents and purposes, we now have a finished and functional basement.  It is wonderful to have a husband...

I wanted to do something special with Evan as a family, just the three of us, before the baby arrived so today we went to Davis Farmland.  The weather wasn’t great but we had a wonderful day anyway!  We began our day meandering through the animal showcase.  Evan loved seeing, petting and feeding all of the animals.  It was great...

Dear Evan,With your baby brother set to arrive any day now, I wanted to write you a letter to let you know just how amazing the last (almost) 27 months have been. For the last 27 months, you have been my world. You have brought me so much joy and love, more than I could ever have imagined. Watching you...

My conversation with Evan today while getting lunch ready:Me: Evan, would you like some yogurt?Evan: No, Mommy, I don’t want any yogurt.About two minutes later, after trusting my mommy instincts…Evan: I finished my yogurt, Mommy. Licking a little off the edge of the container A big bite! And checking to see how much is left

Evan has started wanting to take pictures quite often.  His first photo (taken with assistance from Daddy) was of his favorite subject.

Just one week to go before my official due date.  Although if baby Skarin #2 is anything like his big brother it will actually be a bit longer than that before he arrives!