The Skarin Family Blog

We spent this past weekend at our beach house…also known as Papa and Gramma’s. Bruce took Friday off and we spent the afternoon by the pool. It was a beautiful day! We had a nice afternoon and dinner poolside before being chased inside by mosquitoes. Evan talking to Papa's Mr. Frog Love my daddy! Those baby blues! We stayed over...

Myfirst father’s day was an absolutely perfect day. It started with homemade blueberry muffins from Di. Evan then gave me a picture of “the boys” (Danny, Sean, and him) and a picture of him with the “#1 Dad”. My folks were on their way to Africa, but sent big block Legos to Di in advance. They also sent a card...

Today was Father’s Day. Bruce’s first Father’s Day. Today we met Gramma, Papa, Bumpa, Grammy, Uncle Dan, Aunt Karin, Danny and Sean at Effin’s for lunch. While I have celebrated many Father’s Day’s with my own dad, today was a bit more special. I now understand first hand just how much work parenting is. It is very rewarding but also...

This was a busy week for Evan and me. We made two trips to RI, one on Tuesday and one on Friday, to enjoy Papa’s pool. Evan was great on both visits. Very content in his bouncy seat and giving lots of smiles! He didn’t go swimming though; the water is still too cold even for me! I think Evan...

A couple of years ago all of my cousins on the Kavanagh side started getting together without the “adults”. We are all adults ourselves now, many with children of our own, and decided that holidays were just too busy to really catch up and find out what everyone is up to. Hence, the Kavanagh cousin get together’s. Last night was...

Yup that’s right, Evan slept from 11:30 Thursday night until 6:50 Friday morning and then again from 12:30 Friday night until 7:30 Saturday morning. At only five weeks old!! While I do enjoy getting more than three or four hours of sleep at a time, I have to say that I sort of missed those 3 AM smiles that I...

We went back to the pediatrician today for Evan’s one month visit. Dr. Gonroff was very pleased in his growth over the last two weeks and was thrilled with how well behaved and cute Evan was today. At the end of the visit, she thanked him for being her “gift” today. Lucky for us…He is our gift everyday!! Even on...

Today was the first day that Evan and I actually left the house together, just the two of us. When I think that I didn’t take him out alone for one month that seems like a long time. But when I consider that I couldn’t drive for two weeks, I guess it’s really not that long. So where did we...

How is it possible that Evan is already one month old? The time has just flown by. It seems strange that it has already been one month but at the same time that it has only been one month. So much has happened in such a short amount of time. I have already retold most of the highlights in previous...

Today Evan went on his longest car ride yet and visited his third state. Boy, this kid really gets around considering he isn’t even one month old yet. We went to New Hampshire to help Jess and Jeff celebrate at their BBQ baby bash for baby boy Costa who will be arriving at the end of August or beginning of...