The GVZs

Norah and I are loving having BVZ around so much these days and are taking advantage of being able to go out to dinner (I love going out to ...

Lately, Norah has been really, really into having her boo-boos kissed. To the point where the littlest, most insignificant incidents become...

This is not a great video because Norah lunges for the camera every time I get it out, but her new rotation of four faces is beyond hilariou...

Thanks to everyone for all of your kind thoughts and support over the past couple of days. BVZ had surgery on the herniation of his L5-S1 v...

I have bragged before how lucky we were to meet a fabulous group of moms when our babies were itty bitties. Every day I think I wouldn'...

This afternoon I was putting groceries away in the kitchen and BVZ and Norah were doing an alphabet puzzle in the living room. And it happe...

I am so happy that Norah finally has enough hair for the bathtub Mohawk.

A few weeks ago, Norah became enamored by a box from Diapers.com. She played hide and seek in it, trapped the cat in it, read books in it, ...

As soon as I get home Monday through Thursday it is a Mom and Norah love-fest. I have to pack in a full day into two and a half short hours...

Norah's latest obsession is taking pictures with my phone. I think she is getting really good and has quite the artistic flair.

It's been awhile. We've been busy. BVZ is having back surgery next week. We've had a handful of amazingly beautiful days, so ...

So, we are apparently so popular over here at the ole' GVZ blogspot that we are getting lots of spam in the comments. I made some adjus...

Pam just sent this photo of the girls this morning. It is taking everything I have not to run out of here this instant and go scoop up the ...

but Norah is more flexible...

Norah had her usual Friday play-date today and was exhausted and punchy by the time we got home. She rummaged through my laundry basket on ...

This is my favorite park. The play structures are awesome and Norah loves it. All of a sudden, she has no fear of any slide. And BVZ is ge...

Norah is mildly obsessed with babies.* At the mere mention of Baby Kevin's name she launches into 'baby, baby, baby, baby, baaaaay...

BVZ got an iphone a few weeks ago and at the store I begged and pleaded for him to take mine and give me the new one since mine doesn't ...

We decided to take our sweet Valentine out for her favorite meal in the entire world--a burger and shake. As we were gearing up to leave, p...

On recommendation from Jams' House , we recently got Norah a Wheels on the Bus DVD. She totally loves it. I think it is a little weird...

I randomly ran into this song on a blog I accidentally found the other day. I tracked it down and this is the only version I could find on ...

* When I was a kid I loved books more than anything. No toy, no pet, no sister (kidding!) could even come close to how I felt about story bo...

BVZ had to go into the office today so Norah and I went to the mall (on a Saturday, no less--clearly I was in the mood for pain). Lately, w...

Pam sent me this picture about an hour ago. They were on their way to story time at the library and stopped for a bagel. I haven't sto...

I have to preface this post with an explanation that I LOVE television. Love, love, love, love it. I like just about everything--from witt...

One of the million reasons Pam is an awesome babysitter is the fact that she takes pictures of the girls during the day and sends them to me...

This is what Ruby and Norah call each other. It's unbearably cute.

There's a new place in town for all the yuppies and their kids: U-Me . We checked it out this past weekend for free with our friends th...

Good toddler shoes are shockingly expensive (like $50 a pop). So, Norah gets one pair per size and wears them every day. Any other shoes s...

In a feeble attempt to corral all of Norah's stuff, I made her a little 'library corner' in the living room. She has her big ch...

Norah turned 18 months right after Christmas and I can't believe we have a kid on her way to two. At her well-baby check up, she weighed...