My independence with all things becomes more evident each day; however, today I was determined I was not only going to put on my own socks and shoes, but attempt the first "tie" of the shoe laces. Eventually I had to ask for help.
Married in Alexandria Bay, New York on August 27, 2002 we celebrated the addition of Martha Ann Mitchell on November 3, 2008. Since we didn't know the sex of our baby to be and looked at potential names for our little one, we discussed family name options—Stairvester Shanks seemed to stick the best while Martha continued to grow and thus we are using it for the title of her blog.