Part of the bedtime routine is the "tick." The neck tick especially. When Mommy gets out the lotion I make sure that she comes after my neck, even though I know how giggly it makes me. Video: The Tick, the laugh
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.