While working on improving the blog and sifting through my old work, I came across this OLD post that I wrote in 2013. I emphasize that it’s from 2013 because I do not want any of you to get all excited and start thinking I’m expecting a baby. There’s no baby. I’m so sorry to disappoint you. Ha! I’m sharing this because I want every pre-school mom I know to read it. Some of you are like me, and you […]
» Read moreLook closely. That was Dan, not JD. He was 20 months old, and he was apparently causing me to lose lots of sleep–not a good situation when you are pregnant. (Noooooo, I’m not pregnant now. Stick with me here. This was 2012.) Daniel is 3 1/2 now. Dan was such a good baby. I did not have to ‘sleep train’ him. Yet, somehow he gradually developed a bad pattern, and we had to work on it. What is it with […]
» Read moreOn the outside looking in, we have had an amazing week: That’s us at a Washington Nationals game on Memorial Day. We love baseball games, and that was really fun. Plus, we’ve gotten to see some wonderful friends this week. Thanks for having us over, Pastor and Terri!!! Their dog is probably still recovering from what Daniel seemed to think was their ‘play date.’ Poor Annie. So good things have happened, and a few crummy things have happened, but nothing […]
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What’s been going on with us lately….. If you NEED a chuckle today, watch this video of Daniel: Alan: He has been hard at work getting everything wrapped up for the move. He has made sure we have a house lined up to move into when we get there. There is SO MUCH planning that goes into a cross country move. Meanwhile, he’s been handing over his current responsibilities at work, signing out of his current post, lining up the […]
» Read moreWell, it finally happened. JD is crawling. And as promised, here are two photos of the event. In other news, at this moment Alan just came downstairs with ideas for things I need to do to prepare for the move. Ugh. ugh. ugh. Did I mention moving is not fun at all??? Also, why does it require so much ‘calling people’. I live in dread of having to call people. Bleh. But here’s the good news: Date night tonight!! Yep, […]
» Read moreI am proud to announce that JD finally made tiny crawl movements FORWARD today, on several occasions. He’s been on hand and knees, going backwards, going to the sitting position, and even pulling up, for a while, but forward movement had eluded him until today. Go, JD, go! By the time we arrive in Alabama for our visit, I bet he will be all over the place. I recently mentioned that I do not have many digital baby photos of […]
» Read moreLots of little things are going on here in the House of Many Little Men…. This is the thing I’m most excited about: JD is getting ready to take off. Each day he finds his way onto his hands and knees just a little bit more. He is also SERIOUS about his “standing practice.” He just loves to be on his feet. He’s extremely unsteady when you walk him, and yet the boy will randomly just let go of your […]
» Read moreI tend to start my days off really, really slowly. I drag myself downstairs, or usually one of the boys drags me down the stairs. I feed people. I make myself coffee. An hour later, I’m fully awake and ready to tackle the day. I make a list and have GREAT BIG, HUGE plans to save the world and solve all of my problems that day. I begin crossing things off my list. Mishaps happen along the way, and by […]
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This past Friday, we gathered up all of our chick-ies and headed to Massanutten Ski Resort. I had been so proud of myself for finally booking a nice vacation for us, well in advance. We aren’t always the best vacation planners. You can make us sound fun by calling us “spontaneous”, but really that just means we procrastinate until we actually leave and then end up “winging it,” missing out on all the things that book out really far in […]
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JD is now 8 months old and just as precious as ever. Let’s talk babies! Just for the record: Joshua began cruising around furniture at 7 months and crawling at 9 months and walking at 12. Caleb wasn’t much of a cruiser until later, but I don’t remember! I do remember that he didn’t crawl until 10 months, and he walked at 13 months. Also: Caleb was the same height as JD but 4 pounds heavier……wowzers Daniel: He became a […]
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