Our move-out inspection was at 9am this morning. I think they actually all got started around 8:30 am, which was a good thing because it took a while. John David has proved to be quite the handful this week, all by himself, so I decided to take him for a walk and keep him out of the way, at the park, during the big inspection. I’m really glad I did because it was over two hours before Alan was done. […]
» Read more🙂 I’m so thankful for this life. This is an abundant life. If you ever have to make the decision: 2 kids or 3…3 kids or 4…. I have to tell you GO FOR IT. This has been the hardest, most rewarding, most fun year of my life. Okay. Yes. I sort of remember. The first 9 months were actually so overwhelming I was borderline depressed the whole time. The arrival of spring was such a turning point for me! […]
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In my head, and even sometimes on paper, I always have at least 10 good ideas for things I want to write about on my blog. I even sometimes manage to write it all out in my head, exactly what I will write….if I can just get a minute…..to make that my priority. Just this week, there was a delicious 7 layer cake that I made, numerous thoughts on my first year of parenting 4 children, even more thoughts on […]
» 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 […]
» 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 moreJoshua burst my bubble the other day. After a whole winter of people telling me I look like a Disney Princess (Anna from Frozen), and walking around feeling pretty good about myself……la-te-da….. Joshua says, “You don’t really look like Anna to me. You gotta take us to go see How to Train Your Dragons 2! Hiccup’s mom is who you really look like! I mean, you might look a little like Anna, but really you look like Hiccup’s Mom!! Can […]
» Read moreRemember last Easter, when I was about 7 months pregnant and I totally forgot to prepare for Easter? I joked that I had fallen very short of the “golden Baptist standard of Easter Sunday.” Well, boo-yah!!! Look who planned ahead this year!!!!! Are those MATCHING outfits??? Why,yes, they are! We’ve come a long way, baby. (For a refresher on last Easter, just click here.) (ahem…..that is a joke. Easter is not about clothing, of course….sometimes it may feel like […]
» Read moreWhat I look like, every single time, right after giving birth: This was a few days after I had Caleb. I weighed about 170 pounds in this photo. And this is what I normally look like: That’s a 35 pound difference. (After all, a few pounds actually DO belong to the baby.) This is not my favorite topic: weight loss. I don’t like discussing it because it often makes us feel bad. Maybe it’s just me, but when […]
» Read moreJohn David is now 9 months old, so I figured it was time for another “remember when” kind of post. Check them out!!! This collage has each of my boys, at 9 months of age. Can you tell which baby is which?? Isn’t it funny how people think JD is chubby???? He’s our thinnest baby ever. ; ) You can definitely tell which boy is so old that I don’t have very many digital pictures of him. I did have […]
» 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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