For this small moment in time, I am at my parents’ house, and it is completely quiet! Quiet!! This never happens. This is wonderful. All I hear is the hum of the air conditioning! The baby, who has had a “summer fever virus” for three days, is sleeping. (Last night was a nightmare!) I took him to the doctor today, just to make sure he doesn’t have an ear infection. Thankfully, he doesn’t. It cost me a small fortune to […]
» Read moreI’m here visiting my parents and hanging out with my children. We’ve all been trying to catch up on our rest–my parents from their 2 weeks of 4 small grandchildren–and me from all the traveling. I am just so thankful for my parents. As many women are poring over parenting books, trying to figure out how to “be a good mom”, I haven’t bothered to do that much of that. Yes, I realize I’m far from perfect, but I don’t […]
» Read moreOur 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 moreMy kids are the classic military kids. They have weathered years of deployments. They have said good-bye to so many friends, and they have moved several times in their short lives. This particular move is bigger for the boys, though. This is the first move that Joshua and Caleb will remember for the rest of their lives. Saying good-bye to people that you are close to, people that are like family, is hard. It’s also hard to watch your […]
» Read moreRight at this very moment, the baby is asleep upstairs, and Alan took all of the other boys with him to the store. I know what they’re doing. They are picking out my Mother’s Day present. Isn’t Mother’s Day sort of embarrassing–as a mom, I mean? So much attention. Why is attention embarrassing? I don’t know, but it all makes me feel a little squirmy. I’m so not good at mushy moments. But good at them or not, mushy moments […]
» Read moreNew York in the fall has nothing on DC in the spring! Ah, Spring, that glorious time of year when I want to wear short sleeves, but I can’t find them. My nose is stuffy, my eyes itch, and yet for some reason I feel wholly and ridiculously happy. I want to hug the spring this year–every zyrtec requiring moment of it is pulling me out of the dark-ish zone I’ve been inhabiting for too long to admit! This spring […]
» Read moreTonight everyone in this house is seriously exhausted. I am probably the only one that is still awake, and it’s only 10:40 pm!!! It’s been a busy, busy week. The biggest and most exciting news–and I have several bits of news!–was Joshua’s great success today!! Joshua ran his very first 5K race, and when I say that the boy ran to win, you’d better believe it. He took off like a shot, zipped through his first mile like it was […]
» Read moreToday it was finally warm. Really, really warm! I was so excited. I promptly rolled out our amazing double jogger and we headed out for a good little 1 mile walk. I thought, “Hey, this stroller is so amazing it can do ANYTHING!” It can– sort of– it plowed right over snow hills easily….except I might have been a little over eager b/c I flattened a tire. (Alan, will you please fix that for me?? Thank you!) Check out […]
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