“Bring on the summer,” they say. This group of boys is so adorable, and this is just a few. There’s really a whole slew of them, ranging in age from 3 (Dan included) to 10. They gather at our local park after school, and yes, there are girls in the group as well. A few of the kids have recently begun migrating into the backyard of a friend of ours, that happens to have this hammock and a really cool […]
» Read moreLast night Alan and I booked a babysitter and went to see the new movie “Mom’s Night Out.” Thankfully, MY night out was a lot less eventful/stressful than the one you will watch in the movie. This was a seriously cute, wholesome, sometimes funny, sometimes tear-jerker movie. It was produced by a Christian film company, and stars several unknown actors, but also has Patricia Heaton and Trace Atkins, which is also awesome. Actually, some of the other actors looked […]
» 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 moreI thought this picture was perfect for that nervous, excited but sad, feeling that you get, just as you are about to move. We are four weeks out from the longest distance, most emotional move we’ve ever made. This will be our eighth move. However, this is the very first move where our little boys are old enough to understand it. We’ve been in the area for five years and in this house for three. We have never lived […]
» Read moreThis year was, by far, the most fun I have ever had on Mother’s Day, as a mom. It wasn’t that I did anything special. I somehow didn’t even manage to get in my regular Sunday nap. (How did that happen??) The thing was that I just had so much fun with my precious family. Alan took them to town on Saturday and let them pick out my gifts. His store of choice: Five and Below. Sounds like a recipe […]
» Read moreWe found this the other day. Hey, he fully understands what to do with shaving cream, I will say that for him. Just for the record: I was out walking, and I left Alan in charge, so this one wasn’t my fault. Speaking of ‘in charge’, I will never, ever leave Daniel “in charge” again. I often tell Joshua or Caleb they are ‘in charge’ of the others while I take a shower or run outside to check the […]
» 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 […]
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I firmly believe that God often prepares us for future events. Ever since college, I have witnessed lots of different kinds of seizures in many different people. There are so many different kinds of seizures that a person can have!! The full-body convulsions that most of us think of are just one of the many ways that people can experience seizures. I have seen those, but I’ve also known a couple of people that just passed out. I’ve even […]
» Read moreplanning, planning, planning! So much has happened this past week. Once our military orders arrived, all systems are GO, GO, GO! You know all those stereotypes about men? You know what I’m talking about: “When men are sick they lay down, but women keep working,” and other such derogatory thoughts our society has attached to our males? Well, let me tell you, Alan blows all those negative sexist remarks out of the water. That’s right. I said sexist. Everyone’s so […]
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