Let me tell you a story about the time we had our own real life nightmare before Christmas. There are times when things just don’t go the way that you had hoped. Embarking on a looong car trip with four children is a foolish brave thing to do. It all began around 10pm the night before we left. I walked into Dan’s room to get something, and I noticed he had a very wet sounding snore. “Oh no,” I thought. Around […]
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I love Christmas. Nothing makes me more happy than arranging Christmas decorations, baking cookies, taking road trips with the kids, and shopping in crowded malls! Wait. That’s not true. No, I don’t. No, I really really don’t. Not once this year have I said any of those things. Okay, so yeah, I’m a bit of a Scrooge. I hate the pressure of Christmas. –Crowded malls make me hot, like literally sweaty. I get overwhelmed and confused by […]
» Read moreWe just love our 19 pound 4 month old. He is just a great big ball of kissable goodness. Unfortunately, our kissable bundle suddenly decided to stop sleeping through the night two weeks ago. He also caught a cold two weeks ago, a cold that isn’t getting any better. His nose is still runny, runny, runny. He’s been to the doc twice. They can’t do anything for him. Yes, I got a big bulb sucker, and I use […]
» Read moreno make-up, no nice clothes, no contacts…..no problem. Saturday. Don’t you love Saturday? Here in suburbia, Saturdays are kind of stressful for many. That’s the day of kiddo ball games, birthday parties, scout events, just a constant string of commitments. This was another Saturday that we were thankful we skipped sports this fall! The only commitment we had was Cub Scouts. It was a pretty busy cub scout day, but there was plenty of down time too. […]
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This past week was a seriously crazy one. Monday: We drove into the city for Daniel’s “My ears hurt” doc appointment. It turned out his ears were totally fine. If only I knew how to check for ear infections! I could spare myself so many doc appointments! Then we came home, picked up Joshua from half day school, and stayed home until Monday night Yoga class. I squeezed in laundry and household chores where I could. […]
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I have mentioned several times lately that my current life circumstances have been leaving me feeling extremely overwhelmed and highly stressed out. The baby phase is always tough anyway, and when you have a lot of other things going on, plus Alan working late, it just seems even tougher to me. I’d love to stop the world and wait on John David, but of course, that’s just not possible. I keep trying to strategize and find a way to make […]
» Read moreOur little John David, 4 months old! …and big boy, sitting up shot He has a dimple in each cheek, and I just love that! Welcome to the world of a 4 month old! When Aunt Amy and Uncle Greg visited, Wesley was 4 months old, and he seemed so big to me…..compared to our 4 week old!! That’s so funny because now that I’m at the four month mark too, it still seems so small. Cousin Wesley at […]
» Read more***This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through ads on this page, I earn a small fee from Amazon.*** Life is full of different seasons. Last year was a really happy, exciting season for me. Sure, I had two elementary boys and a toddler to take care of, but Dan is an excellent napper and quite mature for his age (all 3rd children must be), and the boys were happy and humming along nicely, so it wasn’t so […]
» Read moreI am very excited to have learned a new skill! Digital photo labeling! I asked our friend Jamie, who blogs at joshandjamie.com, and she said she uses Picasa. She said she can do it “real quick.” I’m not so sure I was “real quick”, but I’m excited to finally know how to do this!! I love Sundays!!! Things are almost perfect here right now. Alan is passed out beside me, getting a Sunday afternoon nap, John David […]
» Read moreYouch! If you’ve been reading this blog any at all, since the baby arrived, then you know that I am currently pretty stressed out. That’s right. Life is giving me a good ol’ fashioned butt whoopin’! We have hired a little help. We have cut back on activities. We’ve made list after list. You name it, we’ve probably tried it. Yet we are still just treading water over here. So I decided that this week I am […]
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