Day 2: Dutch Wonderland Toy Train Museum and the Baltimore Aquarium Our plan for day #2 was to take the kids to Dutch Wonderland. Instead, we woke up to rain and flash flood warnings. (I was secretly excited to not have to walk around a burning hot theme park and breast feed a baby there every three hours. I think theme parks are the hottest places in the world, thanks to all that asphalt.) We searched the […]
» Read moreFamily Road Trip Day 1 Lancaster, PA Alan and I really wanted to give the boys a taste of vacation fun, while doing something that is not just fun for them (like a theme Park), but also fun for us. Alan knew that after reading one too many Wanda Brundstetter novels, I was longing to visit Lancaster and get a peek at those Amish folk. We knew that any road trip/vacation we took needed to be short […]
» Read more11th Wedding Anniversary I can’t believe it, but here we are with only three weeks of summer vacation left. Phew! We’ve been working towards this goal all summer, and yet there are so many things on my “summer to do” list that have been left undone. You really cannot imagine or remember how difficult it is to get anything done with a new baby around. I always forget just how much work it is! I mean, sure, he […]
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I mean really there are a billion reasons why I LOVE being a boy mom, and I cannot list them all. But I am going to do my best to paint a picture of this life and how fun it can be. People often laugh when I tell them that I have four boys. Actually, I laugh when I really think about it! And still people constantly ask me if I’m going to “try for that girl”. Well, the answer […]
» Read moreShe mumbled under her breath, “Ok, so technically it was a melanoma.”
Huh? No, PRE melanoma. pre, pre, pre!
So I came home and did some research.
» Read moreJohn David and me 6 weeks postpartum I have returned to wearing make-up –finally– but my hair straightener will probably be completely rusted before it sees usage again! I just love this little outfit. By the way, after Daniel the Chubby it’s nice to have a baby who can fit into newborn socks! He’s still grow-grow-growing, and he still looks like Joshua to me. ********* The New Normal It’s been 7 weeks now, and I’m not […]
» Read moreIf you have read the blog lately you know I have had a hard time with anemia for a while. Have you ever woken up one morning feeling miraculously better?? I had that happen today! (Praise the Lord!) The iron supplements are working, and I can’t tell you how exciting that is. I was able to actually work today, and when I say work, I do mean work. I just refuse to call myself a stay at home […]
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For six weeks I’ve been dragging around this house like a zombie I kept thinking of six weeks as the magical mark I needed to make it to, and then things would be better. Last week was rough, and I began to have my doubts about that…Recovering from the c-section is no joke. Then today good things happened! No, not sleep…..I wish….. This morning, before I even got out of bed, I prayed that my 6 week […]
» Read more….because sometimes reality looks like this Phew! What a week. I usually live for the weekend, but this weekend Alan had to work on Saturday too, leaving me looking like John David does in the photo above! With Alan gone 11 hours/day and my mom gone, and still in recovery from the c-section, this week was one I will choose to never remember. Next week doesn’t look much better, but at least it will end at Friday. […]
» Read moreBrotherly Love John David enjoys looking out the window. 5 weeks old Do any of you feel as tired as I do right now? Now before I start to whine, I will say that we had a break through last night. “Bobby” usually sleeps 1 or 2 four hour stretches at night, and that’s the most rest that I get….. BUT last night, he slept SIX HOURS. I fed him at 9:40pm, and he didn’t […]
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