How cute is my most willing little helper!? I have mentioned before that my favorite parenting book is Large Family Logistics. *When you purchase through Amazon ads on this site, I do collect advertising fees. Small ones.* Two things I like most about Large Family Logistics: This book is no longer in print. However, Kim Brenneman wrote an updated version that will help you just as much: Home Management Plain and Simple 1.) It serves […]
» Read morePregnancy Brain: It is true that your brain cells compress during pregnancy. They straighten back out a few months after delivery. I kid you not. Google it. Anyway, I had a pregnancy brain incident yesterday. At the usual time to get the boys I shook myself from my nap, woke Daniel up from his nap, and set off, a little late, to pick the boys up from school. Once I arrived at the walker’s pick-up area, I was […]
» Read moreToday Alan went with me to my ob/gyn appointment. All is set for a June 19th c-section. My doctor was able to look it up and tell me which doctor would be doing my surgery, and we set up my next appointment with him so that I can meet him before the delivery. He has the longest service record of any soldier serving in the Army. JD will be delivered by the man who cuts the Army birthday cake each […]
» Read moreSo this week has been a milestone in my life. My friend, Margret, is in charge of “Staff Appreciation Week” at our kids’ school. A few months ago Margret told me a little about this PTA sponsored project and said that she didn’t really have a committee of people to help her. I thought I’d try to be a good friend and offer my assistance, and that is how I got introduced to the world of PTA. You know what? […]
» Read more29 weeks and 2 days in this photo. It literally looks like someone stuffed a soccer ball under my shirt. Week 29-30 was not too good to me. Our whole family got this horrible cold, and I have coughed SO HARD that I have actually hurt one of my ribs. I just hold my thumb over the offended spot whenever I have to cough. Caleb has now had it for two weeks and the so-called doctor (I think […]
» Read moreHere’s Dan, holding one of his toy airplanes and watching the planes take off. He was also really excited about wearing his new (handed down from two brothers, of course) sandals. That’s right. I FINALLY got all the winter clothes out of the closets yesterday and pulled out all the spring/summer stuff. We’ve recently noticed that Daniel carries airplane toys around the house. He also gets excited when he sees an airplane or a helicopter flying. This is our first […]
» Read moreCaleb and me, about 2 days after his delivery. I was 26. Caleb: 9 lb 9oz, 21.5 inches. He was my largest newborn, and he has remained the largest at each age ever since. He can now share clothes with Joshua, who is 20 months older than Caleb. **Caleb’s Birth Story** originally written in my journal: Fri., June 29, 2007 Yay! Caleb is here! I checked into the hospital around 12:30am Wednesday for my scheduled pitocin induction of labor. […]
» Read moreMost of you already know that Caleb was diagnosed with epilepsy (a person who has had two or more seizures with unknown cause) a year ago. All but one of his seizures has been full-on convulsions in his sleep. The one exception was an absence seizure, which he had a year and a half ago, in the swimming pool. He was standing there, and then his eyes crossed as he stared off into space, and he couldn’t hear or respond […]
» Read moreI am very proud to announce that the crash and gradual recovery of 2013 appears to have ended TODAY. I am beating this pregnancy anemia. This morning I woke up feeling like a real person again. I have my energy back, and it feels so good! Plus, all the problems that felt like the sky falling for the past week seem so much smaller now. Even Caleb is finally better! He went all night last night without a cough or […]
» Read moreWhat parent doesn’t loathe whining? ugh. I got an earful of whining this morning since Joshua had to go to school and Caleb (still recovering from monstrous a cold) didn’t. Joshua whined from the time he got out of bed until the time he buckled his seatbelt. I was patient from 6:40 until 7:30, at which point I snapped and yelled at him…. …..so I will not do the same to you and whine about all of my little complaints. I […]
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