I just finished ordering asher's birthday presents, and even though his birthday is still just over a month away I am already done shopping. I cannot, cannot(!) believe he is going to be one! this year has flown by, with so many ups and downs. It is safe to say asher is the HARDEST baby I have ever had. he screams constantly, is terribly clingy, ( Read more... )

yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of when Shaun and I got married... ten years, wow! how fast time flies, there have definently been trials, but through the trials, and mixed with all the wonderful times, we have come out stronger and stronger. It is amazing to be married to my best friend! At the risk of sounding like a sap, I love this man! I ( Read more... )

I am seriously considering cloth diapering, but it is so expensive to get started. If I decide to do it, I would be using the prefolds with covers, so anyone with experience let me hear about it, the good, the bad....all of it, because i dont want to shell out a ton of money then hate it... Is it convinient, is it gross, what about leakage, laundry ( Read more... )

it's that time of year again :) if you want a christmas card from us, or have moved please message me your address, if you got a card from us last year and have not moved i already have your info. :) if you need our address let me know, and i will get it to you!

Someone in a moms group I am in just posted a question asking who should be allowed in the group. she stated that people who were not mother should not be allowed. Now I agree with this, but she went on to say that this included mothers who had lost children, because if they had no other children at home they were not "technically" mothers... okay ( Read more... )

‎9 years ago today i held for the first time, the most amazing, stunningly beautiful little girl. the girl who would make me a mother, and be the first to ever call me "mama" the one who would show me there was such a thing as unconditional love at first sight. i love you bryton, and miss you every day. happy birthday angel. hard to believe it has ( Read more... )

yesterday was Ashers three week birthday... three weeks! how in the world has three weeks slipped by so fast? i LOVE this kid. he is amazing already. who knew at only three weeks old a baby could be amazing... but he is... he doesn't do anything, he doesn't have incredibly genius skills that make him amazing... he just simply is. when he was ( Read more... )

as i am writing this, i have the sweetest little darling boy laying by my side... that is because baby ASHER decided to make his arrival this last wed, the 15th of september. he is so wonderfully content, to the point that proud daddy, shaun, had to give him a bath yesterday, just to hear him cry. shaun is worried something is wrong because he is ( Read more... )

so we ended up rescueing a very sweet black great dane. she is pitiful right now, and needs some definent tlc, but she has so much potential. she was completely neglected, and even though she is a year and a half old, she only weighs 80 pounds!! :( you can see her spine and ribs... typical adult female weight for a great dane is 110-145 pounds... ( Read more... )

today was the day we had to take riley up to primary childrens hospital for testing on her heart. she was referred to the pediatric cardiologist after her regular pediatrician heard a clicking in her heart that was not supposed to be there... we finally are just getting home, and it was a long day, riley was so good though, she is one tough little ( Read more... )