Today was Aurelia's first day of school in Pre-K. Earlier this morning she was reading to us from a new board book we bought for Henry. Walking towards school, she was sure of herself and ready. We settled her in and she went off to play with other kids like it was just another day. She barely remembered to give me a hug goodbye. I thought about ( Read more... )

I can't sleep. The past few weeks have been rough with the kids. I'm not sure when I got a solid night sleep, and by solid - I mean from 10pm to 5:45am without interruption. We had a small stomach bug go through the house, but then Arri woke us up screaming last night. I thought for sure she had an ear infection, but it appears that it's not... or ( Read more... )

I had more time today than I thought...

My youngest, in all his one-year-old glory:


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I don't have a picture to share. Or, at least, not yet and probably not later either ( Read more... )

Nothing says hello like not saying anything for months on end. I have little room to feel guilt about that ( Read more... )

The days go by and you know your kids are growing, but then one day you put them in a shirt that was too big that now fits just right, pants that were too long are now too short, and they ask you fully formed questions that make you stop in your tracks.

Then you go to a pumpkin patch and watch her walk through the fields, talking about finding the ( Read more... )

Last night's bedtime conversation with Aurelia...

Scene: I am tucking Arri into bed

Arri: Mom?

Me: Yes?

A: Can I have one more hum-kiss?

Me: Yes! ::give kiss and hums:: (<= sound effect for extended cheek kisses;she thinks it's funny) Goodnight, baby ( Read more... )

Henry is three months old. He is cooing and laughing and making all kinds of racket. He can roll from his tummy to his back, but not consistently. He can also roll from his back to his tummy, but that's a very recent and rare occurance. He sleeps through the night, in my book, but not in Nick's. Henry is usually in bed by 8 PM, wakes up somewhere ( Read more... )

This is the last week of at-home help post baby number two. I have a stack of medical bills I need to review and pay. Spring has shown up and so have the spiders. I've been up since 4:30. We had to pay back the government for taxes. We are probably not going to Hawaii until the end of the year ( Read more... )

It's been a month of portpartum "bliss" and on the one month mark of our second little person coming into the world, I now share with you the beginning...

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