So Kaylin is scheduled to have surgery on Feb. 6th to correct her nostrils. Her nostrils are not symmetrical and her surgeon likes to fix this before 1st grade, because that is when teasing tends to start. At any rate, we were looking through photo albums of when she was a baby so she could see her before and after pictures from her other surgeries ( Read more... )

I know I don't post here often. Life has been getting the best of me and I've been busy. I do try and read often though! I wanted to post this since we are so close to Christmas and these make great gifts. That's actually why I started making them about 6 years ago ( Read more... )

I'm having a Pampered Chef party on Sunday. If anyone wants to place an order, leave me a comment with your email address.

I'm now making and selling environmentally friendly laundry detergent, in powdered form. I make two kinds, one for cloth diapers, the other can be used on all other laundry, including baby clothes. It is septic and grey-water safe as it contains no phosphates or chlorine ( Read more... )

Eeek! I applied for my alternative certification to become a teacher as well as submitted my application to become a substitute in our school district. Hopefully subbing will give me the "in" to get a job in this district once I can apply for a teaching job. Subbing will also allow me the flexibility I'd like until I'm fully ready to leave Jonathan ( Read more... )

This is a list I put together based off of several other blogs where other mamas made a list of things to do this summer to keep their kids from constantly saying the dreaded, "I'm bored ( Read more... )

Yikes! I am starting to stress out about our trip to WDW next month. Only 25 days left! I'm positive I wouldn't be as stressed if there weren't so many of us going. What has me stressed is trying to figure out how we will meet up with my sister and her family at the end of the day. Because I know we'll go our separate ways in the park. Her kids are ( Read more... )

While I was planning our wedding I became pretty active on TheKnot. Over the years, we've had several gatherings for happy hour, dinners, etc. and a handful of us have become pretty close friends. Close enough that we talk with each other on, pretty much, a daily basis. Well, at one point bachelorette parties were brought up in conversation and ( Read more... )

I heard about this book called Curly Girl by Lorraine Massey that teaches you how to take care of curly hair. Since I'm tired of Kaylin's hair always looking a mess, I figured I needed to get a copy and read to see if there is anything I could do to make her hair look better ( Read more... )

Jonathan wanted nothing to do with taking pictures. He was much more interested in exploring for himself and this definitely did not involve sitting down and getting a picture with his sister!


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