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Mommy and Max Dude, what is up with that hair?(Mini Mercy is FASCINATED with hair!) Nana and the minis Whew! Crazy days of packing, traveling, visiting, eating, shopping, more packing, more traveling, attempting to decorate for Christmas and remember to breathe and eat…Jeepers. Sometimes I feel like one of those little balls that jumps around […]
crazy bigs at outback to celebrate! what a gift she is from heaven!Funny, sweet and silly too,Help is what she loves to do!Growing up, but not too fast,I hope these years are not soon past!So much joy my firstborn brings,I especially love to hear her sing!It fills me to the brim with pridewhenever she is […]
is here! And, let me tell you, I am happier than a pig in you-know-what. It has been SIX years since I have lived with seasons, SIX years since I saw leaves change, smelled the scents of fall, went to a real pumpkin patch, rode on hay in a wagon, WELL, you get the picture! […]
The M-n-M’s are VERY BIG. (well max anyway. TWENTY-ONE lbs, Mercy a petite 16.)They sit, they roll, they grab, they yell, they REALLY want to eat food.Max officially has his first tooth, lower right front!Mercy is mobile and off on her very own adventures of shoe eating and floor smacking.Max eats everything. and I do […]
that our government holds at arm’s length. Please read this blog: http://continue-to-march.blogspot.com Tracy Peterson & her family are in dire financial straits and are being forced into foreclosure and financial disaster. Please read her blog and contact your senators and representatives DEMANDING that the Homeowners’ Assistance Program (http://hap.usace.army.mil/homepage.html), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment […]
chirps Charley, standing on the front porch, her hand waving like a pennant in the wind at the big yellow bus. I’d freeze these moments, like frames in my mind’s eye.All of a sudden it feels like time is whipping by.my sweet baby beans are shifting and changingdaily, my life, it is rearranging.i don’t want […]
Change is in the air, I think. Must be the change of seasons, or the shock of life with 4 kids under 7, or well, just because I darn well feel like it! So, for those of you who are aware of my attachment to long hair, this may shock you. So sit down or […]
your children grow up. they change in a skinny minute. So many days I want to slow time to a crawl and burn the image of each moment in my brain. Eva running across the front yard with the grace of a young filly, her hair a golden ribbon in the wind, her laugh tinkling […]
when you leave friends. or friends leave you. When you move as often as I do, you make friends fast and close. Your friends become your family. They keep your kids when you’re in the hospital. They spend turkey day in your concrete dwelling, making one big family from so many little ones. They throw […]
I manage to accumulate. Add to that no purging for almost 2 years (since my life has been in chaos…) and it all equals saturday night spent sorting crap so I can walk through my future sewing/office/writing/scrapping room. Tack on a mini meltdown about moving and you have a perfect recipe for an empty bottle […]