The other night I was brushing my teeth and talking to Ross. I don't even remember what we were talking about. The kids probably. We talk about them--a lot. Then I got the hiccups. Can we take a moment to appreciate how annoying the hiccups are? It is late. It is always late, because we don't go to bed like normal people. In fact, it is pushing midnight as I write this. So it was late and I climbed into bed hiccups and all. I'm laying there, thoroughly annoyed (but lazy) hiccuping ...
FAMILY / HOME LIFE
Saturday Share- Layouts with Jade
I'm currently working on my 2013 album. It is kind of all over the place. I dove in where we were in 2013 at the time and now I'm simultaneously trying to keep up and backtrack--filling in the first 6 months of the year. The main kit I am using to document 2013 is Jade. I've been privileged enough to get samplings of other lines to try out and they have been incorporated into my album as well. Today, I wanted to share a few basic layouts from the beginning of summer using the Jade ...
Printable Goodbye Letter from Elf on the Shelf
** POST UPDATE- Letter for one child and plain stationary can be found here This will be year three of Elf on the Shelf fun at our house. Click here to see all our other Elf on the Shelf antics I have been sharing along the way. Our very first year of doing Elf on the Shelf I found myself scrambling Christmas Eve to figure out a way to end our adventure with our Elf on the Shelf, Bruce. You can see my original Goodbye to Our Elf on the Shelf post here. I decided to write a letter giving the ...
End of Summer Hurrah and Start of School
I know most people think having a baby in the spring is awesome. I have done it twice now and it really kills our summer. It is harder to get going and as a nursing mom, they are so demanding in the beginning. When the kids want to go to the zoo or the park, I have a brand new baby that will roast in his car seat, cannot wear sunscreen and needs to stay out of the sun. This means one of three things inevitably happen: 1) we go nowhere, 2) we go somewhere and Hudson gets lugged along and I spend ...
Growing Your Family Gracefully
When I had Quinn, he was my world. I couldn't imagine being able to take care of another child. I couldn't imagine what another child would possibly look like--be like. I couldn't imagine loving another child as deeply as I love Quinn. That seems almost funny now looking back. Quinn was a tad older then 2 1/2 when Eleanor was born. I was worried he would be jealous, feel neglected and be bitter. I had heard horror stories of children not talking to their mom for weeks--just daddy. I ...