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 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 ...
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 ...
10 Days of Chaos & Camping
The last ten days have been a whirlwind around here. Ross was on a business trip for six days (Well he came home on the sixth day in the afternoon). I know there are lots of single moms and moms who have husbands that travel a lot, but that isn't the norm around here. I'm use to having my partner in crime and the kids are use to having daddy home. We were out running errands when Ross called to tell me he was home. When we pulled up to the house and Quinn saw daddy come out of the house he ...