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On this, the last day of 2009, I would love to write something meaningful to celebrate such an eventful year in our lives. Our family celebrated milestones, said good-bye to loved ones, welcomed a new life, faced challenges and made it through big changes. But I’m a little too sleep-deprived to come up with the…
I woke up Monday morning after only a few hours of sleep strung together between feedings, rocking, crying and more feedings, when it hit me. It could be years before I go back to getting regular nights of uninterrupted sleep. It hit me. I have only left the house four times during the entire month…
It’s time for Part 2 of my highly-anticipated three-part series on Christmas Gifts I Love. Gift #2 is something I purchased for my husband. But it has turned out to be a great gift for me, as well, after I caused myself some post-surgery damage using Gift #1 and ended up on a CapableDad-imposed bedrest/complete…
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Now I know that Christmas is NOT all about the gifts. But I’m such a kid inside that I still love the thrill of unwrapping the packages under the tree. I received (and gave) a few gifts that I love so much I just have to blog…
It was a calm Christmas morning. Our five-year-old daughter received two babies for Christmas. First, she got a baby sister. And today, she received Kit, the American Girl doll. She thinks Kit’s name should be “Lilly”. Baby #1: Wow, Lilly. You look sweet in that outfit. All they give me to wear are these sleepers…
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I have been so busy taking naps, eating the wonderful desserts that friends have been bringing us and trying to protect the baby from six little hands that constantly want to touch her nose and ears that I almost forgot to recognize that this is one of my favorite days of the year! It’s the…
The past 19 days have been a blur. A comfy, cozy, cuddly, sleep-deprived blur. The days and nights are a never-ending cycle of naps, feeding baby, changing diapers and staring into deep dark baby eyes, sprinkled with home school, taking turns holding baby and trying to sneak in a shower sometime before bed. On Friday,…
For five of the past six years, one of our three older children has attended the same preschool. Every December, they put on the same Christmas program. It’s a sweet little re-telling of the Christmas story with the 3- to 5-year-olds singing songs like, “Bells are Ringing”, “Happy Birthday, Jesus”, and “What Did the Cow…
It’s been fun looking at all of the beautifully-decorated houses that are part of the Christmas Tour of Homes this year. More than 1,000 bloggers have joined the carnival, hosted by The Nester, to show off their holiday decor. I’ve been wishing I could participate, but, honestly, with our fourth child born on Dec. 1,…
