The girl child
A Day with my sick daughter
Yesterday and today I stayed home with Adrianna because she has been running a fever, throwing up and generally not feeling well. In fact, we took her to the ER last night because her temp reached 103 and she was shaking. Of course, my mind always goes to the worst possible situation so, of course, I assumed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )An open letter to Karma
Dear Karma, I have completely learned my lesson and am 100% sorry for always wanting to sleep in as late as possible during the week but waking up before 6am on the weekends just to watch pointless cartoons and demand that my parents bring me snacks while I was younger. You have been successful in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )I’m so glad that I married up in so many areas
Last night, Brock wanted to spend the night with his grandparents and Adrianna decided that she would rather stay home with us. She still has some Christmas money so we thought we would take her shopping and have dinner and just have a little one-on-one time with our little princess. Of course she had other [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Even Santa isn’t immune to Judy-attitudy
Last night, against our better judgment, we took the kids to see jolly old St. Nick. At first, we weren’t going to tell them but Brock doesn’t like surprises, so we figured rather than having a meltdown, it would be best that he have a few minutes to prepare himself to meet the big man. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )I want this documented as proof that I’m not the meanest mom ever, despite what my kids usually say
I’m really bad about doing creative things with the kids. I always envy those mothers that have it all together because usually I feel like I’m just barely hanging on. We are usually running late, the kids are whining about being hungry/thirsty/tired/bored/etc, if I’m lucky I have clean hair (but it’s usually in a ponytail) and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Irrational fears
Sometimes you reach a point as a parent and realize that you, unfortunately, have passed on a less-than-favorable trait to your kids. I’ve always been high-strung. I’ve always been a typical Type-A, just-do-it-my-way-and-we-will-get-along type. It only makes sense that my kids would be the same way. One thing that I hadn’t really anticipated was passing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Fire station fun
There’s this guy. He’s technically my sister’s boyfriend but I’m pretty sure my kids would willingly take over for her if she would let them. He’s a firefighter and he gave Greg, the kids and I a private tour of his fire station. Brock was immediately in love and didn’t stop asking questions, turning dials, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Isn’t it ironic? Don’t ya think?
This morning I kissed my babies goodbye as their grandfather scooped them up in one big ball of stuffed animals, squeals and giggles. They could have cared less when I said I was going to be gone all weekend. They didn’t notice that I teared up as I kissed both of them on their little [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )We are officially old
We are at the age where we would rather buy the kids practical gifts than spend a ton of money on clothes or toys that they will outgrow within 3 months. Rather than splurging on the things they want, we bought them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Twenty. Four.
Dear Adrianna, It has officially been two years since you came into our lives. 730 days that you have spent as part of our family. It’s hard for me to grasp the realization that it seems like only yesterday you were a tiny baby and now? Now you are a toddler. You are no longer [...]
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