One day scrolling through my news feed as I often do, and I stopped at a black and white photo of a snugly chubby baby sleeping with the words “slow down mama” on it and I stopped and looked hard at this picture. These days anything with a baby is gonna make me stop, it doesn’t really matter what …
Unfortunately I heard what I knew I would hear.Lily went from 23 degrees to 45.We are going to brace her with a softer brace with pretty lax rules when she is home so she can roll around on the floor still.Got rx to go back to wheelchair clinic, I called to schedule, but gal was …
Things I have learned getting older while raising small children 1. Once you hit 30, you start loosing count… ie when I heard Brittany Spears was 30 now I said, “I didn’t realize we were the same age” we’re not. 2. Despite what you “thought” a 4 year age difference is not a big enough …
We use the expression “he’s the third” in jest all the time. Like when he is on his 8th otterpop in an hour, “he’s the third”, when he shows up to a restaurant in a bright orange Halloween shirt that blinks (two sizes too big), camo shorts and boat shoes we say “he’s the third” …
Andrew has been out of town since Wednesday, I joked to him on the phone “you haven’t been gone this long since I kicked you out” I paused and he laughed. Sometimes my jokes are “too soon” but he laughed. It sucks when your hubby is gone, and you don’t want him to be. He’s …
You know when you go to a baby shower and you have to put down a piece of advice for the new mama and we all rack our brains for great advice, we want something encouraging so not to scare the new mom, we want something sentimental so we make the poor woman already crying …
Fall break is 2 and a half weeks long. 2 and a half long weeks. We spent Wednesday of last week to Saturday in Greer and it was beautiful! My parents had the kids for a day and Andrew and I stayed at one of their rental cabins and we had a great break. We …
I haven’t been posting lately and it isn’t you it’s me. Things haven’t been normal around here and I’m not asking much for our normal. But it is over the top crazy and mama ain’t handling the crazy too well.Just the other day I pick up an automatic dog water thing. Good idea, it is …
Just wanted to report some good! Andi’s pre k class had a special mother’s day party, they sang for us and we had treats. It was adorable and I felt choked up reading my card that said all the things Andi loved about me. It was so personal and I love that. Then our whole …
I write this sad entry, pouring out my heart, and then disappear. I assume since you all didn’t see me on the evening news you figured I was fine, so thanks for that. But man what a week. What a week. I look back at weeks like this and wonder how we survived and then …
Calm Amongst the Chaos 