
Often it is my Grandfather that I think of when I think of Memorial Day. I think about him being such a young, young man in the Air Force during WWII. I think about the nightmares he would have decades later about things he never spoke of. I think about the pride he felt for [...]

This is so, so, so, sooooo wrong of me to admit because I am bound to jinx things, but here I go: I think we stumbled across a breakthrough with W’s sleeping issues. I haven’t written much about it because it seemed his no interest in sleep was normal and there wasn’t much to do [...]

I really can’t explain the lack of revealing blog posts over here lately. I feel a bit like a performer that is doing a tap dance in order to distract you from the chaos backstage. Not that there is any awful sort of chaos, it’s just the same sort of chaos that we have been [...]

Often it feels like I am stuck in two gears: one wants to speed things up and the other wants to slow things down. When I think about security and when I wonder about what is going to happen to our family next I get ill. I want to speed this part up and get [...]

And by luscious I mean HUMID. And by humid I mean ew. But it isn’t Florida so I feel like I should shut up already about it. I’ll try. Instead how about I tell you about the awesome poison oak that I have on the inside bend of my elbow? Don’t want to hear about [...]

1) Yesterday I found a grocery store that sold yoplait’s new red velvet cake flavor. This morning I was soooo excited to try it. Which was probably a mistake, you know with sights set too high and all. It wasn’t bad. But, and this will show what a non-yogurt eater I really am, it just [...]
W has moved on from eating whatever I provide for him, artfully arranged on his high chair tray. Oh no. He wants what I am eating. Even if we are eating the same thing. But mine clearly needs to be his. I doubt this is a trend that will change soon, and now that I [...]
Totally not able to do this without helping hands or helping toys, but it’s a start. And I thought ya’ll might like to see!

A photo post by W for your enjoyment: I started the day by heading downtown to check on the state of the nation. The nation was hot.: Like my fancy one onesie? It’s a plaid 1. I got it from my internet Aunt Jen. She makes lots of cool things! I was presented with a [...]