I am blessed. That’s the phrase I’ve been repeating to myself over & over again for the last hour. The baby is wide awake because she feels so crappy. I’m falling asleep sitting up, feeling crappy. I’m in the panic stricken mode of knowing that if I don’t get any sleep I’m going to wake […]
Archives for November 2012
Best Present Ever
When my little sister, Maryann, & I were little (before all the other sibs came into the picture), my parents were both in graduate school. Living on a students’ budget with kids is no joke, trust me, Todd & I have done it with one kid, I have no idea how they did it with […]
Mom Shaming
She still sleeps in a pack n’play in our room…aka…she wakes up at 3 or 4 in the morning & ends up in bed with us. Hey, she’s the 2nd child, everything comes slower for the 2nd one. And I didn’t notice it until 7 at night… and at that point I didn’t even change […]
5 Things that Bring Me Comfort
1. My pillow. We bought two matching pillows with wedding money. They are divine. And um…Todd may or may not get to sleep with his anymore. He may or may not have had it taken away from him so that his diva wife can sleep with both of them. *shameless grin here* 2. Reading at night before […]
Thanksgiving Memories
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love the simplicity of it, it is so low key. For the last 19 years, we have always gone to the same state park. We eat, then we hit the trails or play games in the great room. We never gorge out on food or zone out in […]
Christmas Shopping, yes Christmas…
Last Christmas was the first Christmas that Lboy actually “understood” what was happening. He totally got it. And it was fun! I had a blast buying stuff for him & wrapping it & then watching him open it all. The only problem was, I bought him STUFF aka junk, not a lot of substantial things […]
It all started with “Bomb Threat”
Baby O, a friend of mine & I head to the Little Rock airport to fly out for a “there & back again trip” to California to go to a cousin’s wedding. This is about how it went: First time I have to fly since becoming a mother. Nervous like crazy. Bomb threat Thursday. First […]
A Spoonful of Nutella
If Lboy were to choose what we would eat every day, it would be: For breakfast, it would be, a spoonful of Nutella (or Ba-rella as he says it). For lunch it would be, Grandma Byrd Cookies (my great-grandmother’s no bake peanut butter cookies.) And for supper (as we call it in the south, not […]