August 8, 2019 Study and Playtime Your bed. A place of rest. Calm. Peace. Unless you are a mom! I got the baby all ready, got myself all ready, even get Lucas ready for his bed! Lay down and *boom* here come the troops! Lucas does an aerial front flip [...]
Memories associated with one simple game... [...]
July 30, 2019 First Sweet Potato (and Fit!) Thea is five months old. She is fascinated with everything. If it moves, she giggles at it and wants to chase it. If it makes a sound, she wants to chase it. If it is in the possession of an older sibling, [...]
July 6, 2019 Fireworks and Family We have only missed one “Fireworks Over the Matanzas” in all of Christina’s 15 years. We were at Wild Adventures park in Valdosta and Christina wasn’t even one year old. Every year we go downtown. Louis monitors the weather so we’ve avoided being soaked [...]
June 23, 2019 Loss and Love Standing excitedly on the screened porch steps, 6 children stand about squirming, giggling, jumping, and otherwise trying to pitifully contain their excitement. “What is it, Daddy!” chorus a half-dozen voices. Daddy pulls out a stork – plain, white, six-foot-tall wooden stork. “No, Daddy! It [...]
June 2, 2019 A Family Journal I’ve been working on two projects for each of my children. One was a crocheted blanket for each – king size, crafted from their favorites in a pattern they chose. I’ve only completed one. The second is about 15 rows from completion, but I [...]
Teenager + my phone + cute baby = lots of poses and cute or funny pictures! [...]
May 4, 2019 My Office Buddy Today I’m thinking about how blessed I am to have an awesome boss who allows me to bring my baby to work with me. Second only to working remotely (my goal, by the way, once the business has grown), being able to have Thea [...]
April 30, 2019 Easter Cuteness Easter Sunday was so much fun for us this year! Not only did our little Thea officially turn two months old on Easter, but neither Louis nor I was working, neither of us was tired, and we had the whole weekend to ourselves! Baby Thea [...]
Watching & Analyzing April 27, 2019 I’ve always been a watcher. I watch the world around me and (most of the time) analyze it. I look at a beautiful blue sky and my mind says “wow, how pretty,” and quickly follows with “it won’t rain for the next few hours.” [...]