I’ve been trying to get fall pictures of the kids (and the four of us) for two weeks now. The camera shutter remote is lost somewhere in my house and it’s driving me mad that I can’t find it. Bah. The only thing I really want to be able to do with my camera is…
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Down By The River
The kids and I took a little Labor Day road trip to visit my family down by the Georgia coast. Saturday we had a big family cookout. (So much food.) It was good to get away for a few days and see aunts and uncles and cousins we don’t see very often. It felt good…
World Breastfeeding Week
The first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week. Emma and I are almost 16 months into breastfeeding with no signs of slowing. When she wants to nurse, she climbs into my lap, slaps my boobs, and then signs “please.” She knows what she wants and she’s not afraid to ask for it. All day…
Back to Reality
Oh, first day after vacation. You’re a brutal sort. And you’re a Monday. So you’re doubly awful. Vacation was wonderful. Completely, truly, amazingly wonderful. The kind of week we needed. Here at home there are schedules and errands and worries. I felt more at peace there than I have in a long time, and I’m really…
Gone Fishin’
You know when your week gets off to a start that is less than stellar and you spend the whole day trying to do ANYTHING to break the funk and the only thing that will break the funk is the one thing you can’t seem to get which is sleep? Yes. That. That was my…