parenthood
Pacifier? What pacifier?
Forest has been a pacifier junkie since birth. Before having kids I had a very strong dislike of pacifiers but was willing to let it slide for bedtimes. Logan gave his up at five months but we hit 3 years old with Forest and I was so ready to say goodbye to that [...]
Merry Christmas
The day we went in for the boys 3 year check up, Logan was running a low grade fever and both Forest and I were a bit under the weather as well with coughs and sniffles. A few days later and Forest is doing ok with only a small cough but Logan and I [...]
Nursery Rhymes
The boys have developed in insatiable desire for nursery rhymes. Which I understand is normal for this age. We have three books of them that we rotate but what’s fun is how the boys are starting to memorize them and love to try and recite them. I have never encouraged them to [...]
Momma Told me that there’d be Days Like This
I owe you a post. A real post. Not just pictures and updates about all the neat stuff the boys are doing (which I’m behind on anyway), but something a little more, well like I said, real.
The boys want to do everything on their own. And they are getting good at it [...]
Creating Christmas Traditions
Being a new parents brings up the question of what traditions we want to have for our family. Some traditions are introduced by us from our childhood and own experiences, others are organic and emerge as the family simply lives our experiences.
One tradition that we agreed to before the boys were born was to always [...]
Priceless
I find Elmo’s voice extremely annoying. So not a fan. But the 10-15 minutes of peace and quiet that I get while the boys watch Elmo’s World as the boys are beginning the pre-nap meltdown is priceless.
Breakfast for Three
The boys have created a new way of eating breakfast in the past few weeks. They don’t sit in their chairs. They sit on daddy’s lap. Every…single..morning. He has to grab bites to eat in between them stealing his spoon or fork and eating his food. Even if it is [...]
Toddler Transitions
Last year it seemed like every time we thought we had things down, a new transition would occur and we’d have to figure it all out again. Swaddling to sleep sacks, cosleeping to cribs, pacifiers to only when in bed, breastfeeding to bottles to sippy cups, it seemed endless. So this year has [...]
Always Going Forward
The other day I had a funny memory from the first few months of motherhood and nursing twins. Yes, it was just last year although it seems like a lifetime ago. While in the hospital after the boys were born, I asked for the lactation consultant to come by and make sure that we were [...]
Setteling back in
Unfortunately I have no photos from our vacation last week because we misplaced our camera’s battery charger during the recent move. Hopefully this weekend Brad and I can either tear apart the office and find it or go to Best Buy and purchase a replacement. Either way, I need to be able to [...]
