Fours

Here is the fourth picture from my fourth file. I was tagged.

This is my nephew Daniel who is now four but was, in this picture, a few months old. He was the most beautiful little baby, as you can see. Love you Daniel!

Tag: Megan M
Megan N
Jenn M
Sarah M

The Real World of Wife-hood

I have been very lucky up to this point. In my married life, Adam has been a student, which doesn't make me lucky. What makes me lucky is that he has had a lot of time to be home, ideally doing homework, but mostly spending time with us. Us being my lucky self and our two kiddies.

This new semester has brought him a lot more responsibilities and a lot less time here with me.

So, I have had to suck in my pouting bottom lip, and "put my shoulder to the wheel" of carrying the two baby load alone for most of the day, most of the week. Thus, I join the ranks of those real wives who have husbands gone all day. My mother says that she remembers a time with her home full of little, loud, whiny, messy, children when she felt like she had to really make an effort to "keep her head above water" as she put it. I've gotten a little taste of that feeling lately.

My solution, party! Our friends motto on their blog is "perfecting the fine art of having fun." So, in moments of frustration or tiredness, I play with my kids. I don't worry about the dishes, or the laundry, or any other mess in the house. Sometimes Baylub helps me clean. But, we mostly play and that seems to make things go better for everyone. I'll keep you posted if this method continues to work.



We do miss our Adam. He is my knight in shining armor going out to conquer the dragon of school and work. He's a tough guy. He's "Rambo." I'm so glad I married Rambo.

The Joys of Pooping

Who knew it would be so satisfying to have a baby poop successfully!

Since going to solids, little Lu has had diaper trouble.

You'd never know it, she's such a happy girl though.


It was to the point of feeding her full bottles of prunes and pears, watering down her bottles, and cutting out pretty much all other solid foods.


One quick trip to the doctor solved that problem.

And now we are back to our normal selves with normal diapers that bring Lucy's mommy so much peace.