This little lady steals my heart most every day. Between listening to her lilting medleys {of Jesus Loves Me, 3 Blind Mice, Twinkle, Twinkle…finished up with…”green means go, yellow means slow and red means stop!”} and watching her patiently and tenderly love on her {often rough n’ tumble} little brother, she just woos me with her sweetness. She oozes compassion…. Read More
A Bugalicious {Heart} Update
Our little Bug got to see his cardiologist this morning. The one Cricket pretends to be 99.9% of the time they play doctor. {Side note: he weighs between 27 and 29 pounds, depending which scale you plop him on, and he’s a whopping 33 inches long. At 15.5 months old. That’s our boy!} His doc has given us the go… Read More
Caught Kissing
I walked into Cricket’s room yesterday afternoon to snap some photos of her dressed to the nines in tutu, shades, hat, scarf, jewelry & heels… and was met by this delightful sight instead: {he had been kissing his reflection} What can I say? He’s a rockstar.
I Am Delusional: Christmas Tree Edition
I haven’t had a tree of my own for the past 2 years. Christmas of 2008 was spent surrounding by boxes, a bullet proof vest, guns and the remainder of freshly acquired police gear my hubby had brought home from academy. He graduated as a State Trooper a mere 6 days before Christmas, was posted an hour away, and was… Read More
Through Thick and Thin, in Sickness and in Health…
Warning: this is not for the faint of gut It has been a rough few days over here at our crib. My sweet man became violently ill yesterday morning, bodily fluids shooting from every possible orifice. This virus wrecked him so completely that he found himself crawling back to bed, muscles locking, head pounding, body screaming, nearly passing out on… Read More
Surprised by Grace
Head throbbed. I lay, numb. Held hostage by my down comforter. A cry for grace went up this morning at the very moment I acknowledged that, without it, today had the potential to be an ugly one. He delivered. He always does. Today was gloriously…surprisingly…magical. The rain poured. We sat, wrapped in blankets, and watched it drench our grass. We… Read More
Life over Cheerios
I love my mornings with Cricket. My hubby tumbles into bed somewhere between 6:30 and 8:00. Yes, that would be ‘am’. Cricket stirs between 7:30 and 8:00. Bug, usually between 9:00 and 9:30. That leaves me with plenty of time with my sweet girl. She climbs into bed with me, or us – depending on the morning – and snuggles… Read More
Sunshine + Sandwiches = Picnic in the Park
{in mid-November. in Michigan. brave, yes. thank you.} {Chilly cheeks + rosy noses = trigger happy mama}
I Can Fly!
She gets her graceful hill-tumbling maneuvers from yours truly. The booger on her cheek, compliments of her brother. And her persistence, from her daddy. We think she’s a good mix.
All Dressed Up
We gave our little ones the opportunity to get decked out in costumes and gorge on candy {which meant 3 pieces, and 1 lollipop, respectively. Yes, I’m a sugar nazi} at a local church on Friday evening. They loved it. We survived. We’re not big on Halloween by any stretch of the imagination, but we realize we can’t pretend it… Read More
Can You Take My Picture?
In the final few days of Indian Summer warmth we soaked up, before they got blown away by gale force winds, this is what I heard… “Mommy…? Can you take a picture of me running? Can you take a picture of me running…into you?” “Sure sweetie…run!” And run she did. Over…and over…and over again} … Read More
Just Look At These Faces…
What’s not to love? {and it’s a wrap}
