We spent the whole afternoon over at my aunt Chloes super big pool.Im graduated to super big pools now, or didnt you know?Mom slathered me up with so much sunscreen, Im lucky I didnt sink from the we...
One of our songs: Come Home by Chappo on GroovesharkUnder the covers, I make a tentIt’s my world that I invent Without you near me, no adventureI want you to be home ba na na nah na nahUnder th...
Im gonna do it.Im gonna write a mush post.Sometimes its just nice to write about how youre lucky.+You know whats really been sinking in for me lately? That Everett is so blessed happy.I remember, whe...
I ran across this little short film on Twitter earlier today.If you have a spare 11 minutes, you wont regret watching it. Its something very close to my heart--a childs right to his own imagination.I...
I need to disappear to my happy place right now.And that is planning a birthday for my little boy who just yesterday it seems we were calling "Bump" and wondering vagina or penis, vagina or p...
Lots of happy things.There was Everetts first swim.My friend Katherine has a little pool in her backyard, so we took ourselves and our swimmer diapers right on over.Well, the water was pretty high on...
If There Was No You by Brandi Carlile on GroovesharkI love you.What else is there to say? Except, you heal me and Im the luckiest.
4:30 pm, hands down.Mike goes back to work after lunch.I feed Everett his supper. We watch a little Hulu.I gather up all the toys and put them back in their baskets (otherwise, well, you know what ha...
So I said I wouldnt let Pinterest ruin book club.And I said I wouldnt print off a bunch of pins and try to recreate them.But I never said I wouldnt paint whole rooms in the last two days before the g...
Everett, these are eleven things I want to remember about you while youre eleven months old:1. The way your little bum switches back and forth so fast when youre crawling. Your daddy said the other n...
+Heres something you should know about me: I love books third best to my husband and child. Oh, you knew that already? Well, I also like to ask people what their favorite book is and then judge them ...
One:If you follow me on Instagram, then youre probably not reading this since the following picture already killed you dead:And in case you do follow me there and you did in fact survive, then here a...
Hey! How do I get into this thing? +Mikes birthday was on Monday. Every year, he asks for the same thing, and every year I fail to deliver. Until now! You see, he always asks for this ...
Note: Everett actually turned 10 months on April 4th. Im LATE because I was too busy avoiding his double-digitness. Hes actually quite a bit older, you see, and I actually am having a hard time with ...
Im back!It feels so good to be back!Oh how I missed that man that Im married to. It was a good reunion. Mike was a little worried Everett had forgotten him, but when we got off the plane, Everett loo...
Everett and I are going to Iowa to visit my dad for the next little bit. Were going to read books, write books, ride bikes, sit on porches, practice our walking and talking, and probably tweet and in...
Easter was a handmade bow tie for Everett and a last minute search for dress pants that fit Mike...I mean, where do his dress clothes go to die? Its like they crawl off into the back of the closet un...
Every time somebody calls me famous, I shit myself a little.Just to remind them that, hey, I poop too. Just like they do.I get really embarrassed, is what I mean to say, because I am not famous.You s...
Not long ago, Chloe came over to our house and taught herself how to shoot my camera in manual within a matter of minutes.Dang it. Her generation is better at everything with a power button, am I rig...
Thats right, hes back, and hell cut you.The good news is, I had to dig like a mother to find even just a few pictures of Everett mean muggin.In fact, I almost had to change the title of this post to:...
For this project, I used my Canon 60D to take stills and video of Everett, and iMovie 11, which came standard on my iMac. Some of the movies youve seen on my blog (for instance) came from stills and ...
Someone asked me about my writing process. Im not sure this will be what they expected, but its what came out when I thought about how I write. + Ive spent years avoiding writing the story I nee...
{these pictures make me squeal every time I look at them}+We dont really read horoscopes in our family, but we do periodically like to look up our traits and then point and laugh at each other and sa...
The other day I was in the bathroom about to pull down my pants for a pee when I looked over and noticed two people standing on the other side of the window.I froze. They just went on with what they ...
What are babies for if not to give you a good excuse when your husband walks in on you having a too-enthusiastic dance party?"It was Everetts idea?"for those dance parties and long drives fro...
When I was pregnant, I remember this happening:It was evening, we were in bed, and I brought up co-sleeping (seemed like a good time). Mike looked at me and scoffed, "No way, no how are we co-sle...
Sadly, Ive lost more than one friend thanks to motherhood.I think.Nobody wants to be that person that says, I quit calling so much because of your damn baby. But I think thats what happened.As a new ...
Once upon a time I was pregnant and blogging about watermelons and breast milk smiles and being out in the yard with my summer baby and the dog. I was turning my nose up at having a May baby and wait...
Supplies: printed profile digital photo felt for silhouette (wool blend is best)scissorstapewooden embroidery hoopscrap of fabrictwo scraps of felthot glue gunribbon (glitter ribbon from here)pellon ...
Being a step parent is a thankless job.Ive heard that more than once, from both my parents, from friends, from other bloggers. I only know its true because I was a stepchild once, and I was an asshol...
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