• A Day, A Week

    It’s been an odd week.  I’ve been out of sorts.  Things feel out of control and a little overwhelming.  But when I try to put my finger on what exactly is off, there…

  • Gracie Update: Age 22 Months

    Gracie Girl is 22 months old this week.  In some ways, I can’t believe she is almost two-years-old, but in other ways it is hard to believe she’s ONLY two-years-old.  Gracie Girl is…

  • Grocery Fail

    A lot of things have become easier now that my kids are getting bigger.  Grocery shopping is not one of those things.  It is official.  I can no longer take both of them…

  • Bean Update: Age 3 1/2

    I’ve never been really good at doing milestone updates on my blog.  Which is weird because most bloggers use their blogs as a way to catalog milestones.  Now that I think about it,…

  • Overrated Fairy Tales

    I wrote the following for something (probably Southern Weddings?) but never published it.  At least, I don’t remember publishing it.  So, I’m not really sure if you’ve already seen this one somewhere.  I…

  • How to Pick Your Battles

    I realized the other day that it had been a while since Chris and I had a good knock down, drag out fight. Which is saying something because we are smack dab in…

  • An Unexpected Staycation

    This weekend was a four-day weekend for me.  On Friday we had a teacher planning day.  At our school, it is optional for you to come in as long as you’ve gotten your…

  • I’m a Godmother!

    This past weekend we packed the kids up on Friday after work and headed to Atlanta.  That’s right.  A seven hour drive after work with two wee ones.  What in the world could…

  • School Picture Day

    This past fall, the kids had school picture day.  One of the teachers suggested that we do a siblings picture, too, so I could have one of the kids together.  That sounded great,…

  • Revenge Grocery Shopping

    I am equal parts ashamed and proud of the story I am about to tell.  You should just know that. I am swamped right now.  It’s just one of those weeks when the…