When the baby is screaming and the toddler is shaving the cat: Wine Please
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It’s been an interesting day, a Murphy’s Law kind of day, and it’s barely past noon. After waking up to the sounds of Gavin pitching a fit downstairs with Justin, I knew today was not going to start off very well, but figured if I tried really hard, I could get past a rough start. I got Gavin calmed down and ready…
Continue reading : Murphy’s LawBlackberries! Even Maggie down there is excited that we finally have some ripe berries. This time last year my mom and I were making the SECOND batch of blackberry freezer jam. Of course now that I invested in a fancy water-bath canner, I can’t seem to get these berries to ripen for me in a reasonable amount of…
Continue reading : Behold!In preparation of friends and family coming into town and filling my house with fun and excitement in honor of Cooper’s 1st birthday on the 12th, we have been cleaning. And cleaning. And cleaning some more. And no, our house is still not all that clean because well, we’ve cleaned it like twice since Cooper was…
Continue reading : More Housekeeping Than You Can Shake a Stick AtThis post started as a rant about the fight Justin and I had. But I realized that wasn’t appropriate to air that kind of laundry…at least not while he still reads my blog and has comments emailed to him. Suffice it to say it wasn’t pretty, complete with ugly words, and hurt feelings, and for what I think was the…
Continue reading : Baby LoveSince Gavin is exceptionally sensitive to loud noises and Cooper literally turns into this after 8pm: our Fourth of July was spent managing a (hopefully) teething Cooper (up screaming for an hour at 3am), introducing Gavin to Star Wars Episode IV, lighting off a couple mini-fountains in our driveway, and scaring…
Continue reading : Happy Fourth of July!
