Thursday, January 29, 2015
Mamas and babies
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Happy 365
I am eternally grateful for all the help we have as we raise our band of hooligans, but I have to admit that I love the days when I get them all to myself.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Happy 365
Before they were born, I made the girls these blankets with their nursery fabrics. I imagined wrapping them up in the hospital to meet their brother. Of course their arrival was a bit different than we planned, and these blankets ended up in the NICU hanging over the girls' isolettes making them into a perfect little tent. We would lift them up and peer inside whispering hopes and promises to our tiny babies. The NICU is a scary place even for the parents of the healthiest babies, and our ten day tour was a crash course in patience and trust and luck. Every night when I tuck my big strong healthy girls in under these same blankets, I always flash back to those first days and feel so incredibly, amazingly, unbelievably blessed.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Happy 365
On our way home from our haircut and hot dog date, I heard a little voice from the backseat... "Mom! I have a great idea! Let's go to Target! It's my favorite place!" I mean really, how could I say no to that?
Arthur says
"Mom, your body is cute! Your boobies are cute! Your glasses are cute!"
To the girls... "Oh you're my sweeties! You're my munchkin pies!"
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Happy 365
Happy Birthday dear Uncle Dave! We were so happy to celebrate you today! We love you! (Except Norah.)
Friday, January 16, 2015
Happy 365
There are many things I LOVE about my job, but these new buffalo bones might top the list today! (Try them now at your local Famous Dave's! Seriously they are amazing.)
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Happy 365
One of the hardest things about Art traveling (aside from the sheer labor of keeping these people alive) is splitting my attention between three kids who are each demanding 100 percent of it. So when Arthur and I found ourselves alone at the mall and I suggested that maybe we should grab some ice cream, I had to agree when he told me "Mom, this is the best idea EVER!"
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Happy 365
Poobah drove home with us to help this tired Mama with the bath-book-bed rigamarole. We will be glad to have Daddy back tomorrow, but we're so thankful to have so many hands willing to help us wrangle these tiny banshees.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Sleeping Beauty
They look so peaceful when they sleep it seems impossible that these are the same girls who run me ragged all day long.
Happy 365
Santa spent all that time and money and these fools spent an hour today playing with a box in the hallway.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Happy 365
Grammy and Pap drove all the way across Pennsylvania to help with the daunting task of de-Christmasing 3102 Green Street. We cut the tree down to get it out (putting a hole in the ceiling that subsequently needed repair), vacuumed, scrubbed carpets and couches, wrapped and packed and wiped down furniture and touched up paint and then UNPACKED all our regular decor, washed and REDECORATED. Grammy even braved the frigid cold to wash our windows!!! Long day, but it feels good to have a fresh start in the new year!
Friday, January 9, 2015
Happy 365
My smart, sweet, selfie-loving Cecily Jane PEED ON THE POTTY FOR THE FIRST TIME! (Guys, I spared you the photo of the deed itself but let's not kid ourselves this is THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR.)
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Arthur says
"Poobah cries a lot. That's why I have to take care of him."
"I'm so disappointed in Yaya."
I can get no additional information on either topic.
Writing
I sure do.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Happy 365
Thankful that Yaya and Poobah drove all the way up again today to give this tired Mama and Dad a break. We are cautiously optimistic that the girls have turned the corner and are on the mend. All fingers and toes crossed for a quiet night!
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Friday, January 2, 2015
Happy 365
Snuggling with my sickie after a traumatic visit to the pediatrician. Silver lining: We have antibiotics! Also a bright future in the Theater Arts.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Happy New Year!
(We're mostly on the mend, Cecily is still feverish and they're all quite dramatic, but we've got to get rid of the snots and coughs and we'll be better!)
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