a big (little) family

Trying to maintain my sanity and live to blog about it.

Well, then. The timing of that could definitely have been worse.

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Monday, I got my van inspected and relicensed for another year. Friday, I went to take the kids to the zoo and my van won’t start. Bummer. Who knows what that means. (Hopefully dear husband Blaine does… and it’s not expensive.) But really, the timing of this is interesting at best. We weren’t headed anywhere […]

We’ve fallen apart.

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After a new baby is born around here, for a little while, everyone is enamored with the baby and jealousy waits. And then, it all falls apart for a little while. We’ve fallen apart. Charlotte doesn’t want Momma to hold the baby, Ruby’s the most obstinate three year old I’ve met, and tears abound from […]

So glad that’s over!

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Yesterday, I went to the DMV. And it was fastest, easiest stop of my day. How backward is that? After a dentist appointment for four kids and waiting in the waiting room with the two babies for two hours, going to get the van inspected, only to find out the inspector went to lunch, going […]

Pierce: 3 weeks.

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The littlest man around here is three weeks old today.   (And drooling milk on his vest.) He’s a super focused sleeper, not so sure he likes his picture taken (or maybe it’s just my flash), and his pre-sneeze face could have so many different funny captions. Baby’s growing.

Life.

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Life around here is starting to settle into a new normal. Sleep is more plentiful than it has been with most of my others as newborns – something I’m so thankful for. I’d forgotten how hard it is to get anything done with a newborn – and how often I am forced to sit down […]

Errr… was that a compliment?

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“Your belly looks squished, Momma.” “Is it so much smaller?” “Yep. Lots.” I think Sterling was trying to compliment my recent rapid weight loss. I’m taking it as such, anyhow.

Potatoes for lunch–or peels?

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I set my bigger girls to peeling 20 potatoes for a dish for potluck tomorrow. Half an hour later, one dear daughter asked the question of the day. “Momma, do you need the peelings, or the potatoes?” Maybe I need to have them peel potatoes more often. Around here, skin stays on more often than […]

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Yesterday, I washed the sheets on my bed. It had been far, far too long. Today, I’m washing our sheets again.Not cool, Pierce. Not cool. You could have at least waited a week to do that. *Edited. For those grammar geeks…

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Pierce: 12 days old.

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Just in case anyone was wondering, Ruby has gotten over the arrival of Pierce instead of Quincy. She’s just going to dress up Pierce instead. He’s slightly skeptical though. Really, can you blame him?

F for failure.

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I took all of the kids to the grocery store by myself yesterday. We went to a small-town small store. How hard could this be? Setting myself up for failure, I know. Right about the time I thought I was doing all right, I heard a voice. Loud and getting louder, Ruby was in a […]