I’m still here, still pregnant, still contracting ridiculously regular, still waiting. Pierce asked this morning when his brother will be born. I might have snapped at him slightly. Thing is, I’m not overdue. I have passed the point that Ellie was born in my pregnancy, but none of the others had been born by this […]

Last night I found Pierce trying to watch the television backwards, purple boots up in the air hanging off the armrest, craning his neck to see the television behind him. It was bedtime, and I told him to get his pajamas on before I realized why he was laying so strangely. Exhaustion had set in, […]

Decorating for Christmas was fun, once upon a time. Now, I’m tired, lacking space, and have a serious case of not feeling like it. The kids took over, and while I drew the line at a real tree from the pasture with no space to put it, they dug out the little set of fake […]

Pierce loves doughnuts. With a passion. Every few weeks, he’s asking for them again. I offered to make homemade, and while he was skeptical, it was his only option, so he agreed. Pioneer Woman’s glazed doughnuts, for the record, makes 49 doughnuts and 49 doughnut holes. 9 people can finish off 46 doughnuts and 43 […]

Sterling had on the welding gloves Blaine uses with the wood stove last night. He was given the job of keeping on annoying cat that likes to run into the garage and then the crawlspace out of the garage while Blaine brought in wood for the fire. He apparently sat with his hands on his […]