card-making,signing,stuffing food-baking,planning,buying,mixing party-preparing gift-searching,buying,wrapping,hiding house-cleaning,tidying,messing **deep breath** – taking I really do LOVE this time of year.  And I make an effort to not be stressed or hurried, just to enjoy the beauty and busy-ness of it.  But every once in a while I have moments of PANIC!  Having one at the moment.  But what…

…goes to his "happy place" any time I lay him down with his bottle.  Half-open eyes, relaxed stance, etc.  He holds his own bottle (he gets 3/day) and is only on formula now.  I stopped nursing about a month ago. …will eat anything I put on his highchair.  He never turns away food…NEVER.  That would…

CHRISTMAS!! We have a wrapped Christmas book for each night (from Dec 1-25) that the kids open and then we read (a tradition I borrowed from Shelley).  We usually read by the tree right before bed.  But tonight we were eating "hello dollies" and having eggnog, so we read at the table.  Jacob read our…

I was feeding the baby this morning…applesauce (baby food). Caleb asked if he could taste it.  I obliged. Several minutes later I asked if he would like another bite. "No, mom, I only like human applesauce."

Driving in Dallas is crazy!  I had to act like I was going to hit two cars today because they wouldn’t let me merge to exit.  I know…it sounds bad, but you know what I mean…move in to their lane a little to make them think I’m comin’ over!  Then at a stoplight, I look…

I’m breathing a sigh of relief this morning.  Last night was our big Christmas dinner for the women at church (Enrichment Night).  I was assigned to decorate last week.  And also asked to make 70 ornaments to give as gifts.  They were based on the first "carol" and ornament in THIS book, The Forgotten Carols.  I…

IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH!!

This morning I’m wishing I could freeze time.  Freeze Samuel just the way he is.  Freeze the dynamic of our family.  Freeze Christmastime.  Life is so good for us.  And happy.  We’re all healthy.  I would freeze having a baby this age, one month away from turning one…two naps a day, footed jammies, baby breath/Cheerio…

This little tike is keeping me on my toes.  I finally ordered a baby gate for the stairs, because he scares me to death on those things.  And we’re going to lock up our cabinets this weekend.  He opens them now and tries to throw my Pyrex dishes.  When he’s awake (thankfully he takes 2…

We had a wonderful time ‘giving thanks’ last week in Austin with my Dad and Christy.  And we paid a visit to the Robinson Farm…a favorite place for all of us.  My boys are in heaven there…catching lizards, shooting their bb gun, fishing…it’s paradise for them.  We were joined on Thursday and Friday by my…