Here we are in our beautiful new home, with no furniture, no dishes, no anything. I’ve been wearing my husband’s shirts for the last two days, the same pair of jeans for the last two days. We are living on take-out. Our movers were supposed to deliver on Wednesday or Thursday, but on late Wednesday [...]

We left Denver very early this morning, so that we would be home by lunch. It was our final push, about eight hours in the car. I am amazed at how well my girls handled all of the driving. There was no real fussing or crying, just a little whining here and there, usually because [...]

I haven’t been around much lately, have I? I have a good reason. Really, I do. We sold our Fort Worth home and are moving. Right away. Seems like it’s coming out of left field, doesn’t it? I promise you, it’s not. This move has been in the works for months now. The only reason [...]

Pea’s preschool always sends home a note right before a major holiday (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day…) with very explicit requests that parents not send elaborate gifts for the kids in the classroom. This means no cookies, no candy, no small gifts. A card will suffice, if it’s called for (such as on Valentine’s Day). I [...]

Shannon over at The Cole Mine just tagged me to do a marriage meme, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Although I’m not much of a sucker for Valentine’s Day, I am a sucker for my husband and am pretty excited about this opportunity to walk down Memory Lane… 1. Where / how did you meet? [...]

I mentioned once to a friend who doesn’t have children that my love for my girls is a passionate love. She looked at me like there was something really wrong with me. Passion? What does passion have to do with your children? But I’m willing to bet that if you are a parent, you know [...]

My husband has been gone a lot over the last 6 weeks, more so than usual. In that time, I got very comfortable with a particular way of eating. I hate to label it, but basically I’ve not eaten any sugar, white flour products or animal, with the exception of a little fish here and [...]

Last night, my husband and I were watching an episode of “Supernanny.” This is the ensuing conversation: Him: “She’s from Australia. Doesn’t that make her even cooler?” Me: “Really? Oh. I guess. Wait, are you sure Supernanny is from Australia? She has kind of a Cockney thing going on, doesn’t she?” Him: “Not Supernanny. The [...]

My mother, GiGi, is here visiting. We are very close. She’s an incredible mother and an amazing grandmother. Of course, there have been issues along the way in our relationship. Mother-daughter relationships never seem to be that simple. But she’s a good woman, kind, fun, creative, and she passionately loves her children. But she doesn’t [...]

We took the girls to the stock show this afternoon. For those of you who might not be familiar with this, I can best describe it, in all of my midwestern ignorance, as a big fair where there are horses and cattle and ropes and cowboy boots with spurs and chaps and ten-gallons and, well, [...]

About a month ago, Pea’s aunt, uncle and cousin took her to some big indoor entertainment place on the other side of Dallas. They played games, rode a merry-go-round, ate pizza and won prizes. But the piece de resistance? The train ride around the parking lot. She’s been asking for the last week if we’d [...]

Pea was two-years old before she was really talking. From about the time of her first birthday until her second, you could regularly hear my husband and I asking one another, “when do you think she’ll say something? By the time she’s thirteen months? Oh, definitely.” And then one month later, we’d be asking the [...]

Pea is in the throes of her first stomach bug. It started about 36 hours ago, and although she seems to be on the mend pretty rapidly, it is scary. She woke up about 4 am two nights ago and threw up a little bit. I changed her sheets and got her back to bed. [...]

I’m glad Christmas is behind us. I don’t understand why the holidays are so stressful for me, but they are. Are they like that for everyone? Or anyone? Christmas Eve was sweet. Pea and her daddy went out front and left some rolled oats and glitter for the reindeer so that they could find our [...]

Every year, we host a Christmas brunch at our home for my husband’s entire family. It’s a big bunch. And we decided on a brunch because they all have kids themselves, and so I am sure they feel the same way that we do… that being that they’d like their children to open their presents [...]