Busy

Well, my month of every day weekday blogging is over. And now that it's over what did I think of it?Eh.I don't know that I actually made a lot of progress like I hoped I would. I still have a dozen unfinished blog posts sitting in my drafts. I had hoped to get time to just sit down and power through them, but the truth is that I don't have lots of time to sit down and power through anything these days. I keep thinking I'm going to sit down and...

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Chocolate Frosting

We made birthday cupcakes while mom was in town.  I realized that I never had a birthday dessert, with candles and whatnot, so it was a perfect excuse for Jayce to help with a little baking as he loves to do.  They were yellow with chocolate frosting.When we weren't paying attention, Jayce helped himself to a second, which he ate from the top down, as opposed to from the side.  This is his response to his reflection in the mirror.The...

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Hannah and Grandma

Mom came to visit last week while Chris was in California.  She hadn't been to see us since June, AKA she hadn't seen Hannah since she was 1 week old.  She couldn't get enough.Come back any time Grandma, we missed you the minute you left!Linking to Miscellaneous Monday and Life Made Lovely.&nb...

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Booties

Now that November is almost over, as is my every-weekday blogging, it's about time for me to make a little something for these,along the lines of these.Someday I will learn to do something more leisurely with my leisure time.  Until then, I will be deciding on colors.&nb...

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Thankful Again

I'm thankful for my little pumpkin,and my little chef,I'm thankful for a week with no time to blog because I've been spending time with mom, and driving to spend Thanksgiving with family. I'm also thankful for random pictures.Happy Thanksgiving!...

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Thankful

I'm so thankful for my 3 loves, who take turns making me crazy, and calming my crazy....

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Go Together

One of my friends made the comment that Hannah and Jayce don't match, but they do look like they go together.I like it....

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Family Fall Photos

When I told Chris that I wanted to get family pictures taken he gave me the, "Erin, you just got an amazing brand new camera, and take a million pictures of our family each week, and now you want to spend more money on more pictures?" My answer was yes. I don't want professional portraits done each season or each year, but since we have a new addition, I want pictures of our family of four.We got the proofs last week and he had to agree that they...

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Jayce Questions

Last week Hannah was wearing some Halloween pjs with glow-in-the-dark bones printed on them. They sparked the following conversation with Jayce.Jayce: Mom, what are these?Me: Those are bones.What are bones?Um, they are hard things that are under your skin. Whenever you feel your skin and they're something hard under there, that's your bones. I then showed him his elbow, his knees, his wrists, etc. I was feeling a little proud of myself for coming...

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5 Months and Foot Grabs

5 months is a good age.It's the month of one of my favorite baby poses, which I'll call "legs in the air." Whenever you're on your back, those legs are up.Even in the middle of the night, when I lay you on the changing table and you are still 90% asleep, those legs go up.My other favorite baby pose is an extension of legs in the air, "grabbing the toes." Even when you're zipped up in your sleep sack, you are still grabbing for your toes.When I...

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Batman in the ER

Jayce has been at various stages of sick for the past month, his allergies going crazy with the trip to Florida, Kentucky, and back, and the Illinois temperatures dipping into the 30s and then back in the 70s. It's been a bit much on his little system and he's been a relatively passive little guy in the process. But last week he finally kicked all of his symptoms and is feeling so much better. So the playing and pretending have been in full swing.For...

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Best Parenting Article Ever

I absolutely love this article.I read it for the first time over a year ago, the night after we attended this lovely wedding where Jayce behaved like a little monster. A friend just happened to tag me to read it on facebook, and it was just what I needed. I dare you to read it and not nod your head or say "Yes!" out loud. It's fabulous. Enjoy....

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