Mica woke up this morning with a dry diaper. He protested going to the potty mightily, but once he was there, he peed and peed and peed. While this doesn't happen every morning, it certainly isn't unusual either. If he starts having a rough time sleeping early in the morning (like at 4 or 5) I'll sometimes ask maxemulien to put him on the potty--which he ( Read more... )

We were supposed to leave on Friday for a weekend visit with my dad, but the weather has been truly frightful so we hemmed and hawed until the last minute about going. When we woke up to a blanket of snow on Friday morning, we decided discretion is the better part of valor. I had a good time playing with kids outside and took some pretty pictures ( Read more... )

Life has been pretty much one thing after another for the past two months and I'm really ready for things to settle down a little bit. At least we don't have any travel plans for the month of April, and I'm crossing my fingers that the remodel on our house will be done in the next couple of weeks. It will be a real relief to have our washer and ( Read more... )

Raine is doing much better today, thank goodness. She's eaten applesauce, banana and cheerios and is clamoring for more food, which seems like a good sign. Of course she was clamoring for food all through her illness, which is just strange to me. I never thought distaste of eating while sick was a learned behavior, but it certainly could be ( Read more... )

Raine puked for the first time yesterday. She spit up as a baby of course, but this is so different and upsetting for all of us. She was still puking this morning, and had dry heaves last night, so we're all a little worn out. She's been nursing like crazy, mostly because breast milk seems to stay down a little better than other food, and is at ( Read more... )

I always feel like I should give a detailed report when returning for a trip, but getting back into my normal routine is so time consuming I rarely find the time to even mention the highlights. So here are the highlights while it's still fresh ( Read more... )