It's been a while since I've posted, mostly because my computer was dead for a while, and I had to send it back to Dell.  And my backup plan, the phone, has stopped letting me upload pictures for some reason.  *sigh ( Read more... )

Jimmy is taking an incredibly long nap, so you get an update! It has been a crazy busy week, with one crazy weather shift! Fall is here ( Read more... )

Vacation this year was pretty disappointing. We went to Folly Beach in South Carolina, and it was the whole super-big family reunion thing. Seeing family was nice, but the big problem was that it was 98 degrees plus humidity every day, with a heat index of about 106. Every time I tried to take Jimmy outside, he'd last about 10 minutes, then ( Read more... )

Well, the wool soakers experiment was a bust. Jimmy is just two heavy a wetter for cloth overnight. We tried bamboo fitted diapers with hemp boosters, and then the wool soakers, and both times Jimmy woke up because he was wet, and one night he soaked through the wool to the bed. The second night I just went ahead and put the disposable on him. ( Read more... )

Jimmy had his first swim lessons today at Sandy Pond Beach, and they went well! He seemed to enjoy being in the water, even if he was a bit tired (it was almost naptime). I love his reactions - when we finally got in the water he gave a big gasp right at the waistline... heh. But second time I tried he was okay with it. They had all kinds of ( Read more... )

Most of this month was taken up by an insanely long vacation. I don't want to such a long one next year - we need to break it up into multiple trips! We drove to NC, spending a night with Tom's friend Faith on the way. Faith had KITTENS!!!! So cute. Then we spent several days in Raleigh, staying with my brother and visiting Tom's brother ( Read more... )

I'm back from a wonderful vacation at the beach. Got to see all my family on my father's side, more or less. Spent a ton of time just relaxing on the beach, boogie boarding, walking, collecting shells, reading, playing games and chatting with family. I also got to go kayaking with my dad (in my uncle's 2-person sit-on-top), destroy two beach ( Read more... )