It's been a week since Leo's birthday, so I thought I really should post the photos from his special day! He was so happy to be four years old, to be such a big boy, and to switch to a booster seat in the car. There are more photos to come from the big camera, so I will probably edit/update this post as I go along ( Read more... )

I look at these guys and wonder at how quickly they've grown. They're both so independent now, doing so many things by themselves and being so helpful around the house. We've gotten into a routine when we come home where they both know to take off/stow their shoes, hats, mittens, etc and hand me their coats because the bar is too high to reach. In ( Read more... )

It is quiet right now in my home, all the boys are still sleeping. It's rare that I get a chance like this in the early morning to be alone and have silence ( Read more... )

My birthday came and went, deliberately low-key. I didn't want to make a big fuss about this one, partially because I'm not super thrilled about this "milestone" I've now met.

I know intuitively that age is all in my head and I know that it's just a number, but... THIRTYThirty means grown up. Not that I wasn't before, but if I wanted to do ( Read more... )

Yesterday at 11:57 am, I was sitting in the McDonald's PlayPlace, writing a story and listening to my big boys navigate the play area like little pros. Five years ago yesterday, at 11:57 am, I became a mother to the most wonderful boy ever.


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Leo was 18 months old yesterday! How time does fly.

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.... I had been in 'labor' since early morning. Contractions were painful, and centered in my back and hips. We had called the midwives by this time and they arrived sometime around 10 pm. I still had a long night of dancing through contractions and a long journey through my first labor before Benjamin would be born at 11:57 am on June 9th.

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