Hi everyone! Hope 2013 is treating you well.  We’re off to a good start, I guess.  Kind of procrastinating getting the decorations down.  I’m usually more on top of this.  Once the 12 days of  Christmas is over, I’m packing things up.  I did move a step in the right direction today, though.  I asked [...]

I’m sure each of us as parents have disappointments in ourselves from time to time.  It’s just life…we’re not perfect, we’re human, and we forget. Yesterday morning Peamite Alpha had a dentist appointment where he had a tooth removed.  He was so excited and asked if the Tooth Fairy would come for it.  I told [...]

Y’all.  It was down to the wire.  The cake almost won.  I persevered and conquered it AND the clock (well, sort of, I was 15 minutes behind schedule, but it could have been A LOT worse!) I seriously under estimated the time it would take me to decorate these 2 cakes.  And for all intents [...]

Hi everyone.  I’m actually still here.  For quite some time, I’ve been trying to decide what to share with you all.  I thought of lots of things…became overwhelmed, and basically disappeared for a little while.  Sorry. I’ve been thinking of y’all. Please, come hang out with me again.  Lots has happened since we last spoke.  [...]

I wake up from a very heavy sleep when my phone buzzes alerting me to a message I’ve received.  I could tell at that moment, I had slept hard.  The kind of deep sleep that you can feel heavy in your chest, and your eyelids feel like weights.  About that time, Peamite Bravo climbs over [...]

About this time 5 years ago, I would have had my first child home for 2 days.  After my sweet little boy was finally cleared to leave the hospital, it was time for us first-time parents to figure out exactly how this parenting thing worked. Fast forward 5 years. Sitting before me is an adorable, [...]

My little girl says that she’s a princess all the time, so what better party to have than a princess themed party?  She also tells me that her favorite color is pink, so at the party, pink abounded. My husband thinks I put way too much effort into this party, but in reality, there were [...]

I was just looking through some pictures I have on my personal Facebook page, and I realized I have such mixed emotions about how much my babies have grown!  I’m proud and excited for them to be growing up, learning, discovering.  But…I’m also a little sad, nostalgic seeing how little and babyish they were.  My [...]

There’s nothing quite like a smoke detector going off in the middle of the night.  My heart felt like it was going to fly right out of my chest as I leaped from bed to see what was going on.  Nothing in the living room area…nothing in the kitchen.  By the time I’ve evaluated all [...]

Alarm set for 7:30 am — just in case.  (Need plenty of time to open Christmas gifts before heading to church.)  But, of course, I didn’t need said alarm. Barely.  Peamite Alpha discovers his gifts at 7:15 am Christmas morning.  (From what I hear, this was a blessing since a lot of children woke up [...]