it’s been a little quiet around here —  around this blog.  there is good reason though.  our little nest is growing.  come this july we will have another sweet little mouth to feed, another bedtime song to sing and another little warm body to snuggle with. so with sweet anticipation, we wait.  slowly swimming through […]

if i was honest with myself, i would admit there are times i find it hard to stay in the moment.  to be.  right where i am.  to keep my mind harnessed, my thoughts tied down, and my planning in another pocket of my brain.  we all have so much to do, so much to […]

as a mother, i battle with the whole let-them-run-like-hooligans thang.  they are boys.  they have tons of energy.  enough to recharge a solar powered fighter jet i am certain.  most times i make them go in the backyard or tell them to knock it off but this time, it was allowed. ethan is two while […]