Week 22—What’s That About a Glow?

You just about can’t be a pregnant woman without hearing all of the goofy little old wives’ tales about gender prediction. You know: heartbeat speed, belly distribution, rings on hair dangled over the belly, what color Drano turns if you pee in it (who the heck had the idea for that one???)…
And then there is [...]

Protected: Three Years Old Already

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Relax???

You know, when we were going through all those years of infertility, a lot of people would say a lot of things to try and comfort me. Probably the one I heard the most was, “If you adopt, you’ll finally relax about having kids—then you’ll get pregnant!” I’m sure many people felt their comments were [...]

Frighteningly Creative

Every day, while the younger boys take naps, I have the older boys do “quiet time.” They can look at books, watch tv, or play their Leapsters. I really don’t care what they choose, as long as it is quiet and independent (so that I get a break, too).
Recently, this is what Noah chose to [...]

Can You Blame Me for Being Neurotic?

Today was a beautiful day. Gorgeous. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and only the slightest breeze could be felt.
Apparently, however, the slightest breeze was all it took today:

Ironically, it was only about five minutes before this came down that my mother was standing in approximately this exact location, picking up sticks [...]

21 Weeks: Dusting Off My Dreams

Do you ever look back and wish you could relive a moment in your life? It doesn’t even have to be some big, life-changing event. Sometimes, it is just something little and stupid. And yet…
Earlier this week, I was thinking about Thanksgiving this past year. Or, more specifically, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. That was the [...]

The Mouths of Babes

I’ll warn you up front—if you aren’t familiar with the LDS church, this post may not make a lot of sense to you.
Several years ago, when we were still attending a small, inner-city Branch (tiny LDS congregation), Sean was the Young Men’s president and I was the Young Women’s president. It was a very small [...]

All By Myseeeeeellllllffffff…

Living near a military  base, I have a lot of friends whose husbands go TDY or are even deployed. I have the utmost respect for them. I honestly don’t understand how they do it.
Me? My husband is gone for one night, and I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack.
Of course, it doesn’t [...]

Self-Reflection from the Sidelines

I am a competitive person.
If I go to the gym, you can rest assured that I am looking at the settings on the treadmill/spin bike/elliptical machine next to me. As neurotic as it may sound, I don’t want to feel like I’m being “beat” by the person I’ll never see again working out on the [...]

Make Lemonade

I’ve had a hard time making myself sit down to write the past couple of days. Not for lack of things to write about, certainly (at the very least, I still have one more post to do about Eric Holder’s speech last month that may be the most important point that I have to make). [...]