February, 2009

Cooper is turning into a little person.     You know, babies are just kind of delicious little blobs when they first come out, then they morph into funny little creatures who giggle and coo and laugh, then suddenly one day you realize that they actually might be thinking something. Today Cooper went past the "Waaa!   You took my toy away!" milestone and entered the "Hey Mom!   I'm…

... but not for long.   Cooper, Casey and I all got adjusted at the chiropractor today so the end is surely in sight for this nasty week of illness we've been consumed by.   I realize that my last post was not only boooooring, but way too graphic in regards to the vomiting details, so let's move on, and say only in closing that we are slowly getting better…

Since my last post, we have had some drama around here.   It all started when Casey went out of town for four days.   Ok, that wasn't the start of the drama, just the backdrop.   It really started when, Tuesday afternoon, Kenny started projectile vomiting all over the bathroom.   He did make it to the toilet, but not exactly in the toilet, which was pretty messy, but…

I'm currently in a bit of a quandary, and I need some advice. Right now Kenny calls about 50% of our adult friends "Mr." or "Mrs." So-and-So, and the other 50% are "Mr+first name" and Miss+first name."   I am a bit confused as to how we got into this mess, but so it goes.   I think that it started because the first significant adults in his life (other…

Do you ever feel like you spend the day walking backwards?   I felt like that on Friday.   I had a To Do list a mile long, which automatically means that Cooper doesn't nap, Kenny doesn't stay put in "quiet time" and Dudley decides today's the day to bring a large stick into the living room through his dog door to chew up on the rug.   In other…

One of Casey's best friends left today for what will most likely be close to an 18 month deployment with the Marine Corps.   He leaves behind his wife and four daughters, ranging in age from 11 years to 9 months.   Casey went to his house to drive him to the airport at 6AM  this morning, and got to the house in time to witness a "Yellow Ribbon Ceremony"…

It kind of dawned on me today that Saturday is Valentine's Day.   Duh.   Casey and I have talked about going out on a date, and yet it never really hit me until just now that it's Valentine's Day.   I have nary a card or a gift.   I feel like life has been in fast forward - Christmas, New Year's, almost buying a house and moving (again),…

Kenny wanted to pose with Dudley for a picture, and we caught Dudley mid-yawn... Yikes!

Over the weekend I had to make a dessert for a dinner party we were attending, and decided that I needed to use the fabulous min-bundt pans that we got as a wedding gift so long ago.   The pans in question were packed somewhere in the twenty-some-odd boxes that we have still not unpacked from our move and move back this past October.   These boxes are in our…

Back in August I joined Facebook at the suggestion of a high school friend, but never really did anything other than fill in a skeleton profile and then randomly accept friend requests here and there.   But this week I've logged in a few times and I'll admit: I'm wondering if the tentacles of this time-sucking phenomenon is going to pull me in. I barely have time for blogging, much…