The Bitty Billy Joel Edition … [Read more...]
And so it begins…
The Advanced Maternal Age Edition My son Joe is working on his Eagle Scout project today. He’s installing a retaining wall at an area women’s shelter—a big job made a bit easier by the help of his father, friends, and various siblings. I have a baby, which means I’m exempt from most forms of manual labor. I baked them revel bars and called … [Read more...]
{Pretty Happy Funny Real}
The “Guess Who’s 6 Months Old Already?” Edition {Pretty} “Pretty” = the hot pink fingernails on his big sister. Look, this is a post about a baby boy. I had to work in “pretty” somewhere. {Happy} Happy is a sassy arms-akimbo. Happy is “Yeah, I had a baby at an advanced maternal age. You wanna make something of it?” Happy is wearing … [Read more...]
[Almost] Wordless Wednesday
~ by Angela ~ (of course) … [Read more...]
7 Quick Takes Friday
(Vol. XXXII for Me) The Mother’s Day Giveaway Edition --- 1 --- Happy Almost Mother’s Day! In honor of each and every over-worked mother out there (you know who you are) I am dedicating this Quick Takes post to you. Got kids? You’re a hero. Plus, you know, without them how would we get our laughs? --- 2 --- Like, the other day we … [Read more...]
Two Cool Things
One Sacred, one semi-Sacred but mostly Secular. First, the sacred. I brought Baby Francis to my holy hour this morning, as is always the case when I don't express milk so that when he wakes up my husband can feed him. Gotta be better about doing that. Except...if I hadn't taken him to my holy hour this morning, I would have missed out on hearing … [Read more...]
3 1/2 Months!
This kid favors Angela, don’tcha think? Whereas the rest of my brown-haired, brown-eyed children have fallen, clearly, straight down from the Daddy tree. No matter. Blonde or brunette, I’ll take ‘em. (Will be back soon with that detachment post, okay?) (Assuming you haven’t grown detached from it already.) … [Read more...]
[Almost] Wordless Wednesday
~ My Bookend Boys ~ … [Read more...]
Lenten Check-In
This is a picture of our 3-going-on-4-in-two-months!-year-old George. Photo Credit: Kaylee Do you remember how hard we fought we for this kid? Goodness. Lately George can’t decide if he’s a big boy or not. In fact, this whole thing with [insert new blog name for Baby Nickers here] has pretty much thrown him for a loop, because—on … [Read more...]
