Archive for December, 2009
« Previous EntriesReflecting on a year gone by
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Life moves so quickly. Another year has flashed before my eyes. So many images, sounds and thoughts flood my brain. It was a complicated year, full of lots of adjustments, lots of learning moments, and millions of beautiful memories. As I reflect on my resolutions from last year I can see how much growth I [...]
Mimi’s first sleepover
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Tonight Mimi is at Grammy and Papa’s house for her first sleepover. I miss her. I would like to think that there is nothing different about Mimi, but with her history and issues I worry more. Not that her Grandparents aren’t capable, nothing could be further from the truth. It isn’t them, it is me. [...]
My big boy
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009“No Mom, I can do it!” ~ Paul Paul says this to me each time I try to lift him into his crib. He likes to climb up and get in by himself. My boy is so grown up!
My new organizer
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009For years my office has been a pit. You have to clear messes just to make a new mess. Things are constantly shuffled from one place to another. I wouldn’t even post a pic of the room because it is just that messy! It is my creative area and an area I love. I have [...]
Free liners
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009While cleaning out my office recently I ran across these packages of cloth diaper liners. I have no need for them and rather than throw them out I figured I would give them away. Here is information on these specific liners at amazon.com. I have one and a half packages, which is 300 liners. Just [...]
Winter Break
Monday, December 28th, 2009At the beginning of Winter Break I posted on my facebook status that I was so excited to have the kids home everyday for 2 weeks. People thought I was joking but really I miss the kids when they are all at school. The amount of time Annie and Kimberly spend at school along with [...]
Christmas 2009
Friday, December 25th, 2009We have been busy getting ready for Christmas. The joy in the children’s faces as each of them cherish different things about the same holiday. Each morning last week I was woken up by the sweet face of Annie telling me how many more days until Christmas. Her excitement and enthusiasm for the holiday was [...]
Baking days
Sunday, December 20th, 2009We started baking in early December. The kids really like to have holiday treats around throughout the month and baking with them is always fun. Yesterday we had our big baking day with Grammy. We made peanut brittle, white trash, spritz, oreo balls and Uncle Jake made chex mix and peanut butter balls. The kids [...]
Kindergarten party
Saturday, December 19th, 2009On Friday I had the opportunity to go to Annie and Kimberly’s Christmas party at school. They had a lot of fun making Christmas trees and decorating them. Making reindeer bags full of reindeer food. And making Santa out of paper and cotton balls. They were so surprised to see me there. I didn’t think [...]
Annie’s attitude
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Today Annie was awarded the Attitude is Everything award. As I have said before this is a feel good award and is given to almost all students. With that being said, we are pround of Annie for acheiving this. We hope that she continues to have a good attitude for school. She has so much [...]
Madeline’s Christmas party
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Today was Mimi’s last day of preschool for this year. Paul and I went to hang out with the kids and see Mimi. When we arrived they were playing letter bingo. After bingo we played in the room and cleaned up. The kids were so eager for their party that everyone was cleaning before the [...]
Weight issues
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Last October I so excited that my boy had finally gained a good amount of weight. He seemed to be increasing at a steady pace. Today Paul had his 2 year old well check. No longer is there a steady pace. In fact he has lost two and a half pounds and weighs in at [...]
Guest blog post by Grammy
Monday, December 14th, 2009Saturday night we (Bill and I) had the pleasure of going to the GoDaddy.com Christmas party. We had a wonderful time and loved every minute of it. While we were gone Grammy and Papa came over and took care of the kids. I asked Grammy to write up a blog about her experience, here are [...]
Potty Training has begun
Friday, December 11th, 2009I am pretty sure that we are officially on our way to potty training Paul. In the past two days he has pooped on the potty a total of 3 times. He was eating dinner tonight and told me he had to go. He got down and went right in and went. I think we [...]
Chocolate lover
Friday, December 11th, 2009Paul LOVES chocolate. So much that he will do anything for an M&M. I was planning to make him a homemade chocolate cake for his birthday but lost steam and went and purchased him a cake. Of course, Grammy totally came through for her boy and made him this yummy cake in addition to his [...]
Par-tay
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Paul’s birthday started off nice. We did the traditional opening of presents prior to school. Paul got a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine toys, at which he exclaimed “choo choo!” and pointed each time. He loves trains, to put it mildly. Once The Girls got shipped off to school, he finally could get some [...]
Happy Birthday Paulie
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009You have grown so much since we first met. From a 14 pound malnourished unhealthy boy you are now a 25 pound thriving toddler. The maturation in one year is phenomenal. I am proud and happy to call you my son and look forward to the adventures your life will bring.
Feels like forever
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009One year ago today we arrived back in Arizona and the Brown 6 pack was united. It feels like Paul has always been with us and yet I know that isn’t true. Tomorrow we celebrate his second birthday. I don’t think I am ready, I am not sure I ever would be. He has been [...]
Fiesta of Lights Parade
Sunday, December 6th, 2009This year I finally braved the cold and took the Girls to the Fiesta of Lights parade downtown. It was wonderful! We had a great night with family. It was pretty chilly out and unfortunately the parade was delayed for about an hour, which made sitting in the cold that much harder, but we had [...]
Reflections on a land far away
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009This time last year I was in Ethiopia. It is a place similar to our own, but it is different. Things run on their own schedule in Ethiopia and I am not sure that you can ever really be late to anything. Here we are frazzled going from one place to the next in order [...]
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