Well, I bet some of you thought I’d never finish this one? And, maybe I thought that too, but HA, proved us both wrong. I really enjoyed this wee stitching project, I found it really cathartic punching holes in something over and over again {?}. …
I wish my bro was a mummy-blogger. He has the rare ability to translate his IRL personality exactly into the written word. He can be totally caustic and make you want to punch him in the face, but he also speaks truthfully and from the heart …
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”
ethan: the last 3 days have seen you come alive again after breaking your ankle. you said to me yesterday that you felt like a normal kid again. it made my heart soar. you have wanted to swim, ride, play basketball, play outside and make bow and arrows with your dad. everything will be ok x
nixon: while your brother swam with the real ducks in the river, we lazed on the shore, you ate dinner and dragged your rubber duck around on the grass. it was a postcard evening, perfect. shared with your grandaddy from florida.
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During a bit of a WTF moment last month I signed up for Cats Sew Sweet Blog Swap. To participate I needed to sew a small zippered purse and share some candy etc with my swap partner. Two things to note; I have never sewn …
A few months ago, ok, 6 months ago, when Nix was fresh and new and having a lot of problems feeding I received this strange looking wee cup in the mail for review. As I was having so much trouble getting him to breast feed …
Oh son you are starting to scare the bejeezus out of us.
You are constantly in motion. Not like a leaf-on-a-tree-swaying-in-the-breeze kinda motion, more like a frantic-bull-on-the-streets-of-Pamplona kinda motion. I can’t even believe I managed to snap pics of you this month. You are one busy beaver.
It’s been a bit of a rough month to be honest, but you are always smiling, despite waking every 2 hours in the night, but you and I had a little stay-cation this weekend and fingers crossed some serious routine-tweaking has put those difficult nights behind us.
You have really garnered some strong opinions about your food in the last 10 days. You have absolutely no time for any chunky food, and will lock you lips down so tight and refuse to eat if the is even a hint of a mushy pea in your bowl. You be a baby as long as you want, I won’t mind I promise x.
Your favourite things are doors – safe I know! You love laying on your belly, one hand on the door, the other supporting your impressive girth, just swinging the door back and forth. I watch your carefully so we don’t have any accidents as you so love trying to figure out what that big ol heavy hard thing does and why we have so many of them in our house.
Your dogs have got you pretty pegged at this point. They have seen how quickly you can chase a vacuum cleaner when you want to taste it, so they are giving you a pretty wide berth these days. Your grabby little paws are like lightening when there is a doggy tail or ear in the vicinity to yank on.
Commando crawling is fully operational. You have mastered downward dog pose and get up on all fours ready to crawl but haven’t quite figured out how to make those knees start moving. This is no handicap to you as you can propel yourself around the house just fine thank you very much.
We love you, we love you, we love you.
It has been so special introducing you to your fab Aunt Kaley and Granddaddy Jack this week. They have come all the way from Florida to kiss your cheeks while you scream DADA at them and I’m pretty sure they think you are ace.
xx
nixon: there was really nothing else to do but pop you in a fish bin to cool off this afternoon. you are perfection little man.
ethan: my heart is so heavy for you right now. i worry about your broken bone, how long it will take to heal, your fitness and how to keep you amused without a screen, i feel like you are being robbed of your summer – the very thing we look forward to all year…….. hopefully being back at school tomorrow will inject a well needed dose of normality into your days xx
