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Silas woke up today with a fever of 102 in his armpit. Brent and I took him to the doctor who said his ear was VERY inflamed. Gosh, another ear infection. His last one was just in July. Stupid ear infections. Right now he’s cuddling with his Daddy and listening to our Germany Choir sing… Continue reading Poor Silas

I saw the strangest video today.  It’s all about the breast crawl.  They’ve found that a newborn baby will find it’s way to the breast within 10-60 minutes if placed between the mother’s breasts.  Apparently the process is really important in these people’s eye.  I thought it was very interesting.  If you don’t mind seeing… Continue reading Breast Crawl

Gosh I’m freezing.  I hate wearing lots of clothes though, I’m not giving into fall just yet.  I’m so not ready for summer to end. I’m feeling better today.  I woke up to the sun shining and Silas screaming but the sun was shining so the screaming didn’t cut through me straight into my nerves… Continue reading Sunshine Makes It Better

***Disclaimer: This is a post about how I feel about my body right now. By no means am I looking for people to say “oh no, you look fine”. There’s nothing more annoying than the girl who does that or the people who say that when I’m not looking for that. I have a pretty… Continue reading The Back Boobs

Yesterday my mom watched the boys while Brent and I went out and spent our $100 gift certificate at The Olive Garden. It was really fun and we were rather hyper. Yummy fooood. We spent all of the money. It was nice. We then went to a couple Honda dealerships to see if there were… Continue reading Yummy In My Tummy!!

I finally spent half of my birthday money.  I found some really cheap pottery at a nursery nearby so I got some pots for my plants that need transplanting and then I got plants for those pots about to get empty.  I forgot one pot I needed for a plant that needs a bigger pot…dangit. … Continue reading Spent Birthday Money!!

My mom is here visiting. Last night Mom, Brent and I drank entirely too much wine and had a good laugh. I needed that. Just in case you’re wondering, “too much wine” meant that we just got a little buzz on…nothing too crazy, not with my mom!! This morning Mom and I attempted to get… Continue reading MENNO FOOD!!

Thirteen odd things about me I count things when I’m stressed. Like I’ll count stairs as I go up them or my chops when I’m cutting something up. Lately I’ve been counting each swipe of the wipes across my boy’s bums. I never make note of the final number. As you all probably know, I… Continue reading Thursday Thirteen #9

Man no comments after yesterday’s blog.  Burn.  🙁 Today is mine and Brent’s three year anniversary.  How weird.  Doesn’t seem like enough time to have two kids in already.  We were going to start trying to have kids this fall and then we had Silas so then we were going to try for a second… Continue reading Three Whole Years!

What a lovely day yesterday turned out to be. A nice crowd came and I was able to see friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. Silas was an angel for the most part. He ran around taking thing off people’s plates at will, I have no idea what that boy consumed but he… Continue reading Post Housewarming

We’ve just run around like mad people.  The house is clean, food is on the table.  Everything is set.  Now we wait for guests.

I think the nursing fairy came and sprinkled nursing dust in Isaac’s eyes because it’s been going a lot better lately.  We’ve kind of found a groove.  I expect him to be upset with my let downs and I take a lot of time burping him.  In return he’s trying hard to make it a… Continue reading The Nursing Fairy Came!

Thirteen Things about The Informal Matriarch Thirteen most influential people in my life My Mom is an obvious influential person. She gave me music and encouraged me in it a lot. Because of music I have a husband and confidence and I’ve gotten to travel. I realize how much I’m like her sometimes and it’s… Continue reading Thursday Thirteen #8

Today sleep training begins. Brent and I have decided to do it the hard-assed cold turkey way. We’re still going in to comfort him but no picking him up. It’s time. The past few days he hasn’t let me put him down to sleep for naps. He just wakes right up and it’s not good.… Continue reading Sleep Training