Cue the waterworks. How is it possible that we’ve already gone from this: To this: We’re in North Carolina today. The Star Wars pancakes are being made as I type by her beloved aunt and uncle, so there’s no time to wax poetic on my feelings on this day. It’s probably a good thing —…
Milestones
A Day of Big Firsts
As E. marches way too quickly toward her 4th birthday, it seems everything is reminding me that not only is she not a baby anymore but her toddler days are numbered, too. Why must it all go so fast? She’s practically counting the days until her birthday, and every time she mentions that it’s almost…
Our First ER Trip
Well, we made it 3 years and 10 months without a trip to the emergency room, but we can check that milestone off our list now. Here’s how we ended up there. At about 4 a.m. Wednesday, I heard E. crying and moaning from her bedroom. This is very unusual. If she ever wakes up…
Our Christmas
Happy day after Christmas! I really should try and hit a sale somewhere but I’m not sure I have the energy! It’s been a holly, jolly jam-packed few days! On Christmas Eve, E. and I hit the kitchen for a very important task — making cookies for Santa and the Blue Devil. It was even…
A Poison Scare on Halloween Night
I’ve always loved Halloween. I dressed up way longer than I probably should have (and like Crazy Running Legs, I seemed to have made it through my adolescence without one hoochbag costume! Horray for me!). It’s hard to believe that this was E’s fourth Halloween already! (check out her Tink costume last year). And this…