it's what makes me...me

it's hard to believe that it has already been a month since jude was born. the past 30 days or so have been a crazy whirlwind of sorts,...

well after 40 weeks of waiting, and wondering, and worrying, and agonizing. and 40 weeks of excitement, anticipation, anxiety, and trepidat...

oh man i'm feeling so ready for this baby to come. it's like the only think i think about...day and night. the past 4 nights i hav...

dear jude, today my heart is full. it's full of something called love. now, although i have always considered myself to be a hopeless ...

john made me go to bed tonight at 9:35. our whole family has been sick, and so were doing all we can to get this household healthy before ...

just a few days ago i blogged about ruby and her unruly behavior the morning she was supposed to dress up for her school's "team da...

we all remember them, right? backwards day, pajama day, crazy hair or sock day? i have the best memories from my elementary childhood of tho...

i figured i better at least write down all the activities that we did in december... before my pregnancy brain consigns it all to oblivion. ...

we rang in the new year last night at approximately 9:28 pm, and the children were in bed before 10. at 10:00, john and i started a movie, ...

so apparently clarence the elf isn't the only one who needed a break from the craziness that is december. the past few days have been gl...

At least until next December. Clarence is our family's elf. We adopted him in November of 2010, so we've had him for two Christmases...