Dear Charlotte,It’s getting harder and harder to take these monthly pictures of your squirmy, wiggly self who wants to do anything but look at the camera and smile. Oh well, real life, right? Anyway, Happy 19 Months to my sweet, sassy ball of energy and fun. At 19 months:: You weigh 26 pounds 6 ounces…

Sometimes when I don’t write anything of substance for a few weeks it’s because I honestly don’t have anything to say. And sometimes it’s because I have so much to say that I can’t figure out a coherent way to get it down in writing and/or I’m afraid of the response. This is one of…

  She is fearless. She can’t swim, yet wants no help as she goes deeper and deeper, further and further from shore.  She is independent. I’ll get my own snack, thankyouverymuch. And yeah, she really, really likes grapes.  She’s into self expression. There’s no one she adores more than her cousins… Except for her brother.…

I witnessed a miracle this afternoon: Charlotte actually sat in one spot and entertained herself for over 15 minutes! Even Grayson was shocked and amazed!     

It’s been over a week since I got home from BlogHer, and I’ll be honest, last week was emotionally hard. Really hard. I came away from that weekend on such a high- inspired and motivated to write, make more connections online, and make a difference in the world- and then I came home to…my life.…

Just a few minutes ago, Grayson’s feeding pump started beeping. I turned on his bathroom light, felt for his tube and realized he had what tube feeding parents call “fed the bed”. Greeeaaat. It’s totally my fault- I forgot to unclamp the tube after I did his meds and the formula backed up and leaked…

I started off 2014 doing really well with cooking dinner. I searched the internet for recipes, made weekly meal plans and grocery shopped for a week’s worth of meals at a time. This streak lasted a few months (actually longer than I anticipated, honestly), but the past few months I’ve definitely been slacking and am…

It’s 7:22 am and I’ve been awake for more than three hours already. Yawn. I’m blogging on a plane, fighting nausea from the moderate turbulance we’re experiencing, while the people who surround me sleep in uncomfortable positions. But I just cannot sleep, partly due to the coffee my body required just to make it here,…

You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me HAPPY When skies are grey You’ll never know dear How much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away   Charlotte August 2013 and July 2014   Photos by Rebecca Kline Photography

Early Thursday morning my friend Lisa and I will board a flight to San Francisco. We are going to California for the BlogHer conference in San Jose, but are also going just to get away and frankly, escape our crazy lives for a few days. We are both special needs moms to precious little boys,…