This video pretty well sums up the relationship between my children these days: a lot of sweet, tender moments that turn into Aaaaaa! moments in an instant. (Any suggestions to get Charlotte to stop hurting her brother and liking it- aaaa!- are welcome). And just for fun, some pictures I took yesterday at the park that just…

We spent Easter weekend at the ranch. The weather was perfect: warm, but not intensely hot like it will surely be in a few months. The wildflowers were blooming, dotting the green acres with bursts of color. And she is finally walking, and for the first time got to experience dandelions and dirty knees and hands from…

Dear Charlotte, Happy Easter! Today you are 15 months old, and we spent the long weekend at the ranch with Daddy, Grayson, Grammie, and Aunt Becc. We had so much fun! We got you a red wagon as your Easter present, and put it to good use rolling you all over. The biggest excitement around…

According to what I’ve seen in my facebook newsfeed the past two days, the opinion I’m about to confess is probably going to be somewhat unpopular. When I watched that “Hardest Job in the World” fake interview video yesterday, which I saw posted probably 10 times, my first reaction was ANNOYED. I’m annoyed because the…

1. While Grayson was at school on Tuesday, Charlotte and I went to the zoo with our good friends! Charlotte wasn’t as taken with the animals as I thought she would be, but she loved riding in the wagon and eating snacks. And we had a great lunch at Chick-Fil-A afterwards. Fun day! 2. We rarely…

I’m sharing Grayson’s story tomorrow with my MOPS group and I’ve been writing out my “speech” all day, chunks at a time. I’ve written the story of the past 3 1/2 years a good amount of times, but each time I do, it’s emotionally draining and difficult to compress so many experiences and uncertainty into…

I have been so bad lately about posting on my blog. I miss it. I just don’t really have anything profound to say these days, and the days are flying by, one right after the other. Grayson had a really, really good week last week: he was back to school and his routine, and he…

Dear Grayson, Yesterday, you turned three and a half. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we spent the afternoon outside. You were tired, but seemed to enjoy it. I struggle with words to write to you, because there is so much to say, yet really not much at all. The two things that keep…

Dear Charlotte, My sweet, sassy little girl- today you are 14 months old and it is the first day of spring! It’s a beautiful day today and I hope we have many more of these to come so we can start having fun outside! Every day, I marvel at the little person you are becoming,…

The other day I was over at my friend’s house and her little boy was singing “The B-I-B-L-E”. I laughed and told her that Charlotte had been babbling and that it sounded just like that song, but I didn’t really think anything of it. But then my friend told me they sing the song a…