Everyone always asks, “Where does the time go?”  I’ve been wondering that myself lately, cliche as it may be.  How do I have the whole package deal?  Husband, two kids (one who’s five!), dog, house, two cars, career…  I still catch myself feeling surprised that I’m all grown up! Julia came into our lives three [...]

The week is over!! We’re in Cochrane!! We have help!! But I’m not thrilled about any of that, can you tell?   To fit with our week though, getting here was not without its… challenges shall we call them? This morning was probably the best yet (of course). We got out the door in good [...]

I missed writing yesterday because I fell asleep on the couch in the basement after marking Social Studies homework.  I went to bed far too late the night before, and I could really use some time to catch up on my sleep.  It was only 10:30 last night, but it wasn’t enough, I need more!  [...]

Jennifer: Julia, why did you poop your pants? Julia: ‘acuz Jennifer: Because why? James: Because she had to poop really bad!

I thought for tonight’s post I’d put up a little dictionary of Julia-isms.  I started back to school today (just teachers), and after 5 hours of sitting through meetings, I have quite the headache that meds aren’t touching.  Needless to say, this will be a much shorter post than last night’s. hokey – porcupine nacky [...]

We came through the rain unharmed! The city lifted the state of emergency status the next morning, and things are back to normal. The ground is still wet which is unusual for Lethbridge because we normally get some wind after rainstorms. Our house got no water inside, the sump pump was working away with no [...]

This morning, we were all hanging out on the big bed, trying to pretend it was more like 10:00 than 7:30am.  James and Jose were fooling around, and Jose was pinching James on the chest. James: Don’t pinch my ducks, Papa! Jose: Ducks? Jen: Pecs. James: Pecs.  Don’t pinch my pecs Papa. Shortly after that, [...]

I took both kids to the doctor yesterday, Julia for her 9 month check, and James for his annual check.  Overall, both kids are in good health.  Julia weighs 17lbs, and is 27″ long.  James weighs 31lbs, and is 37″ tall – he’s grown 4 inches since September!  I can tell just because of his [...]

Julia is crawling! Sadly, this is older news, as I haven’t been on here in awhile. She crawled on Feb. 15, and has been improving rapidly since then. She’s reminding me less of a cartoon car with square wheels, and is getting smoother and more coordinated every day. She sure can move around! In the [...]

As you know (if you’ve read previous posts), Julia is eating solid foods now.  While she eats, she often says, “mum-mum-mum” or “mmmmm”.  I repeat the sound back to her as I put food in her mouth, so it has become associated with food, eating, and enjoying it.  When I got Julia up from her [...]