Our home now consists of a broken arm, teeth coming in, croup and crankiness in general.  What a flippin’ week!

Monday night, I was dead-to-the-world tired and apparently, Skip brought Nate into me and I reached out for him with my eyes open (so says Skip) and took him.  Well I don’t remember any of that (I’ve been known to have phone conversations in my sleep, so eyes open doesn’t really mean anything), but I do remember being woken up by Nate screaming after he fell out of our bed and onto the floor.

I scooped him up and tried to offer him the magic booby, but he wouldn’t take it.  Then Ace woke up (he sleeps in a pack n play in our room these days) and started screaming.  Skip can’t settle Ace when he has a fit, so he took Nate and I settled Ace.  Well, I nursed him, then cut him off which really set him into pissed off mode. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m sorry I’ve been MIA.  For the past three years, I have organized a 300+ person conference in August and the months leading up to the conference were insane.  I was working long hours — up until 2 am and then multiple night wakings with the boys who were then up for the day by 7 am.  It was exhausting and I didn’t have time for much of anything, let alone posting. Read the rest of this entry »