I remember a family reunion back when I was about eight years old. My mom’s cousin had just returned from summiting Mt. Everest. It seems like he had just come back home and went straight to the family reunion. Everyone was talking about it. I remember hearing “he was the first person to….Mt. Everest”, [...]
Rerun’s first passport arrived in the mail before he was three months old. We got to use it when we headed to Canada for Thanksgiving. It’s a little embarrassing how many bags we packed for just a few days. We had more bags then usual because we planned on going snowshoeing and had to pack [...]
This time last week I was in the birthing room at the hospital watching the nurses check out our new little guy. The King and I kept looking at each other and kinda smiling and kinda not. I think we were both thinking, “there is no turning back now.” To be fair there really hadn’t [...]
At the start of every month my mom would hang up a chore calendar for us kids inside the door of the pantry. There was never a month in my entire childhood where my mom forgot to make the calendar or even hang it up late. Every month, without fail, more chores.
The reality was that [...]
I’m down to weekly doctor’s appointment. Which can only mean one thing: internal exams. (Are they called “internal”? Probably not. But you know what I’m talking about.)
Note to every person (in real life) that has asked: “My due date is the 18th. But NO, I don’t think I’ll be having this baby any time soon, [...]
We have two lists on our kitchen counter. The first list’s heading says, “The Summer of Fun” and the second list’s heading says, “Things to do before the baby is born”. The lists are of equal importance. We’ve been crossing things off both lists like crazy these last few weeks.
The main thing that we’d like [...]