Dear Pax, You are perfect! You are everything a little boy should be. You are strong and agile. You climb and jump and ride your little push bike all over the place. You use swords and guns and make little explosion sounds with with your mouth while dramatically dropping into […]
Read Morelife with short people
Why your friend with many kids may say no to coffee, even if she wants to go.
Leaving the house alone is always an event for me. Aaron can get up in the morning, get himself dressed, look at his computer for a while and then casually decide to get up and walk out and drive away like it’s no big deal. He’ll be chased down by […]
Read MoreLittle is 8!
Dear Little, Happy completion of 8 journeys around the sun. I’m thankful for the way you are always caring for the people around you. You’re the first to run and get Dek when you hear him cry. You’re the first to pick him up and kiss his owies and make […]
Read MoreBam Bam is 4!!
Happy birthday little boy. You’re one of my favorites. You come into my room in the early mornings just to say hi, and your smile nearly splits your face in two it’s so big. Then you snuggle in beside me, on the nearby mat and often go back to sleep […]
Read MoreGrowing up
He’s only half awake, angry, because he wet the bed, and he doesn’t usually but he’s been sick, and he’s so eager to be a big kid this week. I take him to the bathroom to shower off and he has to go potty first, sick tummies lead to many […]
Read MorePHFR – The missing updates
It’s been ages since I did a PFHR post, and I don’t know why because I’ve been taking a ton of pictures. So these pictures aren’t necessarily from this past week. I have a lot of archives to catch up on from the past few months. Pretty I’m so glad […]
Read More4 months
Dear little Dek, You are already 4 months old and this is the first letter I am getting around to writing to you. In my defense, you are a very particular little short person and you often only want to be held, but any old baby holder will not do. […]
Read More3 years old
Dear Bam Bam, You are 3 today. Somewhere between 2 and 3 something magical happens to children. Something magical has happened to you. You start using words at least as often as you use pointing grunting and screaming to communicate. We finally get to hear some of the things that […]
Read MoreWhen a mom gets up to get a drink of water…
…she may decide to go to the bathroom first. Then she’ll notice that a child left wet clothes on the bathroom floor and go outside to call them in to pick them up. That’s when she’ll see the 2 year old standing in the driveway with his swim suit laying […]
Read MorePHFR – New Baby Edition
Thursdays come around and I think, “I don’t have any photos for PHFR.” Today I actually looked at the photos taken this week and it turns out I have plenty. PRETTY Flowers from a friend who dropped by to see us just after Dek was born. The Girl playing in […]
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