Author: Cindy

A little Bon Jovi? Maybe some Def Leppard? Or perhaps Tim McGraw? What about Neil Diamond? Whatever it was, Rusty was into it!

No store bought Valentine’s around here this year … the boys had to make them.  Okay.  I helped a little. For their school friends, we melted old crayons into new multi-colored circle crayons.  They pretty much thought this was the coolest thing to do … I pretty much had a lot of blood when I […]

Tommy turned 9 months old this week.  Where did 2010 go? At his well-check, Tommy weighed in at 16.8 pounds and was 27.5 inches long.  His weight is low, in the 5th percentile and the doctor wants me to feed him and feed him and feed him.   His height came in at the 30th percentile.   […]

Let me set the stage for this particular Billy-ism.  We had a couple of handymen here doing some work on the basement.  Kevin had stepped out into the garage to talk with them.  I was rocking Tommy in my dark bedroom.  Rusty was in bed and Ricky and Billy were reading stories in their bedroom.  […]

We’ve had some unwelcomed house-guests the last 4 weeks.  They go by lots of names:  germs, bugs, viruses, flu, infection, pain, fever, tears, orneriness, vomit, sadness.  I’m ready for them to go. Here are some of the unpleasant details of this House of Illness. Four Weeks ago: Billy got a fever that lasted for 5 […]