Author: Cindy

Last night I was ready ship the boys off … either them or me!!  The two little ones and I had been feeling crummy all day and then Ricky started in with the coughing too.  I will spare the details, but as we sat down for dinner with my mom and aunt, I renamed the […]

Rusty did it today … he walked!  So he isn’t a professional yet, but I emphasize YET.   Today, many times, he took 4 or 5 or even 6 steps in a row before defaulting to his crawl.  It is so wobbly and so dang cute!  No pictures were done today, but we’ll get some tomorrow. […]

For dessert tonight, we had sugar cookies with lots of green frosting.  My aunt called to Billy and smiled a big toothy smile at him.  Her teeth were covered with frosting.  Billy laughed and said, “You have pirate teeth!”   Then the two began “argh”-ing at each other.    You never know what’s going to happen at […]

I am constantly asked what we are going to name #4.   My answer is almost always, “Oh, he’ll come with a name tag, so I’ll let you know after he is born.”  We aren’t being secretive … we just have no idea.  All the boys were this way.  Ricky was going to be Alexander from […]

Some days I just need to hear another adult’s voice.  Since there aren’t many around during the day, I opt for turning on an old movie on my small kitchen tv.   My usual movie of choice is “McLintock.”  It is a 1963 cowboy movie staring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara.  It is silly and requires […]