James & Jax

It’s Friday! Time for some reflection!   1. I’m struggling. There, I said it. Work changes have me a little frantic from 8-5, M-F. At home, there’s the mini-vacation last weekend/early this week (and all the packing) plus my husband going out of town soon plus the usual (endless) chores and errands just to keep [...]

Linking up with Rach again! I really love this blog hop & would love to read what you’ve learned this week, so please consider playing along!     1. I can’t prepare for everything. In the past week and a half, we’ve been hit with tornado warnings, a hurricane, and an earthquake. I’ve done my [...]

Here’s what I learned this week: 1. I have crazy amounts of energy and ambition for someone who sleeps the way I do (read: barely, piecemeal, with a kid and a dog practically on top of me). 2. Except today. Today, after the whopping hour of sleep I got last night (well, this morning, really), [...]

Remember my post “Trying to Keep It Together” from early February? Jax was teething (3 of 4 canines were bulging through his gums) and sleep was a nightmare for a while then. Well…that 4th canine is now starting to erupt, and with this new round of teething coming so soon after daylight savings time (to [...]

From my notebook of letters to Jax, this time last year. It’s interesting to read about Jackson’s nursing strike now that I’m a veteran breastfeeder! Gosh how I worried for days over it, and it turned out to be teething! 2/24/10 Jackson, You know I love you, but you’re driving me nuts! I think getting [...]