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time goes by...

To get to the computer in the kitchen, I wade through the laundry. Burp cloths, soft baby blankets in blue and pink and Thomas the Train tshirts stained with lunch and muddy socks. I make my way to the computer, take a deep breath and have a minute to myself. I hitup Youtube for a few favorite songs and am able to have a few minutes of "ME" time. The beebs are all sleeping. Baby A and Baby B are in their room with the fan on low wearing fleece zippy jams. Sethie is lying horizontally in our bed with our favorite down comforter and Jay is tinkering in the garage with a friend on his car. Dishes are in the sink. The laundry needs to be rotated. There's a stinky stain in the downstairs toilet that has been bothering me for 2 days. Time is going by quickly. The days are filled with whining, spit up, bottle-washing, and grilled cheese sammies. Katie's hair is whispy, falls into her eyes when I change her shirts. Isaac drools more than any other child we have. When you put...

Ain't as good as I'm gonna get, but better than I used to be...

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Beautiful things today...

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Enjoy a few pictures. Happy 4th!

heartstrings

So, I'm at work. Night 3 of the week. I'll be off until Friday night. And, I have a heavy heart here. I really feel like I need to write about it to have my feelings out. But, if I honestly start right now...I think I will be a tearful, sopping mess. So, I will blog about it after I go home and have had some rest. No worries friends, it isn't anything going on with me personally. It's about a little patient that has pulled my heart out of my chest. I hope that God watches over her, loves her, wraps his arms around her and counts all of her tears. The Bible says that God knows the hairs on our heads and does hold all of our tears. He loves her. Unsure of why I am feeling this way about someone that really isn't even my patient. Amazed that I could be so moved and so vulnerable to these feelings. Dear God in Heaven, I hope that you hear my heart tonight. I hope that you hear my internal sobs and are holding the tears in your hands. I really hope that the circumstanc...

Sethie's Work

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   Do you see the magic balls below? Let me tell you how they came about. Sethie wakes up every morning with the sun. He wakes up with work to do. He works on mixing my lotions and soaps by pouring them into the bathtub. He works on climbing in the pantry to reach the oatmeal. He works on bananas and was found to have eaten THREE the other morning (holy potassium batman!). So, you see...he works.      He also likes to go in my bathroom drawers. I have reminded him countless times that the drawers are "mommy's space" and that he is NOT to mess with them. He likes the colorful things, the chainy things, and the shiny things I guess. I don't know.      Yesterday I went to get ready for work and found these two hairties of mine hanging from the cabinet in the bathroom. A quiet sign that he had been there long before me. So, I called for him. I could hear him running from downstairs. When he reached me in the doorway of the bathroom, he gave me th...

Brewing a post

I've got an exciting post brewing over here. I'm talking really something you're going to want to read. I just need a few minutes of interrupted computer time for uploading pictures and writing. Right now, I don't have time..but soon friends. Soon. Stay tuned! Namaste. Kimmie

Well-rested? NAH!

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After getting off of work the other morning, like usual, I came home and crashed after a warm shower. For some reason, the shower always sucks the energy from my marrow after a long night at work. Anyways, I slept most of the day (shout-out to my hubsie) and then slept ALL night that night as well. I was also lazy yesterday and napped with Sethie. Then, I FOUND myself snuggling with him when he went to sleep. I woke up in a haze. It was dark, Isaac was crying. I looked at my phone and it was 6:30am! I must have slept all night! Now, it's 8:40am and somehow I've accomplished a load of laundry, breakfast and thinking about my next cup of coffee. Hmm...I'm wondering and hoping if I was just so behind with sleep that a few good nights really did something to me. I mean, we are talking MOTIVATED here. Well, the dishes are still clean in the dishwasher so I GUESS I could be doing that but...instead, I'm blogging. Hey, I've got priorities people.  Who do you t...

For my babies...

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Hold your head up high babies. Harm no one babies. Live simply babies, stick together babies. Seek the truth babies. Just keep going babies. Believe you can babies. Smile a LOT babies. Tomorrow is a new day babies. It's okay to cry babies. You can do WHATEVER you want babies. I'm proud of you no matter what babies. Have faith in the FACT that things will work out babies. Be kind babies. Be proud of each other and proud of yourselves babies. Listen to others babies. No drugs and drink in moderation babies. Your lives have meaning babies. If I could hold you forever in my arms, I would babies. Don't settle for less babies. Hold hands babies. Don't steal, babies. Donate time, not money babies. Pray to your own God babies. Know you are loved babies. Know you are loved babies.  Mama will forever love you, sweet babies.

Gummy Grins and Squishy Babies

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Some days are easier than others. Let's face it. There are days that work out just the way you would have wanted them to. Everything runs smoothly, you make all the stoplights, you are 5 minutes early everywhere you go. There are days when not a muscle aches, not a joint is sore and not a sad thought crosses your mind. Do we expect all days to be this way? Of course.  How do we handle it when things are all a giant heaping mess? You walk into the kitchen to spilled oatmeal all over the floor, open the refrigerator to find that the milk has expired, go to make a sandwich and the bread is hard. There are days when the water takes too long to get hot, the bags in the chip bag are all crushed, your head hurts, your ankle is sore, and you are burning up hot because you wore long pants on the hottest day of the year. You check the bank account to find MUCH less money than what you thought you should have. The grey clouds that were only threatening and sleepy when you walked in to ...

SIKE!

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Okay, okay...so I haven't COMPLETELY broken off my commitment with facebook. I mean, I have people to keep in touch with here. And, when I commit, I COMMIT. So, I have tweeked some privacy settings and am hoping that will give some peace of mind. But, let's face it, I will be posting pictures here and THIS isn't private. Ah well, you win some and you lose some, right? I guess we could all go nuts if we sat thinking about all the weirdos in the world. Speaking of weirdos..       Our old neighbors with the crazy annoying and peeping tom kid finally moved out. Now we have some folks living next door that are about our parent's age. They are a little odd too but at least they aren't peeping in the windows. Well, that we KNOW about! It's unfortunate that we have a shared driveway. I mean, it kindof FORCES you to interact you know? But, it's all good. They seem really really nice and aren't slobs when it comes to their yard. It's nice not to have to look ...

Broke up with FB

Hey! Can you believe this? I have broken up with Facebook. Yep. Dunzo. Call me crazy. It's such a fantastic way to keep in touch with family members and friends and share pictures, frustrations, and get great mommy tips. But, it also makes me a little crazy. Let's face it. There are "friends" that maybe I don't want to see all the pictures of my kids. There are "friends" that I don't want to know when we are going on vacation or when we are going to the doctor. I mean, I don't know. I thought about deleting EVERYONE but my nearest and dearest. But, then you have the whole dilemma of what to say when people find out that you are friends with some and not with others. So, there. I did it. It was painful at first. Especially when I woke up this morning and had no newsfeed to read. No details about everyone's lives. When they are working, when they are sleeping, what they are eating. No complaints about our backwards weather, no new pictures of t...

A few pictured

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So... My children have captured my heart and all I can do about it is take pictures of them. I promise to actually take time to post a real blogpost soon. Meanwhile, I hope these pictures let your heart lighten up a little.

Isaac faces

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To be followed by Katie faces Ahhh this is love!

Update much?

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Okay friends. It seems that blogger now has an iphone app! Which means I can no longer use the excuse that I haven't been sitting down at the computer! Wondering how everything is? Wonderful, blessed, exhausted, drained, excited. I'm going to try to upload a few pictures of recent things going on around our zoo.

hormones squared?

Hi all. So, when I was thinking about what to blog about...I couldn't help but blog about my hormones. You know, the ones that make you question your emotions? Are you being over-emotional? Is it that time of the month? Are you crying at the drop of a hat? Bickering with your loved ones? Short-tempered with your children? Are you questioning yourself? Are you feeling sorry for yourself? How much of that is related to your hormones? Well. Let me just tell you. Are you ready to hear? Now, Jay will tell you, I've had a few meltdowns this pregnancy about stupid, stupid things. And, I'm kindof crazy every-once-in-a-while about things being clean (and he is too.) You know, that sock on the floor that you just don't pick up? Or the socks on the top of the dryer that seem to sit there and sit there? Well...they don't bother you until the one day you wake up and you're done with the mess? You clean everything up, feel better and in 30 minutes it's all back to mess ag...