January 2016

January 31

Nine years ago today Sarah made her debut into this world two weeks early and with a bit of unexpected (sometimes stressful) adventure along the way, setting the tone for the next nine years. What a feisty, determined, passionate little bear she is. What a blessing to have her in our lives exactly as she… Read more »

January 24

Sarah has been totally rocking her coat zipper. She does it all by herself almost all the time now. One thing that may have helped is that with my horrendous cough lingering and being horrendous at terrible times (in the waiting room at the pediatrician’s office while waiting to find out that Sarah had pink… Read more »

January 17

I have a nasty cough that has been mightily interfering with sleep. I don’t understand why it gets worse at night. I understand it getting worse when I am horizontal, but why also as the hours get later? Sarah is sick too, though it is mild so far. Carl seems to have gotten over his… Read more »

January 10

We are taking a break from eggs. Sigh. I sincerely hope that the dramatically increased frequency of Sarah’s middle of the night parties was just due to Christmas excitement, travel excitement, and getting back in a normal routine kerfluffle. In case it was food related, I thought one plausible culprit was eggs so we are… Read more »

January 3

On New Year’s Eve we did an early count-down celebration with the girls. At the suggestion of a friend who was visiting, we asked them if they had a favorite moment or thing from the year that they remembered. Amy said it was dressing up as a ballerina for Halloween. Sarah thought for a while… Read more »