A Firefighter's Wife

My sweet ladybugs,
You girls turned 8 months last weekend.  And like always, Momma’s a bit behind on posting your monthly letter.  Forgive me, but life here is chaotic.  Hopefully it won’t be so crazy by the time you can read this.
My girls, this past month with you has been so much fun.  It really feels [...]

The kids and I all have bronchitis.
It’s seriously like we can’t catch a break on the sick train over here.  And of course, we all don’t get it at the same time, so the kids and I are house bound for weeks because someone’s sick and we don’t want to risk infecting anyone else.  And [...]

After a lot of talking and thinking, Ricky and I have decided that we’re done having kids.
And since we’ve made that decision, I’ve kind of been grieving.
Don’t get me wrong. I know that we’re making the best decision for our family.  I know that we cannot financially afford another child.  We can’t afford to move [...]

Last Wednesday night, Ricky informed me that I was going to go get a 2 hour massage the next morning. He had read my blog and taken my not-so-subtle hint about wanting a relaxing day.
So the next morning, I went and got a 2 hour massage.  And it was glorious.  It was so nice to [...]

About 2 weeks ago, I took Scarlett to see the pediatric urologist specialist.  To be completely honest, I didn’t really want to go.  I kind of thought we’d go, they’d check her, see that she doesn’t have a UTI and send us home.  I really thought it’d be a waste of time.  So I went [...]