A Firefighter's Wife

The other day, we were at my parents’ house and Des was playing with his train tracks there.  As he was playing, he looked up and asked me to take a picture of him.  I was kind of shocked that he asked for that being that he usually refuses to let me take pictures of [...]

Full disclosure: I stole this idea from my friend Sarah and her blog.
1. The other night, when I was giving Isla a bath, Des came in to help me (which really consists of him playing with the bath water).  As he sat there and played, he looked at Isla and then at me.  Then he [...]

Isla,
Happy 9 months, my girl!  I really cannot believe that you are going to be a year in 3 months! It really does feel like I just brought you home from the hospital yesterday.  How can a year have already gone by?
Isla, you have such a big personality.  You love to laugh and talk and [...]

Scarlett,
You turned 9 months this last weekend.  You’ve now officially been out in the world longer than you were in my belly.  And I really can’t believe it.  To be honest, I think I forget how old you girls are getting.  Maybe because I’m still trying to get the hang off this, or maybe just [...]

My sweet boy,
You turned 2 and a half last week.  To be honest, we didn’t do anything for you.  It was kind of a rough week last week (more about that later) and I was really just trying to get through the day without pulling out my hair.  I’m sorry we didn’t make a big [...]