A Firefighter's Wife

Des,
You turned 29 months yesterday.  29.  That sounds so old, but when I say he’s almost 2 and a half, I realize it’s not.
My boy, you are super sick right now.  You have bronchitis.  You got sick at the end of last week, and by Tuesday, were still sick and running high fevers (102-103).  So [...]

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 [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, my friend Sarah is a photographer.  And a really good one.

She was so kind as to take some pictures of my kids during one of our play dates.  And I love these pictures.  I’ve talked about how the one of Scarlett is just the epitome of her for me, but all [...]