A Firefighter's Wife

For the last few weeks, Des has been sleeping in our bed.
Initially, we just thought he had a bad dream and asked to sleep in our bed because of it.  And since he never sleeps in our bed and doesn’t really like to cuddle, we agreed to let him.
But that was over 3 weeks ago.  [...]

On Friday, Desmond had a petit mal seizure.
I was changing him and getting him dressed for the day.  We were at my parents’ house and Ricky was at work doing some training for a few h0urs.  The plan was for Ricky to come to my parents’ house and watch the kids while my mom, sister, [...]

This past week was insane. Not in the normal, I-have-three-kids-under-3 way, but in a hospital visit, doctor visit, 3 sick kids, 2 sick parents, Ricky working Christmas kind of way.
And while I’d love to take the time right now to write about it all and let you all know what’s going on, I’m exhausted. So [...]

For Desmond’s actual birthday, Ricky and I took him to Disneyland.  My sister and parents watched the girls so we could spend the day (well, really, late afternoon and evening) with Des alone.  To be honest, I think that was the best gift we could give Des.  For him to just have time alone with [...]

It’s different being a mom the second time around. It comes easier, you know how to deal with this little infant.
When we had Des, I was terrified of him. I was so afraid I’d hurt him that I was scared to hold him. I was completely intimidated by this 8 lbs of baby. [...]