life has been pretty chaotic lately, what with me working long hours and robb training for a half ironman triathlon. plus, henry has regressed majorly in his sleep abilities the last few weeks. so i’m under-slept and over stressed. the house is clean-ish, the food is cooked-ish, the bills are paid-ish. but my taking any …

so in most situations, it seems like there’s the option of stressing out and rushing around to make sure things happen just so, or relaxing and assuming it will work out. for most of my life, i’ve chosen the former. it seems somehow more godly or american or feminine or something to give myself fits …

on this, my first mother’s day,i want to take the time,to tell you that i love you!now be still and listen to my rhyme. i remember almost a year agowhen you came out with a bang.those parts have nearly recoveredfrom whence that shot rang.  and then you were a tiny squirtall bundled and squirmy,cuddly and …

before he knew what he was in for…in his swimming skivvies. pretty much the face he was making the whole time he was in the water. 🙁                         seriously, guys? seriously?? finally finding his zen.                  

henry turned 11 months today! he celebrated by eating huge piles of food and pooping a lot. this is sort of how he celebrates all momentous occasions in his life. 🙂 he is a growing boy. i think he’s in a growth spurt right now. he’s weaning slowly off of breast milk and is really …

once again we had to pick monkins up from daycare today because they think he’s contagious. this time, they thought he had hand-foot-and-mouth disease (not to be confused with hoof-and-mouth disease or elbow-shin-and-forehead disease). there has been a recent outbreak among the filthy monsters at his school and this morning they thought they saw a …