thanksgiving procrastination

thanksgiving is three days away.  three.  oh.  dear.  we are hosting dinner for my family and michael’s family at our house, which is wonderful because it means that we don’t have to travel.  traveling is hard with two kids, it really is.  we found out just how hard it is this past weekend when we [...]

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2 girls, 2 nurses, 1 mommy, and a pediatrician

today was lucy’s 2 month check-up.  michael’s dad has been curious about leslie’s iron level (it was low when they tested it in may…long story that belongs in a totally different post), so i took her along to have her finger pricked.  our appointment was at 9.  oh. my. gosh.  what was i thinking when [...]

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my (almost) finished bathroom

when we moved into our house last august, there were a few things that had to be fixed immediately.  one of those things was the bathroom on the first floor.  it was a mess.  the tile was cracked on the floor and the walls, the tub was gross, the wallpaper was peeling…i could go on [...]

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pictures

these girls of mine have had more pictures taken in the past 6 weeks than i’ve had in my entire life!  today, we went to portrait innovations.  normally i’m not one for posed pictures…they look fake and forced.  that feeling was reinforced today.  oh.my.gosh.  taking a two-year-old and a 7-week-old to POSE for pictures is [...]

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bedtime

gosh, it seems like i write about bedtime and/or naptime an awful lot, but they just happen to be the most stressful times of the day for us right now.  leslie is having some issues with being scared to go to sleep.  she is fine for her bath, story reading, and prayers…but as soon as [...]

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the best day of leslie’s life…

today, leslie got this:
and if you know her, you now understand why today is the best day of her life.  thanks, ma!  she really, REALLY loves them!

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halloween

halloween was a fun time at the forston house this year…until we got home.  then, things headed south pretty quickly, but we’ll save that story until after the pictures!
leslie was sleeping beauty (or “sleeting bootie” as she would tell you) and lucy was a pea.  they were both absolutely adorable.  we went to our church’s [...]

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