I went to take a picture of Jack’s feet in my hand, something I find I do each morning…hold his little feet in my hand. But then I got to playing with his little toes and took notice of the quirky, twirly toes that he has. Jonathen and I have the same feet, down to […]

He asked to take a bath in the middle of the afternoon and my heart just cringed. That is the very first signal that our little Jonathen is not feeling well. He came down stairs and watched tv and seemed okay. Then he refused one of his favorite dinners….my heart sunk again. Then he went […]

It was one of those conversations. We have a serious check-list for our retirement (from the military) that is in three short years. Boxes to check. money to save, education to complete, it is all becoming real. Never more so than when we talked over the ‘need’ for our beautiful BMW. Can we afford it, yes. […]

These two are full of giggles, but when they are sharing those giggles there is a special part of me that lights up. Yesterday it was 60 degrees outside, today it was 80! So we made the most of it and our turned on our new sprinkler. The boys played for an hour. Running back and […]

He was three. Three years old when he first put together the pieces of his chunky toddler k’nex into the now famous upside down U shape. Little did we know that this very shape would be famous in Jonathen’s childhood. He still at 11 has it with him every day and almost every where. Today […]

I hear that it is normal. I read that it is normal. I get somewhere inside that it is normal. But to witness my little guy in just over a year go from the healthiest baby on the block eating every vegetable and fruit and pretty much anything he can get his hands on to […]