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    Thursday... a pause in the thoughtfulness

    Due to my inability to juggle all my responsibilities in life, I am taking a break from Thoughtful Thursdays this week. Sawyer’s teething and allergies have increased his neediness in the evenings in the past week and that has put me behind at work. For those who don’t know how my work works, [...]

    4 Going on 17 - Happy Birthday Hannah Grace!!!

    Somehow this chunky, dark haired giant of a baby who was born 4 years ago today

    Has already become this beautiful, blond haired, smart, independent little girl

    She changed fast while aunt gnatalie was still living in Maryland and not seeing her often.

    I moved back just before her 1st birthday

    Since then we’ve been able to [...]

    Happy Birthday Mom!

    From being Mommy to me…

    to being Sawyer’s Mamaw and babysitter…

    She is the best. Love you Mom and Happy Birthday!

    PS – Now is a good time to give the rest of July’s birthday mentions. Here we go, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to…

    Cousin Olivia F. (1st)
    Mamaw Ernie (5th)
    Niece Olivia G. (5th)
    Butch S. (6th)
    Father-in-law Mike G. (8th)
    Uncle Arnold [...]

    Happy Birthday Dan!

    Someone is turning a big 35 years old today! That’s a long way from these early days…

    Can you believe that isn’t Sawyer, but Dan at 5 months old? I didn’t realize how much Sawyer looked like his Daddy… though I still think he has my eyes.

    I hope my husband is having a happy [...]

    Sometimes You Just Can't Escape Craziness

    So I’m eating lunch at work today, and am browsing videos on YouTube of babies swimming and learning to swim… which is a subject that could be a whole other blog because I was a bit freaked out by parents appearing to drown their babies but even more freaked out at the idea of my [...]

    Sawyer Sundays (on Monday), and Easter!

    So I’m going to start posting updates & pics about Sawyer on Sundays, but due to yesterday being Easter I am already behind. Easter was a great day. The weather was perfect and we spent a great, long day with my family. Sawyer was really good… until he kept himself awake for [...]

    What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

    The famous line spoken by Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. So true, yet so false. We’ve spent hours & days pouring over lists of baby names, discussing the pros & cons of each name, the long term impact, the teasing of peers based on names. Exhausting.

    Well I unleashed the [...]