and baby makes 6!

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more completely primitive than a 12 month old with the vomit virus.  They do not understand toilets, trash cans, or bowls. 
I feel like Rambo in the mountains, covered in gunk, oblivious to the smell and how hideous I look. 
It has been one hell of a night and day.  [...]

I have this thing I do every evening. 
I go to the outside refrigerator, get a nice cold beer and bring it upstairs. 
Then I open the freezer and get out my frozen mug. 
It is not just any old frozen mug, but a bright blue, miniature kid mug with water in a section surrounding [...]

Eat a huge piece of birthday cake.  Run around the house like you were just infused with epinephrine.  Tap the little miniature pincher dog, that your grandmother loves more than life itself, on the head and make it chase you.  Go ahead.  Take your shoes off so you can slide on the wood floors, as [...]

Tiny fingers, tiny toes,
A rosebud mouth
And button nose.
Life for her has just begun.
Our little Angel’s
Just turned ONE!!!
It was a great day.  Very overwhelming, but so much fun!  Here are a few pics to end the day with:

She’s one this morning!!

Mia’s cake.

I’m overwhelmed, a mess, and you have this goofy hat on [...]

My mommy is here!  We are having so much fun!
Tomorrow is the b-day party for my baby!  I can’t believe she is a year old!!!  Such a big girl, walking around everywhere!  My sweetheart! My daughter!  Figlia mia!
Today my boys came home and Cody made a beautiful card for Mia with her picture on [...]

Are you a Stepford wife, or the antichrist?
1.  Your husband calls out to you from the other room , as you clean out drawers and closets, , "The baby is crying and wants down from her highchair".  You:
a.  Say "Oh, thank you for letting me know, I will be right there!"
b.  Say, "Is that an [...]

My kids didn’t wear green yesterday.  They didn’t pinch one another.  We did not have corned beef and cabbage.
Instead, my kids went to a friends house and made Play-Doh cookies.  Apparently, it is cookie dough that looks just like Play-Doh and you can mold it into various shapes prior to baking.  It has lots of [...]

My kids have a pet mouse.  Her name is Mousy.  Original, huh?  We have had her for almost a year now, and she really is a great amount of fun.  She is clever, and the kids love to watch her.
She also has several lives.  Her first one bit the dust when one of the kids [...]

I can say this with certainty;  the makers of fine furniture DO NOT have small children.  If they did, they would not make cabinets, book shelves, dressers, couches or beds with spaces underneath them. 
Every toy in our house, every pacifier, every Lego, every ball, every puzzle piece will at some time, in it’s inanimate [...]

I think my entire family is immunocompromised. 
We now all have pink eye….more like "crusty, goopy, swollen, red eye".  I am on day two of little or no sleep.
And, yes, Mia is sick again.  With pink eye and gobs of snot.   And cranky as hell.  I haven’t slept in 2 nights.  She wants to be [...]