and baby makes 6!

We did someTHING great this weekend.  It was so satisfying, and left me exhausted.
No, it wasn’t sex, although we might have done that too…..not that that is any secret, given I chart and the entire internet is privy to that info.
No, that THING we did made me feel like jody2ms again. 
But, I must give [...]

Nature is great.  I encourage my kids to get outside and explore, and they in turn, love it.
One of the things the younger kids like is finding snails and playing with them.  They have snail races, make homes for them, and compare collections.
Today Quinn and a friend found the mother load of snails.  Lots of [...]

I am an RN.  I do labor and delivery.  I also do med surg.  I have done a few shifts in the ER.  I see some really gross and disgusting things. 
Hand me a finger in a cup on some ice that needs to be sewed back on?  No problemo.  Clean the laceration that involves [...]

Spring is officially here!  Yeah!!!
One of my favorite things about this house is the big row of windows that look out into our backyard.  We have 6 huge pecan trees, and when I left last Thursday to go to see my mom in Ft Worth, they were just barely sprouting their leaves.  When I returned [...]

Today is re-lapse day in regards to barfing.  Mia did not puke all day yesterday.  She even ate a bit of broccoli for dinner.  What the heck was I thinking, giving the kid broccoli!! 
She lost the broccoli in bed around 3am.  Then again at 8.  Then again at 9. 
Oh, and breast milk/broccoli diarrhea [...]

DH redeemed himself last night after our 4yo let loose his stomach contents in his bed…..on the top bunk…..with all his stuffed animals gathered ’round to watch. Bill gave said 4yo a bath, washed the sheets, pillows and observant stuffed animals, made a little bed for him on the floor of the bathroom, and [...]