Adventures of a Family

Oh man I have a beautiful family. Enough said.

Today a colleague asked me how "Little Mae" was doing and I just broke out with a huge smile and replied, "beautiful." I spent the remainder of the afternoon thinking about how sparkly her eyes are, her cherubic grin, round face, semi-automatic flailing arms. How her expression changes when her mom sings to her and how she responds with her loud coos and aahs. I think about how awesome the color pink looks (butter yellow too) when made into clothing for cute little babies. I am so glad that babies can't also talk and reason because I'd just give-in to most any demand without putting up a fight. She is that beautiful.

it is so hard... I can smell his baby skin in my nostrils while driving to work... I unconsciously rock back and forth while alone Even sounds of inanimate objects remind me of my boy After 4 weeks with Jonah and Hallie I returned to work this week. I have been trying to think of examples to give you an idea of what beautiful Jonah has done to my psyche. So here is a list of some of the things I incorporated into my first days back to work as a fourth and fifth grade teacher. Language Arts- Correct the grammar and punctuation of the following sentences: i and jonah where walking to the park on saturday afternoon do not you think jonah is the cutest boy in the world Writing- Write a story explaining how Jonah got the name Timetraveler as a middle name. Math- Solve the following math problem. Show your work and explain how you got your answer: For every .5 hours of feeding, Jonah sleeps for 1.25 hours. If every other feeding results in a diaper change, and each diaper change tak...