Sunny

  This little butterfly is making me crazy with her independence and sass. She can’t be held down by “the man”… that would be me in this case.   As it turns out she can’t be held down at all. Why do toddlers never stop moving? I feel like I’m trying to tame a beautiful wild butterfly. Correction, a beautiful wild butterfly with Matt’s whole entire face. My butterfly can’t be tamed; she’s got places […]

Someone asked me about Sunshine the other day, they wanted to know how she’s doing with all of the changes.   You know that saying, Love is not an emotion, it’s an ability. If that is true then my daughter is so very able. To Sunny her brother is this tiny human who needs to see, touch, and view every single fascinating discovery she has ever made in her 2.5 years. “Look at this with […]

Forgive my brief absence. Everyday I’m hopeful that I’ll be delivering this baby, so I sit really still and forget to do thinks like send along pictures of Sunshine’s first day of school. You’ll be happy to know that while the night before and hours leading up to her departure I cried like a baby, when the actual moment came I managed to pull myself together and carry on.   She walked into her classroom […]

“The world slows down/ but my heart beats fast right now/ I know this is the part where the end starts/ I hate this part right here.” Tomorrow this little lady starts nursery school. As I warned you a few weeks ago, the tears have already started. Never mind that she was so difficult last week I almost called to see if they could take her early. That horrible day is now a distant memory […]

  In two weeks my Sunshine Girl starts nursery school. I have discussed this decision with my close friends over and over trying to understand if this is actually necessary.  It still seems a bit unnecessary- but I trust that when I am too weak to make the right decision they will push me forward anyway.  Filling out the nursery school paperwork was nearly impossible for me, as they ask you to describe your child. […]