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10 weeks
I can't believe that it's been 10 weeks since I went to the hosptial under a cloud of despair to have a scheduled C section, only to vaginally delivery a 9 pound, 8 oz baby!

Unnaweah
We have a new reason to do laundry around here, and that is Colin's new clothing accesory:Underwear!Or Unnaweah, as he calls it.Last Monday we took a leap and began potty training this little big man. We started with the help of my buddy Shannon, and some b

Happy Birthday Boys! 2 months and 25 months
Happy Birthday my sweet baby Hank!My sweet little love, you are 2 months old today. You add so much preciousness to my day. From your chubby thighs to your dimpled chin, I simply can not get enough of this baby sweetness. It's hard to imagine life before you.Little Henry Pat

I Met a Broken Mother
I met a broken mother today. Her body was complete and whole, her soul was very painfully incomplete. She was broken, changed. Everything in me wanted to fix her, but nothing in me was able to. I have no patch. I have no bandaid. Therapy won't do. I don't want to miss another opportunity to feel my child's heart beat, their chest rise, as they drift to sleep. Dont want to miss another grin, chuckle, or lightbulb moment. I am overwhelmed by the tsunami of brokeness that exists in a handful of we, that are called mothers. I am ashamed and have lost all patience for those around me who fight, bicker, judge and hate o

Mama Kelly
Guess who came to visit me?Mama Kelly did. I call her that because I call my Grandma, Mama Sarah, and because it's confusing to love two Kellys. I'm not entirely sure where she is on the maternal relation tree, but Mama calls her Prima. Whatever that means.