29.2 Pounds!

This Fructose Malabsorption road is SO frustrating, I had a post all ready to go talking about how we’ve been “two steps forward, two steps back” non-stop since we learned Mr. Charm’s diagnosis. But then…Sunday’s weigh-in came. He weighed 29.2 pounds!!! To give you an idea of how monumental this … Continue reading

Ben Franklin Was Unoriginal, But I’ll Listen to Him Anyway

“Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” I always thought that was Ben Franklin’s original thought, but when Googling to make sure I was remembering correctly I stumbled upon Mama Lisa, who corrected her own Ben Franklin assumption with the evidence showing this … Continue reading

Back in the Kitchen – Salmon Patties!

Click here for my revised recipe. It’s also egg-free and gluten-free, and has printable formatting and much better photos! Thank you! Ever since Thanksgiving, I’ve been pretty much out of the kitchen.  With being so sick for so long, I completely lost my drive to ‘create’ and found myself fairly … Continue reading

Bald Heads and Gummy Smiles

My babies are bald.  And they have delicious gummy smiles. I drink in the smell of Mr. Happy’s little bald head.  One day, in about six or seven more months, he’ll have enough hair that I won’t be able to kiss his sweet scalp.  I’ll be kissing peach fuzz, instead. … Continue reading

Early Intervention

Last year, when Mr. Charm turned 2, we noticed that he didn’t seem to talk as much as other kids his age. Thanks to all the crazy medical stuff that went on last summer, I couldn’t get in for his 2 year checkup until September – a full 2.5 months … Continue reading

Child Care

I love my children. Ahem.   More specifically… I *LOVE* my children with every fiber of my being. But sometimes, the unrelenting…relentlessness  of being responsible for them 24/7/365 is just flat-out exhausting. Because I don’t ever – EVER – get a break.** Child care is hard enough to find without … Continue reading

My Bloody Boys

Oh, blood.  I never thought Motherhood would bring so much blood into my life. Yesterday Mr. Charm’s first poopy diaper of the day had visible blood in it.  As I’ve stated before, that has only ever happened for him if he consumes dairy.  So I called the Geek at work … Continue reading

No Escape

Have you ever noticed that food is everywhere? No, seriously.  It’s in commercials, TV shows, movies, magazines, books, billboards…it is everywhere, and you can’t escape it. Mr. Charm is now in the 2-3 year old group at Sunday School, instead of in the nursery.  This is great!  He now gets … Continue reading

How Is It Possible…

When:  last night Where: our KING sized bed Who: Me, the 129 pound shrinking woman, and Mr. Happy, the 19 pound cuddle bug Why: the Geek was (rarely, now) having a hard time sleeping so went to the couch so his tossing and turning wouldn’t disturb the two “sickies” in … Continue reading

Maybe U2 Was Right

Maybe nothing really does change on New Year’s Day.  But it’s a good time to take a look at the changes that have occurred over the previous year. Mommy Wants Vodka, a hilarious, terribly off-color blog I read to bring some  adult laughter into my days, does one meme and one … Continue reading