The Invisible One

A friend of mine, Amy Norris, who has a beautiful and funky clothing line for kids and a down-to-earth-blog about her mom adventures, posted a link to another blog that I just had to repost.

Here it is.


And my addendum is my constant struggle to "seek ye first..."

Heard at our House

Chuck was putting Eden to bed while on vacation at the beach.
She had woken us up the night before specifically calling for him, which is a rarity even though he puts her to bed every night.  It's Mommy she usually calls for.
She had called him the night before only to say that she wanted to see the ocean.  So, Chuck was putting her to bed as usual, but trying to explain to her/convince her not to call him and wake him up in the middle of the night.  He was explaining that Daddy likes to sleep.  Then he paused.

"Well, Daddy has woken Mommy up in the middle of the night sometimes." (He talks in his sleep, sometimes to me.... and sometimes he sits up as well.)
"I guess you waking me up is just my just desserts for waking Mommy up.  But still don't call us in the middle of the night and wake Mommy up.  I don't know what Mommy did to deserve being woken up.  I guess that just comes along with being Mommy."

All this was explained to Eden, but overheard by me.  And I thought it was very sweet.  In a way.

Pictures of Birthday Festivities

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to my sweet, special girl who has made our family bigger and better.  This first year made me remember why I don't like infants and why I really love babies from about 9-12 months.  I might have another one if they would pop out about 9 months old.
Here's to you Arielle; the baby of the family, the little sister that is helping to teach Eden the meaning of love, the sweet face that makes me realize that I need to give BOTH of my girls a chance to enjoy being kids a little more, the inquisitive eyes that can talk to me so clearly even though you are already saying some words.  Here's to my baby, my (probably) last baby, my Elly Belly, my snuggle bunny, my roly-poly one-year-old.

10 Days 'til One!