a room with a view...

so i spent half of my weekend painting the mural in baby j's room. it is probably half done - maybe a little more. can you guess which children's book this is from?*

* hint: a person's a person, no matter how small.

Christmas Post Script PS

Forgot to mention another early christmas present...

across the street from t-man's school is (actually, was) an old gas station. since august they have been tearing down the building, pulling the old tanks out of the ground, etc. so there is always some construction vehicle to point out to the kids on the way to and from school. a few months ago, i asked t-man what he thought they were building there and he told me "it's a dunkin' donuts mama." i had to laugh - he thinks we're still in boston! there are 2 dunkin' donuts here in town, but the closest one is a 15 minute drive away. how i wish...

anyway, t-man has been telling me it's going to be a D&D for months now. so i finally asked him 2 weeks ago,

"why do you think it is going to be a dunkin' donuts?"
"because my teacher told me."
"which teacher?"
"miss deb."

oooh - miss deb is not one to exaggerate. so i asked her when i picked t-man up from school - and she confirmed it! best of all (when you have 3 kids), i think i saw a drive thru - which is also very dangerous - it makes it too easy to get a coffee there all the time. i've just got to buy stock in the company...

Christmas Post Script...

In all the excitement and chaos of the holidays with 3 little ones, i forgot to mention the wonderful early xmas present from sweet baby j - starting monday or tuesday night (damn i need to get better about writing these things down), she has been sleeping a solid 6 - 8 hours at night! whoo hoo! lets hope this trend continues! i haven't been getting this many hours of consecutive sleep in months!

Merry Christmas to all...

christmas is the best with little kids. their excitement is infectious. it's intense, exhausting, and lasts as long as it takes to rip open all the presents - about 15 minutes. but it is all worth it.

Merry Christmas everyone!

one lazy sunday morning...

this morning was my turn to "sleep in". baby j woke up at 7 am for a feeding. i was so tired that i decided to nurse her in bed. this means she fell back asleep while eating and i did as well. when i woke up around 8:30, i was staring at an angel.

she looked so sweet with her eyes closed accentuating her long lashes, mouth slightly open in the shape of a tiny heart, and her little breaths with the occasional sigh. it is such a catch-22. i wanted to hold onto this moment forever but at the same time i'm ready for her to grow up and start sleeping through the night.

well i grabbed my camera and snapped a few shots in hopes of having it both ways - she can start getting older and i can remember this moment always...

i'm too tired to care...

picked up our xmas cards today - they don't look so good. i screwed up the family photo and didn't lighten it. i didn't realize how dark it was until i saw it printed out. part of me plans on sending them out anyway - the other part of me can't let go of how bad they look. it doesn't help that when i showed them to hubby, the first words out of his mouth were "it looks like crap." i can't decide which part of me will win this one.*

* who are we kidding - it will be a miracle if i even get xmas cards out before valentine's day...

it is a small world afterall...

went to a neighborhood ladies night out friday in effort to have some sort of social life again. i had been at the host's house for over an hour when i happened to noticed a small print hanging in her kitchen.

"is that? - never mind..."
"what?"
"well, that picture looks like touchdown jesus."
"it is touchdown jesus. my husband and i went to notre dame."
"my husband and i went to notre dame too!"

i'm in a small city (pop. <100,000) in NC and a couple who graduated with hubby live on the same street as us. i don't think there are many ND grads in the area...what are the odds????