little bits of carter

I love his hair

his nose
his eyes

and toes!

simple gift idea

Need I say more?!

please pass the sudafed

Winter. Snow and ice. Always being cold. The beauty of the earth and the amazing ability to constantly be sick! We just had this awful cold bug a couple weeks ago and it's at it again. This is how it is affecting us right now:

-Ryanna has an ear infection and an awful cough. You know she's sick because she still yearns to go to school but can't even figure out how to dress herself. Plus she actually sleeps through the night! Yikes, she definitely isn't feeling well.

-Dawson has a yucky cough also, but is now on antibiotics for his ear infection. In December 2007 he got tubes in his ears which helped this last year and cut down the number of infections he got. However, one of them fell out, resulting in an infection immediately. Great.

-Carter is absolutely pathetic. You feel so badly for him, he can't moan or cry without being hoarse. He's on antibiotics also thank goodness. Poor little dude.

-I finally got some medicine for this migraine that I've had for a straight week. It doesn't help that I've got the bug too because when you stay up late tending kids, it cuts into your sleeping time, resulting in your immune system being vulnerable. I'll survive, but AHHHHHH! I want the spring and sunshine to come over to play. Theraflu anyone?

-Ryan, of course, is just fine. How does that work?

2,922 days later

My handsome husband is

a wonderful, endearing father

a best friend,

a ballast,
a faithful patriarch,

and a hero.

Happy 8th Anniversary! I can't wait to see what the next year brings. I'm so proud of you and how hard you work for our family.

I love Ryan!

do you netflix?

Kids are funny. They inadvertently can pick up new words without being taught:

Dawson- (watching a commercial on t.v.) "Momma, can we netflix that toy someday?"
Me- "What do you mean?"
Dawson- "I want to netflix that toy from the t.v. I don't want to buy it, I just want to netflix it and then I can give it back."
Me- "Ohhh, you want to borrow it."
Dawson- "No. I want to netflix it."
Ryanna- (the all-knowing older sibling very seriously chimes in) "Dawson, you can't netflix toys on t.v. You can only netflix toys that your friends have already."
Dawson- "That's right. I netflixed a toy from Strattons, only they let me keep it."

Silly me, I thought the word was borrow. Living in the 21st Century is hard!