So, I feel like I’ve been gone from here forever. I have been checking blogs and commenting from time to time, but I’ve also been super busy with life in general. Here is some sweet, sweet Chachi for anyone who is hankerin’ for cute baby (if I do say so myself).



Food has been wretched. I have to make a change. Now. Weight is unmentionable. The Wii Fit made my Mii really chubby . So depressing.

My biggest challenge is the after dinner snacking. I get really intense cravings for sweets. It doesn’t help that my husband (whose weight has not fluctuated more than three pounds in the sixteen years we have been together) is more than happy to indulge with me. I need to get this back under control, since I don’t think anyone will be inventing calorie free brownies and milk any time in the foreseeable future.

We had our kids dedicated last Saturday. It was really neat because so many of our friends and family came to witness the dedication, and many of them don’t share our beliefs. It made us feel extra loved that they came to see this part of our family’s life. Oh, and Fiona flashed he entire congregation once we got on stage. Nice.


All of us at home before the dedication.


The misses Sassafrass before service started


During the dedication


Our pastor dedicating Charlie. This was really done at his own peril. Charlie could have easily spit that binkie out and spit up all over him at any moment.

Sorry if this entry is all choppy. I typing with one hand and holding Chachi in the other. All of my kids are sick. Fi is the only one with a fever so far, and even she seems to be well enough to play and sass her mother. I am just praying that Chachi’s cough and nasal congestion don’t turn into something worse than a cold. It is a HUGE pain trying to keep the girls far enough away from the baby so that they don’t spread their germs all over him. Chances are he’s already been exposed to whatever they have, but I fell like I have to do something to mitigate the damage. They all slept fairly decent last night, but my husband woke up at 1am with a crippling sinus headache. I gave him Sudafed and rotated hot washcloths for his face for about a half an hour before he was able to get back to sleep. Poor guy.

I’m off to make sure that the girls haven’t snuck away to make mischief. Have a great weekend everyone!