…died yesterday.  
I had him longer than I had Kevin - Napolean has been with me ever since the summer of 2005, and Kevin became his ferret’y dad when we married a year later.
He loved playing with his bell toy, snuggling in warm rags, and bouncing around the room. He had this little plastic [...]

(Voiced by 7 month old Jack-Evan, Typed by Mommy)

Tonight my mommy told me that her and daddy were going on this thing called a date.
It sounded scary so I grabbed mommy’s necklace so she couldn’t get away. 
She had never been away from me, so I wasn’t sure she could handle it. 
Mommy knew I was worried [...]

….we’re taking our dog PupPup to their clinic be neutered. It’s pretty nice - they offer it for only $50. Our main vet cost over $200! His appointment is at 8:00, and we’ll be picking him back up this evening at 5 pm. He wasn’t allowed to eat or drink anything [...]

Three Pumpkins full of seeds:  $15.23
Portraits of a tiny Lion:  $48.99
New Baby to take trick o’ treating:  $20k
 
Knowing that you’re married to a man
who will do anything for the woman he loves? 

Priceless.
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NOTE:  This photo was taken on Oct. 29, 2006
at our church’s Fall Festival.
We had been married for 4 months.

The past couple of weeks, I’ve been in such a slump.  It may have been partly to do with the fact that I silently endured a nasty cold and worried to pieces that Jack-Evan would get sick.  Consequently, I began having nightmares at night - something that hasn’t really happened since the end of my [...]

or… When’s the last time you raked your bedroom?
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The Scene:  Kevin is asleep on one side of me in our kingsize bed.  Jack-Evan has latched on the other side of me to nurse for a few minutes.
Time:  2:47 AM.
 
     Kev:  :::rolls over on back, begins to laugh::::  That tree branch almost got you didn’t it!
     Me:  [...]

…no?
Well ours is.
To date, he’s snatched 3 jars of peanut butter, 3 dozen Krispe Kreme doughnuts, 2 loaves of bread, a full pack of Combo pretzels, a roll of saltine crackers, a bowlful of pork & beans, and a prenatal vitamin.
It all happens innocently enough….
Usually I…uh..I mean..one of us…will be munching merrily on a snack or making a [...]

….or…. Never ask a sleeping man questions.
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The Scene:  Our Living Room. 
Guilty Party:  Kevin is napping on the couch, Jack-Evan is napping in my lap, and I’m randomly doing nothing on the internet.
Time:  Just a few minutes ago.
 
     Me:  Hey baby?  Kev… Honey? 
     Kev:   huh…uh..huh…what… ::::returns to snoring::::
     Me:  Hey!  You!
     Kev:   ::::opens one eye and [...]

Once in a while, my husband will whisk the baby away for some grand daddy-son time whilst mommy gets to revel in a longer-than-5-second bath.  Tonight was one of those nights. 
Sitting Laying there in the tub, covered with Mr. Bubble brand bubbles, I spent 43.8 glorious minutes floating between half asleep and half awake.  I was [...]

Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of the day Kevin asked me to marry him.  To celebrate, I packed up dinner and we headed to the park where we got engaged, only this time we had a wee infant in tow.  It was a wonderful evening, full of retrospect, playfulness, and looking to the future.  The [...]