I haven’t been here in a while… and this is not a post I ever thought I’d have to make. It’s been a busy few months–I went back to work full time, and shortly after I found out that we were expecting our fourth baby. It was a whirlwind of change and insane busy-ness, but all of it made us so happy. We felt so blessed. It’s taken me a few days to be able to say this without crying… but we lost the baby. I had a miscarriage on Tuesday and we’re trying to wade through this new reality and everything that has come with it. I wasn’t sure…

My mom called me earlier tonight, but I was in the middle of putting the kids down and had to let it go to voicemail. She left me a message about needing a small favor, and asked me to call back after 8. M and I snuck downstairs to put the final coat of paint on some doors we’re working on, then I finally had a minute to call her back. She’s been working on something for church this Sunday, and asked me if it would be okay if she could share the story of something that happened to me when I was 13. It was something I haven’t thought…

I’m thinking about maybe going back to work. I’ve been hemming and hawing about this for months… about when the “right time” would be. The more I think about it, I don’t really think there will ever be a perfect time. Eventually I’m just going to have to bite the bullet and do it. It’s not that I haven’t enjoyed supply teaching–I really have. More than I thought I would, to be honest. I’m still considering just trying to actively pursue that every day, instead of just working a day or two here and there as I have been the past five months. A couple of weeks ago I had…

I’ve been meaning to sit down and write for several days, but it’s been a wild week. Miss S was quite sick last week and long story short, we ended up spending several hours in emerge as she just couldn’t stop vomiting. She had been doing really well on the antibiotics for strep throat, but within 36 hours of finishing them, she was completely laid out with some kind of nasty virus. My doctor was worried about dehydration and referred us to the hospital as she wanted S on an IV. The vomiting finally slowed down while we were waiting in emerge, and the doctor there was able to give…

We had a really great impromptu family day yesterday. Best of all, it was outside of my house. After 10 days of sickness, it felt so good to get out. S & H usually have ringette on Saturday mornings, and M is usually the one to take them. I hang out at home with P, who in the past has been a bit of a holy terror at the rink. When we tried to take him last year so I could see the kids play, he was running up and down the arena seats, sprinting down the aisles, making a mad dash for the changerooms and attempting to lick the…