Picture little girls in braids jumping rope on the sidewalk with friends. Doubledutch, crisscrosses, little rhymes. Giggling and laughter, a summer afternoon enjoyed by all. I wish I could jump rope like a little girl. Instead I jump rope like an old man. Poorly. My training routine for the marathon calls for Sunday cross training. […]
It is amazing how quickly babies change. This weekend we entered one of my favorite stages with Jillian. She has started being awake and not screaming for periods lasting more than 30 seconds or so. Before it was actually pretty accurate to say she was either screaming or sleeping with nothing in between. It is […]
Today we had the lowest humidity Austin has seen since one day in the middle of April. The average humidity today was 42 percent. That felt so good. I ran and the sweat, get this, evaporated off of me. I know. I know. Crazy, huh? It was still 88 F, but felt so much better […]
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Wesley calls me at work once or twice a day. Usually I get a “Hi Dada” and I ask him questions which are always answered with “Yeah, Uh hum”, “geese”, “walk”, or “mama”. But the other day I got a call from Wesley that almost broke my heart. I answer the phone and hear “Home. […]