Attempting to be a Super Mom

So much has been going on here with the holiday season and Ben having surgery.  Maybe I'll get the chance to do a quick picture catch up tomorrow.  Today... today is a post just about today, and maybe a little of last night. Shawn and I don't usually have the ability to do Christmas presents for each other.  Everything we have, we usually give to the kids.  This year, we are fortunate enough, with Shawn's new job to get each other a gift as well.  Shawn went above and beyond with a gift for me.  He got me the camera I've been wanting for a long time, and he gave it to me last night so that I can take pictures of the holiday season and all that we do along the way.  I've been playing with it, since I opened it.  I'm glad to get the chance to test it out now.  I've been having a lot of fun with it. I think what surprised me so much with this camera is how great the pictures look when I only have half a second to snap it or the m...

Is it really Thursday already?  This week has just flown by.  Between the ridiculously hot weather and the running from here to there, no wonder it's gone so fast.  I feel like Monday was just here. Oh my goodness have we done so much fun stuff this week. Sunday, after Shawn's parents left, Shawn did the grocery trip for me while Ben, Sydney, and I made M&M cookies.  Maya waited for us to drop crumbs so she could eat them.  She was not so lucky. Monday, Shawn worked from home since he was leaving that afternoon.  This way he could spend a little extra time with the kids and with me.  He even went to Rylie's checkup with us. Rylie is a cute and healthy chunky girl, but while she's a chunk, she's still longer than she is heavy, percentile wise.  When the doctor told us that he was going to send the nurse in, to give Rylie her shots, Sydney went into hysterics.  She did not want her sister to get shots.  She screamed and c...