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Just When I Think I'm On The Right Track

…reality check. my mom sent me this article in an email tonight. i read that one, and then moved on to this page. as if the first article didn’t already make my eyes well up enough, the second one let the floodgates open. “When you’re living a distracted

17 Months - The Whining

that would be the theme of basically all of january. whine whine whine. whine. whine. whiiiiiiiiiine. so much whining. she’s so adorable, and so fun when she’s in a good mood. but she constantly wants to be picked up these days, either to be toted around or to

One Eighty

i feel like that’s what has happened since i wrote this post a month ago. as far as being a mom, i feel like i’m doing my job. caylin is crazy, healthy, happy, and awesome. everything i write is full of her. clearly brett and i are doing

16 Months, And A Happy New Year

i hope everyone had an amazing christmas/holiday season/whatever you celebrate. i completely skipped over the holidays in the last entry, but i had a thought in my head and ran with it. it’s hard for me to just sit and write deliberately–lately it’s spur of

Always Slightly Disheveled

i feel like this is a permanent state for me. anyone else have that feeling? i know that it’s one of those “acceptable” things, being a new mom, and all. but this state FAR predates even being pregnant with caylin. it’s basically been my whole life. brett and

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