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20/06/2025

This was about a week ago, and thankfully Nemo seems to be feeling better. His eyes are still looking a bit inflamed, but I’m hoping that clears up soon.

19/06/2025

This has become a regular Saturday for us. It doesn’t happen every week, but often. Zoe loves getting out and it’s much easier when Grady and I both go so it’s more enjoyable than getting out on our own during the week.

And with this plan, I usually get the day off cooking. 👏 I enjoy cooking for my family, but it’s nice to get a break, and Sam’s club cheese pizza is my favorite. 🤩

As much as Zoe loves going to and getting to look at the books (and straighten them on the shelves), she’d love it even more if the vacuum cleaners were loose instead of being attached to the shelf.

18/06/2025

Driving 90 minutes to a dentist she’s excited to go to is definitely better than driving 10 minutes to a dentist that gets her so anxious and upset that she has a meltdown when she sees the building and then vomits when they try to look in her mouth. 💯

If going to the dentist with your child is a hellish experience that gets you puked on every time, try a different one just to see if that helps. It might not, but you might be pleasantly surprised. It’s worth trying.

17/06/2025

On the way home from our recent vacation I put up a question box since I had time to answer some (12 hours to be exact) while we were on the road. Here are some of them incase you missed it. ❤️

15/06/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

This was check out day from the resort, but before we left town we took a last walk on the beach boardwalk (so we didn’t get sandy, but also wheelchair accessible, even though Zoe decided she didn’t want her chair for that walk). Grady and the girls found an arcade and played a few games. Then we looked in a few shops and had a nice lunch at a nearby shopping area we hadn’t gotten to explore yet.

We visited a lovely tea shop and got iced teas. Their tea of the day was a blue tea. It was so good, and Zoe thoroughly enjoyed her sample. After we left, she talked about having some blue tea at home and I realized I should have bought a bag. I may need to order some.

Zoe loved the purple store (and all the umbrellas they had), but the Christmas store was probably her favorite. She took photos of so many beautifully decorated trees and other decor, mostly lights.

We ate lunch outside right on the water and got to watch turtles swim by. After that we piled back in the van to drive to Atlanta to visit family before heading home from our trip. And of course Zoe’s new vacuum got to sit right next to her in the van. That’s the only place it would fit.

12/06/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

11/06/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

We had a wonderful week of family time and glorious weather at the beach. 🏖️

Zoe has always enjoyed gathering shells on our walks. Typically she’ll dump them out on the table later and want to look at all of them, clean them, and sort them, so we didn’t want her to be disappointed that she didn’t have many. That’s why we gathered more.

We usually prefer to go to Florida in the spring and save Myrtle Beach for fall when it’s warmer (like September when we came here), but with hurricane damage it was harder to find a place in Florida. The water was a little cool, but we were pleasantly surprised with a week of amazing weather.

07/06/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

On vacation we usually make time for a shopping day, and Myrtle Beach has probably the best shopping of anywhere we go, so the girls really love it. And they have lots of really nice, relaxing shopping areas that are just really pretty and full of great spots for breaks and snacks.

31/05/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

We had a wonderful week of family time and glorious weather at the beach. 🏖️

30/05/2025

Myrtle Beach 2025 🌊

We had a wonderful week of family time and glorious weather at the beach. 🏖️

We usually prefer to go to Florida in the spring and save Myrtle Beach for fall when it’s warmer (like September when we came here), but with hurricane damage it was harder to find a place in Florida. The water was a little cool, but we were pleased surprised with a week of amazing weather.

Here’s the first round of photos, from the first couple of days. I’ll post the rest over the next few.

11/05/2025

Mother’s Day 💐

Becoming a mother was always my main goal in life. I’m so thankful I get to live my dream and for the life I have with my girls. These are a few of my favorite photos with them, some old, some new.

06/05/2025

The day our older kitty Georgie had a sudden catastrophic neurological event, I got home from having him put down and needed to help Zoe eat lunch. She didn’t want her sister to help her; she’d wanted to wait for me. She was sitting at the table ready to eat when I walked in the door. The first thing she said when I came in was that it’s much quieter now that we don’t have a kitty meowing in the hallway (Georgie had been distressed and crying initially when this happened).

Once I was feeding her, she also insisted we needed to change our calendar for the new month, but was unwilling to do it herself like she usually does.

After she was done eating, she wanted to know what we’re doing next. Now I had just put our cat down; I didn’t feel like doing anything at all, but maybe taking a nap. I suggested we read a story; Zoe liked that idea so we grabbed a couple of books and sat down. She actually did the reading which was less that I had to do.

Zoe wasn’t being insensitive or uncaring. She loved Georgie too, but she grieves differently, and I understand that. I don’t have to understand how it helps her, but I know that this is how she’s dealing with it. She will talk about him and that day as though it was just another day. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t care; I think she mentions him when she thinks about him and misses him.

I am glad that she hasn’t said these things around Abby though.

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