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Levi can be running around like a wild boy but then when the time comes at night to tell him to get ready for bed, he drops to the ground and whines, “I don’t have any energy” and then he says, “I need someone to carry me.”

Jude to me after I surprised him by making him biscuits (which he loves): “Sometimes I think you’re really annoying, but it’s only because I’m mad at you.  But, most of the time, you are way more awesome than annoying.”

“Happy Birth Father’s Day!”

So, I’ve been a mom for over 7 years now.  In that time, one thing that disappeared was my purse  It was replaced with a diaper bag and then with a backpack when I had multiple kids to lug around.  Tonight (when it was coincidentally Father’s Day), the boys and I were set to leave Andy …

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I asked Jude to make his bed (which he rarely does) and he said, in all seriousness, “Why do I have to make my bed when YOU sleep in it?”  Because I lay down with him to fall asleep at night, he’s convinced that I spend the entire night with him (which isn’t true at …

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I can’t believe I forgot to post this earlier, but near the end of May, Jude had another clear brain and spine MRI.  Great news!

So Andy told me tonight that he was going shooting with friends tomorrow.  I realized in that moment that I have never once left my boys to go hang out with my friends.  So, I hid my grinning face behind a boy who was hanging out on my lap and said with all the seriousness I …

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“BrainPOP [his educational subscription app] talks about all the gods, except for the one true God.”

We were looking at a shirt I really liked at Sam’s Club that was only available in large.  I told Jude that it would be too big for me.  He really liked it and said, “That’s okay.  You’ll grow into it someday.”  (Ha!  I hope he’s wrong about that!)

“Aunt Jessi, can we go in the yellow car?” (This think with my little kids calling me aunt is quite weird.  I think it will wear off now that the cousins are gone.”