Just a bunch of stuff 'n fluff.

Yeah, I gave up on the shred stuff a long time ago. Just to let you know.

James is still in Kuwait....but only for 10 more weeks. Then he'll be home FOR GOOD. RIGHT, JAMES?

Tessa's awful. Just kidding. She's cuter than Suri Cruise and her stupid haircut. Granted, she's already into her "terrible twos" and she's not quite 1 1/2. Parenting is hard, guys. Not that I thought it wouldn't be, but you just can't possibly know until you're thrown into it. Constant, constant, constant, constant, constant. That's what life with a toddler is like; nothing in moderation. Everything is done with the greatest of conviction, and then repeat that 94 times.

But every once in a while you get moments like *this :

Me: Hide it under a bushel..
Tessa: No

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: chine

Me: Hide it under a bushel..

Tessa: NO

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: N..ine...

Me: Hide it under a bushel..

Tessa: CHINE

Me: I'm gonna let it..

Tessa: Pooh.

....and moments like this:

....and a little of this:

..and they're just so freaking cute.

*singing one of the verses to "This little light of mine"