The 8 year old is perceptive. Perceptive is probably the wrong word. She is a Jedi. I can’t get crap past her. She moves items around the house with only her mind. It’s freaky. Anyways… Yesterday she got sick. Like really sick. She called me crying asking when I was getting home. She needed her [...]
When the 5 year old crawled on top of me at 4:30 this morning it pretty much felt like someone had just taken him out of the microwave. The kid was burning up. “Hey buddy? You ok? Daddy’s got you.” “I know this daddy. That’s why I came. You make me feel less sick.” Out [...]
It happened so fast. We were in the Memphis airport getting off one plane and walking on another. I’d just spent 22 days straight with my kids. I was tired. We were almost home. The 9 year old… “Daddy? Will you read this to me?” “Can I do it on the plane when we get [...]
The beauty of all of this is that I get to document my life and have it for my great great great grandkids to see. We also get to watch each others kids grow up. Literally before our eyes. How many of you have watched my kids grow up on this blog? It is coming [...]
She bought it with her own money. She asked me to help her put it together. I made it 2 hours and only had 1/4 of it done. I had to go run my 7 mile marathon training run. I got back home. She whispered to her mommy…”I think daddy might be too tired to [...]
My girls love Barbies, donuts, pizza, and Taylor Swift. So it wasn’t a suprise when my then 7 year old Seanna told us she wanted a Taylor Swift birthday party. But if you know the Whittakers, you know that did not mean Taylor Swift cups and plates from Walmart. Our friend Jenny Acuff, the better [...]
You turn 8 today. You have seen me cry 7 times and it’s only 9:15 am. You don’t even ask why anymore. You just hug me and say you are still gonna dance with me when you’re 18. You are walking that fine line of still coloring pictures of kittens yet giggling with all your [...]
1. Be there. 2. Be there. 3. Be there. 4. Be there. 5. Be there. 6. Be there. 7. Be there. 8. Be there. 9. Be there. 10.Be there. Whatever that looks like to your kids… Be there. Los
Last week on Twitter I documented the horrific and terrifying experience of my kitten, Riggins, getting his head stuck in a toy. Here is what happened… Yes. You just watched 3:33 seconds of that. Riggins Thanks You. #SaveRiggins… Los
Phone ringing… Losiah answers… “What’s up bitch?” “LOSIAH! NO SIR! THAT IS NOT OK!” Tears. OH MY LORD. “Wow. Babe. Can you believe he answered the phone like that? I mean. Where in the world?” Heather politely responded to my inquiry… “Sweetness. You answered my last phone call that way. Remember? You somehow thought it [...]
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