Big Brothers Rock

You know how I’ve been saying for a while now how protective Wyatt is with his baby sister?  How he is always looking out for her, protecting her and telling her how much he loves her? (Tear, I know). Yesterday I told him that since Brooklyn is just learning to sit up on her own, [...]

Can You Not Be So Bossy?

Is it just my kid, or are all three year old’s kinda bossy?  Because Wyatt is now able to hold full conversations with us, I think he might feel, well, a bit entitled.  See, the speech delay thing was hard on all of us – mostly Wyatt.  He had behavior problems, was “asked to leave” [...]

Thursday Time Out

So, here’s the challenge. Spend at least one hour per week sans kids or thinking about kids.  Not so hard for me, since I work pretty much full time…. But thanks to my hubby, who especially during the hunting season, doesn’t complain too much when I need to take an evening off, let’s me have [...]

Serious Flashbacks

Last weekend I went Fargo to meet some very special new people.  Two of my bestest friends recently had babies! Hip Hip Hooray!  My friend Maranda had a beautiful baby girl, named Imaya.  And my other friend Sadie had twins! Isabel and Everett.  During Sadie’s baby shower we took this picture together. Holy crap – [...]

It’s baaack….

Stomach flu – 6 Hustad family – 0 If we are keeping score, I guess.  This bug is a tough bug. It has survived in our family for over a week and a half now.  It is a rather quick bug (like the 24 hour flu or something), but it travels from person-to-person slowly. Like [...]

Must see TV

So I am still trying to figure out how to add videos to the blog (besides on the home page) so for now, please either check out the link below or click on the video on the right hand side of the home page. It’s only about 1 1/2 minutes, but worth the wait – [...]

Boys and their toys

Here is a blog which squarely goes under the “ranting” category.  I was watching Wyatt play outside at Grandma and Grandpa’s house last weekend, and noticed that everything he touches turns into a gun, sword, or something “for fighting”.  Not like this is new to me, he is always wanting to “shoot guns” and play [...]

I know I’ve been absent….

So, long-time-no-blog, huh? TEN DAYS? IT’S A RECORD! Let’s just say, a week of the stomach flu, a long weekend at Grandma and Grandpa’s house and now, no daycare for a week have taken their toll on the family. ANYWHOO….. Speaking of the stomach flu and puke…. The last time Wyatt threw up we had [...]

Teeth are oh-so-very-important

Last week I snapped some shots of Chris and Brooklyn.  As I was going through the hundreds thousands of pictures I have taken this year in preparation for a scrapbooking weekend I have coming up, I noticed that I really don’t have too many of daddy and his little girl.  So when we left the [...]

Ferberizing… take three

I know everyone is dying to know how the ferberizing is going. Here’s a summary… Night one: Brooklyn woke up around 2:30 – pretty typical. I let her cry the standard 10 minutes, then went in, reassured her and left the room.  Screams followed me out. My heart broke a bit, but I tried to [...]