Love Simply Kate

this week has not been one of the best weeks on record. not just because Dylan has had a constant diaper rash and has been waking up constantly the last few nights because he needs to be changed (and he’s definitely as unhappy about it as we are), and not because i have gotten 2 migraines (adios IUD, you are coming out in June and it’s back on the pill for me, it’s not worth the migraines), but because i have had to deal with two things living in my house that weren’t supposed to be there, and i had to deal with them (mostly) by myself. i am not good with spiders. i have always known this. but this week, my lack of courage shined when it comes to those little buggers. on Tuesday i went upstairs because i heard Dylan in his room (he had just woken up from a nap) and i went to go open his door, and there it was. a massive, black, furry, white-striped spider sitting right outside Dylan’s bedroom door on the trim. it scared the crap out of me. i ran screaming i...

that’s what my heart did today. it broke. my little munchkin, my everything got his first big owie today. it was so big that he had to go to the instacare right away. and what broke my heart even more, is that i could’ve prevented it if i hadn’t been preoccupied. this afternoon i went over to my mom’s to pack up the rest of our things at my mom’s and when i got there, i turned on her fireplace (it’s a gas one) because her basement was freezing today. i put Dylan down for his nap and started packing. the fire had been going for a couple hours when Dylan woke up, but i didn’t think anything of it when i put him in the same room and turned on Aladdin for him in the living room and i continued to pack our kitchen stuff up in the kitchen. (it’s connected to the living room). he was crawling all over the place and even came over and hung out by me for a little while, but then he went away and i assumed he went over to watch Aladdin and play with...