Merry Christmas to Nicole

Surprise, it’s Drew.  After more than a year of blogging from All The Marletts, I am writing my first post.  Hello to all of you I know, and nice to meet all of you I don’t. Let me start by saying that it is very difficult to surprise Nicole with any gift.  So this year, I decided to give her a gift that I didn’t have to hide.  I love that Nicole blogs.  It keeps us connected...

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

It has been snowing since 1:41 am.  How, you wonder, do I know that this is the time it started snowing,  well….I was awake folding laundry and nursing a sick child.  Yes,  Lucy is sick and not sleeping well(that’s putting it mildly). Three of  our kiddos and I have some sort of a runny nose head congestion thing; but Lucy is just miserable and not her normal mostly happy...

You’d Better Not Pout…

I have a mountain a literal mountain of laundry to fold, more laundry to do, Christmas shopping to still finish, cards to order and address, a baby who has not slept a decent night in over two months which means I haven’t slept well either,  this same baby seems to have the beginnings of a cold so now we are on “ready and alert” for anything out of the ordinary with her,  an appointment...

It was Like… Magic (Chapter 1)

It was the Monday before Thanksgiving and we were off to yet another appointment with Lucy’s GI.  It was a very productive appointment in the sense that we discussed some “what if” scenarios with her doc for the first time in Lucy’s life.  For most people, these types of discussions are not what you want to have with your doctor; but for Drew and I it was a relief to hear what his thoughts...

We’re Back!

We are home, we had an absolutely fabulous time, and we are exhausted!  We had a great vacation and have so many memories that we want to share with you, but for tonight we just wanted to let you know we’re back. We left that,   and came home to this! ...