A Publishing Accomplishment!

It seems to be a big week for accomplishment's in the Elwood Family!
Today, my first in print article was published in the Fairfield County Weekly! I have had a letter to the editor published before, but I feel like this is a new level of success in my writing love that is now turning career!

Check it out!

Danielle Elwood in the Fairfield County Weekly

Congrats Will!

My husband can tend to be a complete over acheiver
Earlier in the year, when he joined the local volunteer fire department, he learned that they give out an annual award for Probationary Firefighter of the Year. Once he knew that it was an option during your year as a “probie” he knew in the back of his mind he MUST win that award.
Often bragging to the officers at the Fire Department that the award would be his.

Well last night, during the annual Past Captains Night, mainly to honor former Captains and officers of Echo Hose, he was awarded with the award he has strived to win since April when he got involved. Probationary Firefighter of the year!

Congrats to my super awesome husband Will!

Snowy Day!

Since we are snowed in, we had some inside fun today!
After a long weekend of switching bedrooms that is...

New Camera

Well for being such a great mom LOL! I got myself a new camera. Something I have wanted for years upon years, and just constantly put off...
I wanted to share a couple pictures I took of the kids yesterday.

Happy 27th Birthday Will!

I wanted to put up a couple memories for a Happy Birthday to my awesome husband!
Happy 27th birthday!

Will & his older sisters

Will on the left, and Chris on the right

Will with his sister on her wedding day

Will & I pre-kids

Will & our first born

Will with his second born

World's Greatest Dad!

#2

Benjamin is cutting tooth #2!
And it has made for a very pissed off little guy!

Poor little man is getting them all at once now!

The Nightmare Night

Last night turned into a nightmare in more way than one. Camden and I made our way to bed around 10pm, like usual and he fell right asleep. Nothing out of the ordinary...

12:45am he wakes up crying.
So I comfort him and get him back to sleep, or at least I thought he was going back to sleep.
1am he is up again whining... and does not want to go back to sleep for anything.
He is asking for juice, Daddy, his friend Michael, everything under the sun.
I was half asleep trying to figure out what was really going on.

So finally around 2am I get Will and tell him that he needs to come in and lay down with Camden.
So Daddy to the rescue... or so I thought.
He continued on, whining, crying, asking for me even though I was right there, asking for Daddy, Lala, Ole... everyone... No sleep in sight.

So I figured if I rolled over and ignored him, then he would go back to sleep, like he normally does if I just roll over.

NOPE! Wasn't having that either!

Next thing you know Daddy's alarm clock is going off for work, so he has to get up and get dressed to leave. Camden erupts in hysterics because he doesn't want Daddy to go anywhere.. LOVELY! We are not having a full blown meltdown at 5:30am.

Finally as I hear Ben waking up at 6:45am... I look at Camden and he is out cold. Lovely, now Ben is up for the day, and I have been up since 12:45am with about 3 hours of sleep.

Needless to say, it has been a long day for all of us!