It’s 9:20pm, both kids are now settled (luckily sans sugar coma), and I’m exhausted. And tonight my dad sent home an actual dictaphone (pedal and all) for me to do some rush stuff for him for tomorrow. But all I really want to do is lay down and watch something mindless on the television or fall [...]
For those of you who were around last year, you know that I was the good Christian parent and dressed my young children up as David and Goliath. It was very cute. And a good move for a follower of Jesus. This year, Madeline informed me that she wanted to be a skeleton. Okay. Not [...]
Being a parent has made me rethink the whole parent-child relationship. I’ve seen it from both sides now and have seen the struggles and the joys of both (even though I’m still very new at this). It’s also made me think about our relationship with God. I’ve come to two conclusions. The fact that God [...]
Doesn’t the Bible say somewhere that God will not tempt you or give you more than you can bear? Well, I don’t think he was talking about pregnancy and children in that verse. I did my exercises tonight. It takes a good hour or more to do it all, but hopefully I can do the stretches [...]
Now I know we all had a crush on Jason Bateman from which ever of the 1980’s sitcoms he was on. Well, he just got cuter. He just became a father. Aaaah! I bet that’s going to be one beautiful brown haired little girl. And she’ll be able to croon too — Paul Anka is [...]
Marc came along to my 14 week prenatal appointment this afternoon, in hopes of being there when we heard the baby’s heartbeat for the first time. It took a lot of moving of that doppler, but finally after a few minutes and several tries, we heard a strong “swishing” at the rate of 150 beats [...]
It’s been over 5 years since I graduated with my philosophy (and history) degree(s). I got half way through my Masters in philosophy when the urge to have children began. I still sometimes regret not finishing my Masters when I was pregnant, but I figured that would be pretty hard to do — and I [...]
My (our) bedroom is officially clean. It is clean for the first time in a very long time. I keep working on it but never getting much further than picking up the clothes that somehow find their way back to the floor before bed the next day. Now, I haven’t dusted in there yet, but [...]
Is there something in the air? Everyone’s been cranky since after church today. Luke’s crying and whining. Madeline is being disobedient and demanding. Marc and I seem to be taking turns losing our tempers, so that’s good. I don’t think the kids would like it if they got both of our wraths simultaneously. Whatever. I [...]
Tonight after I put Madeline to be she started freaking out, saying she was scared of the dark and that she wanted someone to lay down with her or, better yet, sleep with her. Now, we don’t really do that in our house — except for exceptionally scary dreams or very sick kids. So, I [...]