A few months ago Emily got the book King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently. It took one reading for it to become a family favorite. This is the first book that captured Emily’s imagination enough to bring the story into our lives. Lately the Thing with Four Feet has been in the kitchen and…
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Coat Rack Project
Two Thursdays ago we were in the middle of a stretch of very little sleep. On Monday night Emily and Nathan both got up at least a half dozen times. By 4am we were counting down the hours for the night to end. Tuesday night both kids didn’t go to bed until around 11pm, instead…
My Food Puzzle
C. Diff round two caused a little more havoc to my insides that I would like to admit. I’ve realized that just taking the antibiotics is not enough. I need to step up the probiotics and heal my gut before I am back to better. When I realized that what I ate would play the…
Whirlwind
The last few days have been very productive blur of fun and progress. It feels good to have a quieter, slow morning after the hustle and just think about some of those things. Andrew has been working on four papers that were due today (he finished around 2am this morning) for conference submissions. Emily has…
Three Months Old
Dear Nathan, You have grown up so much in the last few weeks! You had a growth spurt and are now fitting in 6 months clothes by length, no problem. Last Sunday I had to dig through boxes before church just to find something that would fit you. With your incredible growing has come lots…
Moments
We gave Emily craft supplies for Christmas. This was our first (and so far, only) attempt to use them. We made a little girl with a pink dress that fit on Emily’s finger. She had her buddy with her for an hour or so going about her usual activities. I’ve reentered the kitchen after a…
A Little Spontaneous Adventure
This morning we hung around the house in the morning, enjoying the warm sunshine coming in through the windows. We did some cleaning, reading, playing (spinning and catch mostly), and watching Emily show us all her tricks. I was enjoying our morning home, but felt obligated to ask if we wanted to go out and…
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Wednesday got off to a rough start. I had an early doctors appointment that I was going to go to by myself, and then at 5am we thought maybe it would be better to take the kids so Andrew wouldn’t have problems getting to his morning class. We realized twenty minutes before it was time…