Category: Everyday Life

Already we are seeing the differences in our children. Yesterday we had our first appointment with Kathy (our midwife). We were able to hear the heartbeat of our little one and it was exciting to hear that very real sign that there is a reason I’m so t…

Today we are unexpectedly watching Joey again. Normally Samson, Joey’s dad, doesn’t work on Friday’s and I have one free day. I had planned to take Owen to my brother’s house and have lunch with him today. I am still planning to do this but now I have…

Owen is in Big Brother Training as I believe I’ve mentioned before. Joey’s presence in the house each day has been a test for both of us and most of the time we do pretty well. Owen often has to wait for my attention as I comfort a crying Joey and try…

Kris was trying to get some pictures of Owen while he was playing and I was helping by coaxing him toward the camera and drawing his attention toward daddy. At one point one of us said…”say cheese,” and he looked at Kris and the camera with a blank lo…

Owen has been sleeping later. I am enjoying that. He still got up before 6:30 a couple of times this week but there were three days of him sleeping until 7:00 if I remember right. Not that I wait until then to get up. I can’t. Joey comes at 6:30 so…

Monday was Memorial Day. In truth our family celebrated the meaningful part of the holiday on Sunday as we had a very nice service honoring the men and women who sacrifice so much for us. Then on Monday…we took advantage of our freedoms and had a gre…

I neglected to tell anyone about Friday, and I had a very nice Friday. I babysat Joey and he was a good boy, Owen was good and very funny in his attempts to be helpful. Every dirty diaper is “trash” and needs to be taken to any open receptacle that is…

My little 4×4 garden in the backyard is producing! I have planted about 6 different herbs and some lettuce out there and though only three things are showing up at this point I am not discouraged because I’m excited to get any results at all.

The d…

Owen has been saying “I don’t want you” to me, but I don’t take it personally. What he really means is I want you but saying “don’t want” has come to mean both “want” and “don’t want” just as “Dan’t you” is said when he is giving or receiving something.…

Owen has been wearing this little baseball cap lately. Not all the time. He just likes to put it on about once a day and giggle and then he’s done with it. I just think it’s funny how different it makes him look. Of course it’s a little big for his h…