Leaving No Footprints

28 years ago I was excited and ashamed of myself when we got the phone call at home that mom had had a fourth girl. I had been the lone proponent of this baby being a girl and when I got my way, I suddenly felt bad that everyone else was “disappointed”…

Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house…

The sounds of toys and laughter still ring as Owen is enjoying his new train set and Grandma and Granddaddy and Me-ma are still enjoying Owen. Kris and I are trying to get some rest with Owe…

Early this morning, around 4:00 a.m. I was awakened by Kris talking to Owen, asking him what he was doing. I looked over and there was Owen sitting on the floor on my side of our bed, just a silhouette in the dark. Kris and I both explained to him that…

I feel like I should update. Here’s a quick list of things that we’ve done around here:

Saturday
choir rehearsal (I took both kids since there was child care and let Kris sleep until 10:00) I’m so glad he got some rest. He’s been a blue ribbon d…

Last night Kris and I each had different Christmas dinners to go to. Mine was with the Ladies Board from church and we met downtown at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. It was very good and we had a very nice time. I took Owen to Amber’s house for the evening…

Owen loved making the gingerbread cookies yesterday. He stood by the counter with me, dumped in the ingredients and pressed the cookie shapes. It was a process because of letting the dough chill in the fridge and then hitting nap time before it was don…

These boys are making me so proud. Owen is starting to come out of his little attitude funk. I think his turning two and gaining a brother as well as being shipped around to other homes for a week had a bit of an effect on his demeanor but he has been…

Another picture of Ivan to start things off and keep the grandparents happy.

I feel like I should make a long list of all that I want to accomplish before Christmas but instead I have compiled a short list of priorities to help guide me with tasks. I…

We are home!

Last night after all the hassle of discharging a patient we made it home. It was late and we were hungry and tired but so glad to take our bags out of the car and sit down together for dinner. The whole family around the table for the…

We stayed at the hospital last night in hopes of helping with Ivan’s 8:00 p.m. feeding. I held him and placed the bottle in his mouth and after some coaxing he sucked on it. I was so pleased. When we had tried it that morning it sort of upset him, but…