We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them. Charles West The secret of Christian quietness is not indifference, but the knowledge that God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of …
I knew I would write about Caroline’s birth, but I needed time to process everything that happened as part of our planned c-section birth. There is much more to the story than what David and I have written about here so far. But we decided to …
Oh, I remember that thing. That’s the sun. Yes, the sun finally shone today for a few hours. Over the past 12 days we’ve only had 16% of the available sunshine. Poor Caroline doesn’t even realize that the world isn’t full of …
While in the hospital I received many samples of baby essentials – diapers, binkies, soap, wipes, etc. One of the things I received was a sample of Dreft baby detergent. I had already started using Dreft so I was happy to get the coupon – …
I wrote just prior to having Caroline that I was living in a baby bubble. Pretty much all of my thoughts and actions revolved around the end of the pregnancy and getting ready for her arrival. Well, fast forward a few weeks and I’m still in a …
Today Caroline is two weeks old! We’ve already had such exciting times with her. On Sunday I had to call David at church on the cell phone during the sermon to have him come home so we could take Peanut to the emergency room. She had green spit …
Thank you to everyone who has been leaving comments and blessings and prayers on the “announcement post”. It’s been so nice to hear from so many and it’s like having a huge online “get well” card. 🙂 And we’ve …
Our sweet little Peanut is finally here with us! Caroline Elisabeth was delivered by c-section yesterday, September 28 at 12:13 p.m. She weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was 21 inches long. She has lots of hair and is cute as a bug in a rug! 🙂 Caroline …
David and I have been talking about this lately and I’m curious to hear what other people do. What do you call your mother? What do you call your grandmother? What do you have your children call you? Whenever I talk to Peanut, I always refer to …
I have to admit that I am totally oblivious to a lot of what is going on in the world around me right now. I realized this morning – oh, yeah. We are electing a governor and a senator in a few weeks. Oh, it is going to be October on Sunday. Oh, …
