I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Elizabeth, Homemaking, Tommy on Oct 11th, 2008
Cloth Diapers! They’re making a comeback, and for good reason! Whether you’re interested in cutting down on landfill waste, saving money, or just having your kids’ butts look cuter, this post is my attempt to summarize all we’ve learned about cloth diapering in the past two years. To begin with, cloth is an up-front investment. […]
Posted in Family, Proverbs 31, Tommy on Oct 8th, 2008
Lest my last post make anyone think that I really have it all together, I’ll be really open about the fact that I had to beg my mom to come up again for a week and help me bring order to chaos. So she trained up on Sunday to hang out with us for the […]
Posted in Tommy on Sep 30th, 2008
So I ended last week trying to think of the positives, and this week started off on the opposite note. Tommy woke up early Monday, ready to get up and make mischief. First casualty? The baking soda box I keep on his changing table to sprinkle in his diaper pail (for odors). Apparently baking soda […]
Posted in Tommy on Sep 27th, 2008
We’ve had quite the week, but I want to end it by acknowledging a couple of great blessings amidst the naughtiness and unpacking and stress… First of all, now that the next stage of teething seems to be over, Tommy is adjusting really well to his one nap schedule. He’s stayed in bed happily until […]
Wow, so much is happening this week that I can’t even keep up with it all! Tommy’s other first molar popped through tonight. So that’s why he was screaming so much last night…
Posted in Tommy on Sep 26th, 2008
So remember those ugly boxes in the tour of our living room? I was so ashamed to put those up yesterday that I decided to go to Target and buy some shelves. I had a mirror to return, and I figured Tommy was in a pretty good mood, so we could handle it. It’s been […]
Posted in Children's Books, Homemaking, Tommy on Sep 25th, 2008
So I’d finally taken pictures of Tommy’s almost-finished room (and posted them here) when our mail arrived with supplies for finishing it off! While visiting the Ciscos last month, Christina gave me the amazing idea of framing artwork for Tommy’s room. The more we thought about our favorite books, the more we realized that they […]
What has Tommy been doing with his new tooth? Why, eating apples, of course! I really should have guessed he was teething the other day when he climbed up onto the table to get to the fruit bowl, select an apple, and start munching. I thought it was cute the first day…yesterday he climbed up […]
Posted in Tommy on Sep 19th, 2008
Two nights ago, Tommy was up several times in the night, screaming. He’s been doing that a lot lately, and his naps have been super short, too. I’ve been attributing everything to teething since April (when tooth #6 came in), but Derek has been skeptical. Today, while tickling Tommy upside down, I noticed a little […]
Blogging from Denver, where the sunrises are beautiful (I should know)… This week Tommy decided that he is a one-nap dude. We’ve been spoiled by his two 90-120 minute naps each day, when, out of the blue, at the 18 month mark, he decided that the second nap was unnecessary. Throw in the travel chaos of this […]