In church yesterday, our pastor referenced a show which asked people what they wanted to hear God say when they got to Heaven’s pearly gates. He said that he remembered one actor answering, “I Understand.” Who doesn’t want understanding. That’s a part of why I blog, I’m sure, to feel like somehow my feelings and […]
Ambitious as I am, I’m not talking about potty training. What I am talking about is baby training. Until this point, I haven’t been much for “training” my little man. My approach has been to just respond to his needs as he has them and it has worked for the most part since I’m home […]
I haven’t been on much, if at all, this week. I suspect that the little man is teething again, and our nights have been interesting. For that matter, our days have been interesting. I could go on and on about the “joys” of teething, but the highlights of my week have been far from unpleasant. […]
Some days I have hard decisions to make… push the limits of my child’s energy in order to accomplish something fun or important, or follow all of his cues and put of whatever-it-was for later. Tonite, I decided that despite my son not having had a nap for most of the afternoon, I’d push it […]
Something that I have always struggled with, regarding my little man, is colds. Or rather, sniffly noses. Or rather, a sniffly nose. To clarify, we aren’t talking about my nose… but about my son’s. The poor dude apparently has some allergies and gets congested rather frequently. He also catches colds rather regularly, or at least […]
Have you ever noticed that sometimes, when you have gotten out of a relationship or a situation and had some time to think or breathe, you start to notice things that you didn’t notice before? Sometimes you realize that things were better than you had originally thought. Sometimes you look back and realize that things […]
This morning was the first morning in a while that I woke up in my parent’s house. They did a wonderful job preparing for us. My folks had a brand new bed ready in the guest room, the port-a-crib set up, a television/dvd player ready for our baby movies, a rocking recliner (like I have […]