A Little Late

The tooth fairy is visiting us for the first time tonight. Anna lost a baby tooth. I’ll try to take a picture when she’s awake tomorrow.
Also, I’m making yet another babywearing article. It’s becoming an illness, I think. This time it’s a mei tai.

Read Full Post »

Here

We made it down the length of California in very good time yesterday. Ella was just fine, as long as we stopped whenever she said she’d had enough. I think we made five stops total, which is a lot, but they were brief.
We found out on the way here that our friends’ baby was in [...]

Read Full Post »

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just in case I don’t get to tell you later. Since we’ll be in Ojai. Tomorrow evening. (Yay!)
I’m going to hang out with my family and other people we like and shop and cook all day. Thanksgiving is my favorite. Truly, truly.
So if you feel in any way inclined toward us, please, please pray that [...]

Read Full Post »

Providence, Continued

Well, it looks like the new parsonage will be finished long before we have to leave our current rental house (which is for sale– want it?). So there was nothing to worry about.
Sometimes I think God does these things just to be funny.

Read Full Post »

Yet Another Babywearing Post

Pouch Sling Edition!
I never owned a pouch sling before. They’re convenient in that you don’t have to adjust them. They’re inconvenient in that you can’t adjust them.
So the trick is buying the perfect size for your body and your baby. Or you can just follow the instructions at this lovely site, and make your own [...]

Read Full Post »

How it Happened: Part Two

This is the second installment of the story I began on our wedding anniversary last spring. You can read the first part here.

Rash Vows
In California:
Late in the fall of my freshman year at CBU, I made a hard decision in a dry, neglected field, in the dark, a quarter mile from my dorm room.
My greatest [...]

Read Full Post »

Reality Check

Naiah (age 3) handed me the Mommy doll from the dollhouse.
Naiah: Okay, I’ll be the Naiah doll, and you be the Mommy doll, okay?
Me: Okay.
Naiah: Make the Mommy be really mean to her.
Me: Why is she mean? Is your mommy mean to you?
Naiah: Mommy. We are not dolls.

Read Full Post »

Tiny (Public) Move

It’s funny how much your phone rings when your rental house is for sale. Just thought I’d mention it.
It looks like we’ll be moving a total of three houses away. That’s not a total certainty yet, but it’s the most likely outcome. I hear it has orange formica countertops. And almost three cords of firewood. [...]

Read Full Post »

And We’re Off!

I got a phone call on Tuesday to inform me that my house is now for sale. Not maybe-about-to-be-in-forclosure-in-a-month-or-two. Oh no. For sale. And also, people coming to take pictures for the listing. And also, people coming to take tours. Of my house. Which I rent, although I would rather not rent it while it’s [...]

Read Full Post »

Jonah: Philosopher

Anna: What if Naiah’s hair stuck up like this?

Jonah (age 5): That would be funny. And weird. And existent.

Read Full Post »