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Eeek!
Posted on: August 10, 2009
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It’s official.
Potty training starts today.
Mabel has slowly gotten back on track (on her own incentive) for the first time since Hannah was born. She had some regression for a few weeks, which was fine by me since I was (maybe still am?!) in post-baby haze. But I decided that it’s time to bite the bullet and go for it. We’re going to Tennessee over Labor Day, so that might throw a chink in my chain, but hopefully we’ll survive.
Send us good potty vibes and wish us luck!
Here’s to no diapers by the end of the year!
Truthful Thursday – Psalm 7
Posted on: August 6, 2009
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“I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17
Anniversary Extravaganza 2009!
Posted on: August 4, 2009
Well, in tradition of the last four year, we’re sticking with the Extravaganza theme, even if things aren’t as extravagant with 2 kiddos. 😉
Thursday night we had dinner at Devotay in downtown IC. It is delicious! We went last year and it has become a favorite place for special celebrations. The funniest part, for two people who like to try new things, we each got the exact same dishes that we got last year. Says a lot for the place. If I get the same thing twice, you know it’s good. Aside from the food, we had a wonderful time reminiscing and daydreaming about the future. After dinner, we walked around and spent some time browsing through Prairie Lights (yet another Windham favorite).
Friday Jonathan came home early from work. We spent a good amount of time outside building our pergola. Then we went to dinner (maybe that’s where the extravagance comes in – dinner out in two days!) and a party with the girls. Later we ended the night hanging out with some good friends.
Saturday we woke up early, got some coffee and took the girls for a long walk. They both fell asleep (yeah!) and we got some good time alone talking about life and other sweet things. Afterward we headed out to Wilson’s Apple Orchard. We wrapped up the day with doing more pergola work, dinner and a night just enjoying the fall like weather in August.
Sunday we spent family time shopping at Wal-Mart and Kohls (woot-woot), where I scored a very good deal on some new tennies. Jonathan finished off our pergola and I took my first post-Hannah run.
All in all, we had a really great weekend. Our anniversary is becoming less the extravaganza it was the first two years, but I like sticking with the theme all the same. Makes it seem more extravagant to me. 😉 And who knows, come our 25th, there might just be a true Anniversary Extravaganza (Hawaii anyone?!).
I got me a good man
Posted on: August 3, 2009
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Southern Living does a personal/fun story on the last page of their magazine every month. July’s issue was “What Southern Women Want in Men”. There was a list of 15 things Southern women like/want in men (not just their husbands, but all men). I’d say with the exception of one (something to do with college ball) I agreed with all of them. Somewhere on the list was “the ability to build things, i.e. homes, home renovations, etc”. And ya know what? This Southern gal really likes that her man can build things. In the last two months, Jonathan has renovated our basement and then this past weekend he built this:
Pergola
With the help of two friends, Jonathan constructed our pergola. It is a beauty! I sat outside for part of this afternoon and the porch is nearly completely shaded. It’s wonderful. Kinda like Jonathan. 🙂
A mind of her own
Posted on: August 2, 2009
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We’re an on-the-go family, so it should come as no shock to me that Julia is the same. If that girl could stay outside all day, playing, running errands, meeting new people, or just doing anything that isn’t requiring her to be still, she would.
Thursday, our friend, Matt, babysat Julia so Jonathan and I could celebrate our anniversary. Apparently, he asked her what she wanted to do. She led him outside, up the hill in our backyard and started say “Belle, Belle, Belle”. For anyone who doesn’t know, Belle is a daughter’s friend that lives behind our house. Matt obliged and took Julia over to Belle’s. One small problem. It was 8 at night. Aside from my child, most kids are in bed by 8. And Belle was for sure. I don’t know the full details of what followed, but apparently Julia was less than happy about not being able to play with Belle.
We have some friends that live five doors down from us. They have two little girls that are 17 months and 1 month older than Julia. She loves these girls and get really excited whenever we go over there. For the last week, we can’t go in the front yard without Julia taking off down the sidewalk to their house. The entire way she just repeats “D, D, D” for the youngest girl.
It makes me laugh to see how she already has a mind of her own. She knows what she wants and how to go about getting it. I love that she’s pretty out going (unless strange men are involved) and loves being around other people. She’s a Windham after all! 🙂
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“For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.” Ephesians 5:22-28
“I am my lover’s and my lover is mine.” Song of Solomon 6:3
Happy Anniversary, Jonathan!! I love you and am so thankful to walk this life and our faith out together. You are an amazing husband!
Nicknames
Posted on: July 28, 2009
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We’re a family of nicknames. Even as a kid I had a ton of nicknames (Liz, Lizard, Sissy, Bob – don’t ask). Anyways, Jonathan and I found it pretty easy to nickname Julia. Here’s just her short list of nicknames:
Jules
Mabs
Mabeline
Maby-baby
But for whatever reason, nicknaming Hannah has prosed some troubles. The best I’ve come up with is Hannah Bear. Some others are:
Hanners
Hanni
Mitchy
I wanna do more with her middle name (Michelle), but can only think of Shelly/Shell. I did come across Mitzi which I think is kinda cute, but it’s been hard to catch on to, which is a clear sign it’s not the best nickname.
So my blog reading friends, have you got some good nicknames up your sleeve for my little girl?
Intentional parenting
Posted on: July 27, 2009
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Over the last few months, I’ve been really convicted on my parenting. I want my daughters to leave my house prepared to serve, live, love and grow with the Lord. But it can be overwhelming. A lot. I’m required to grapple with their sin nature while dealing with my own. That’s hard work. Yet, stronger and stronger the desire and urgency grows within me to capture their little hearts and lead them the right way.
One of my biggest fears in life is failure. Next to that is failure as a parent. Now, this may sound arrogant, but I’m not all that afraid of not being a “good” mom. I mean, I want my girls to look back and think I was good, but part of me feels like that will happen regardless (maybe because I’m that way with my mom). However, my fear of failure lies in not being a godly example as a parent. My fear is that Julia and Hannah would walk away from my house and not know, really know, the Lord. That is what scares me.
Jonathan and I have started taking steps to make our parenting more intentional, more focused. There are some major tasks at hand, but along with those are seemingly little things that my heart knows will make a difference. One of those little things is computer time. Since we moved our computer upstairs after the remodel, I found myself getting online a lot. At first it was to just “quick check something”. That morphed into checking something else, then something else and before I knew it, I was ignoring Julia because I was too distracted by the web. I slowly realized that I was showing Julia that my time online was more important than spending time with her, her dad, her sister and even God. So I made a commitment to my family, that in order to be more intentional in my parenting, I would only have a designated time to be online. I committed to only getting on 1) during naps (like right now), 2) when Jonathan is home and we are both looking at something together, and 3) during Julia’s blanket time.
I know it seems small, but for my heart it’s a big deal. It’s choosing to say no to self and yes to God and His calling on my life. And really, it’s quite liberating.
Merry Christmas in July
Posted on: July 24, 2009
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I love Christmas.
A lot.
Like crazy a lot.
So, we’re celebrating Christmas in July tomorrow. We’re taking the girls swimming, I have a small little present for Mabel (Hannah just got some new clothes today from my aunt that count as her gift) and Jonathan just bought a bike.
I seriously considered putting up the tree. But then realized that I am would shoot myself half way through the project and it just wouldn’t be good. Instead, I’m just sticking to watching some good classic Christmas movies. Mabes and I watched Elf this morning and I plan to watch A Christmas Story during naps tomorrow. It’s just a shame there aren’t any chocolate covered cherries to be consumed.
So….
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Truthful Thursday – Proverbs 15
Posted on: July 23, 2009
“A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.” Proverbs 15:1
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