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I never thought I’d be this excited about a toddler running. I guess I always thought they went together.
But for the longest time Natasha’s been a runner and Melody has… enjoyed the scenery. It was the most frustrating thing to try and walk alone with both of them. NJ ready to take [...]

We have a whole routine now, and even Melody does a good enough job I don’t have to re-do hers.
We start with sleeves up and water in the sink. The girls get their hands wet and are alloted soap by a grown-up (many incidents have reinforced this is the way to go). Soap [...]

Jay and I had an… incident yesterday evening.
The short description was that we both wanted to be in-charge and not to back-down.
The irony of it all (and the point of this post) was that right before this all began we were reviewing our second Navigators verse, Galatians 2:20.
“I have been crucified with Christ, and I [...]

I just finished cutting Elisha’s long hair. All the brown came off and we now have a second little blondie.
Very different look at first. I hope we’ll hve pictures up this week (we’re a few months behind, I know). I really want to highlight the change ;o)

Do you like Wendy’s Frosties?
What about them do you like? The cold? The texture? The chocolate? (Grandma asked more than once if we could “talk to Dave” about making a vanilla Frosty. She didn’t like the chocolate so much).
But if you like choc, and have an ice cream maker, try [...]

Tomorrow morning, I’m going planning to spend at least half an hour writing thank-you notes.
Would you believe I haven’t written any clear back through Christmas (of course you’d believe it– You haven’t seen any have you)?
*Sigh*
I hope you know I was (am) grateful. And more for you than what you actually give us.
That’s meant [...]

The girls had a very busy weekend. We’re still recovering.
There was a conference at Door of Hope this weekend (”Childcare provided”), and I went Friday night to check it out. The girls had such a good time in the “kid room” that we came back Saturday morning so they could play again. [...]

Jay and I (you may know) have been “window shopping” for a bigger house. Specifically, one that is a little out of town with some land. And now we’ve officially stopped.
Between Jay’s latest step-increase and the (temporarily?) reduced cost of health insurance we have “loose” money for the first time since I can’t remember when, [...]

I’ve begun to understand why those who have experienced a loss are told to not make any major decisions for X-amount of time. It’s only natural that one will not be thinking clearly for a time.
For example (this is a scenario we’ve talked about but placed it far down the road), I was imagining [...]

Oh, and we have a 2-year-old who speaks in complete sentences. How often does that happen? I really don’t know, but it seems unique.
I mentioned this to mom and she said, “It only counts if she can be understood.”
“It can be understood,” I said. “Sarah’s the one who told the story.”
“Antee-tarah, my ponytayol come out. [...]