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Will’s first prayers.
Will is learning to pray. Here is what his night-time prayer is: Mom: "Dear Jesus" Will: "De Jus" "Thank you for Dad" "Dad" "Thank you for Mom" "Mom" "Thank you for Elise" "Eese" "
Miriam Lein
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Update on Cardiology appointment.
I know a lot of you were praying for us today assuming we were seeing the cardiologist. Unfortunately the appointments didn't happen. I had been worried about them yesterday because Elise had a stomach bug and was throwing up. I was afraid the boys would wake up with
Personal Growth
Made in God’s image.
Lately, I've been dealing with stress, some anxiety, and more emotions. Perhaps it is just that added stress from The Baby Habit is putting me in a more fragile state, which then leads to feeling more emotions and anxiety. Whatever it is, this 4th year since Emma'
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Broken record.
I know I have heard and probably said many times that kids help to teach you patience. Right now that is clearly evident in the broken record stage that Will is in. Since he doesn't really have that many words that he will say, he will sometimes repeat
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House-cleaning
A couple weeks ago, my family all got together at my parent's place to do some house-cleaning. It wasn't this nice new house we were cleaning though. It was this one: For those of you who don't know, my parents built a brand new
Emma's Story
Emma’s 4th birthday.
I am sitting here surrounded by my children (all but one) and trying to think how to mark this day -- what would have been Emma's 4th birthday. I've realized lately that a lot of the anxiety I was dealing with (and that thankfully is leaving
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Highs and Lows.
Today has had a lot of highs and lows. Last night I was pretty low. For some reason I went into full-blown anxiety again. It happened after watching a pretty tense and somewhat gory show with John. I decided I better not watch stuff like that. But I think there
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Change in plans.
Today was the day Will and Seth were scheduled for cardiology appointments in Little Rock. Unfortunately, due to an untimely fever, the appointments are being rescheduled yet again. I headed out this morning with the intention of going to the appointments, but called when I got to Nana's
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The California Adventure.
We drove from Arizona to Dana Point, CA where the big family reunion was held. We had a good time exploring beautiful beaches and tide pools, taking walks in the beautiful CA weather, and visiting with relatives we haven't seen in a long time. Friday we took the
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The Arizona Adventure
This is my third attempt at writing a post for the blog. My first one was entitled "The Joys of Traveling with Children" and I decided it was too much complaining. :) The second one got erased on accident, so here is the third attempt. We left Sunday morning
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15 lbs 8 oz!
That's how much Seth weighed this week. Here's how he rates on the growth charts: 10th percentile weight, 90th percentile height, 5th percentile head circumference (told you my kids have small heads). It may still seem small, but it is a pound and a half over
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Depends on how you look at it and now I know why . . .
My attitude each day depends greatly on how I look at things. Will and Seth are taking a bath. Seth rolls over and gets his face in the water, but he doesn't seem to mind, so I don't either. I take Seth out to get him