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Hello all. We've had a busy weekend, but Megan (John's sister) and Doug are married and off on their honeymoon. The wedding went very smoothly and was beautiful. Many of you were probably there. For those of you that weren't, John was a photographer
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Do you ever feel in the middle? Do you ever feel that you don't completely fit in either of two normal places? I do all the time. Because I don't fit any more. I look at those of my friends who have 3 children and I
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Will did a three quarter roll from his back to his tummy. I say 3/4 because his arm was still stuck underneath him. He's only done it once so far, but soon I know he will be rolling all over the place. He must be doing some
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It is November now!!! Wow! I keep telling people Will is 3 months old and today I realized he is more like 3 1/2 months old. Technically he should be approaching his first big milestone--turning over. He is most definitely in size 6-9 months. I keep trying to fit
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Elise said the other day that she wished Will were big. She meant, of course, big enough to crawl and play with her, but little does she know how big he really is. He is wearing clothes that Elise wore when she was walking. Today I squeezed him into a
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OK, shortly after I posted I got a call back from the doctor's office saying the doctor wanted to check Will out this morning. So I made some phone calls trying to find someone to stay with Elise. I found out that ours is not the only house
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It's odd what God will use to make you take a break. I feel like I've been running, running, running, and still not getting anywhere. Last night, shortly after I went to sleep, Elise was at my door saying she didn't feel good. I
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Well, I had some pictures to share and thought I'd also add any news from here. We are well into preparations for Megan's (John's sister) wedding in a month. I am making Elise's flower girl dress and it is coming along nicely.
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Please be forewarned. This is perhaps the longest post I have written on here. It is more of an essay. :) Have fun reading it: A Day in my Life. by Miriam Lein, wife, mother, teacher, house manager, seamstress, cook and above all a child of God. Dedicated to all my
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Things have been busy here. To share with you all on what has been going on, I'll share what each family member has been doing lately. John-What has John been up to? Well, work of course! Last week John was home 4 days due to strep throat. He
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Sorry, no new pictures. I will get some more soon. I've been so consumed with sleep issues lately that I have not been taking pictures. Will is sleeping wonderfully at night. I could not ask for anything better! He goes down by 10:00 (sometimes earlier, like last
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Sunday morning I awoke at 6:30, after about 8 hours of sleep, realizing that I hadn't heard Will all night. I went to check on him, and he was still asleep. He slept until 7:45, which was almost 9 hours after I had put him down