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Technically Eli is now 9 months and 9 days old, but if he's the type that's going to be concerned about promptness then he's totally in the wrong family.  We took him to good ol' JC Penney's last week for your classic portrait studio pics.  I had to get him in somewhere … [Read more...] about Mr. Nine Months Old

Well, it's been a fabulous Mother's Day.  I've been fighting a cold for a week now, and as a special treat last night I got to take 2 whole Nyquil and render myself totally useless all night.  I got 9 glorious hours of straight sleep last night.  Even though that's … [Read more...] about Too Bad It Only Comes Once A Year

Thanks in part to the Barbara Kingsolver book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,  we're attempting a little raised bed gardening this year.  I have never grown a single vegetable in my life, and I usually kill any kind of plant that comes into my home.  But I did attempt … [Read more...] about If Anything Grows It Will Be A Miracle

It was another lovely spring day here today, a perfect day to have Eli baptized.  We were blessed to be surrounded by friends and family at our church, St. Luke's United Methodist.  We were also very close to having Barack Obama celebrating with us!  Turns out he … [Read more...] about Eli’s Baptism

On Saturday we became a host family for a Flat Stanley paper doll, as part of a project a friend's Montessori school in Arkansas is undertaking.  If you're not familiar with the story of Flat Stanley, he's a character in a children's book who is flattened while he sleeps … [Read more...] about Flat Stanley Goes Downtown