The time has come. Nate is crawling faster than you can say “stair hazard” and putting things in his mouth quicker than you can say “Polly Pocket’s shoes.” So far there have been none of those teeny tiny shoes in his windpipe or even any of Barbie’s purses near his mouth. BUT he’s determined to...Continue Reading
I’m not titling this post Dumb and Dumber…no matter what joke M and I may have made when we saw this picture. No, of course we don’t think our kids are dumb. But I think it’s okay to laugh at them…especially since there are four of them, and I’m just guessing they’ll be laughing at...Continue Reading
Comments overheard at the Hergenrader House during Wedding Weekend… Catie: “Will the Pastor call me Catherine when I get married? Will Daddy look like that when he walks me down the aisle? Did you have a carriage with horses at your wedding, Mommy?” Sam: “Why is it so hard for the prince to put the...Continue Reading
This picture is for Catie…who loves to explain to the twins about the people who go to jail. “Bad guys and people who don’t love Jesus.” This picture is for Sam…who harbors a slight obsession for said bad guys. This picture is for Nate…who considers his stroller, high chair, or anyplace he can’t crawl freely...Continue Reading
If Sam looks quizzical in this picture, it’s only because he’s in a phase. A questioning phase. Please, Lord, let us all make it through this phase without one of us losing her mind. Yes, we just finished a huge trip. A trip that turned his world upside down and made him question everything. This...Continue Reading
# of precious Godchildren: 1 (Thomas) # of miles travelled: about 5,000 (most by plane, lots by car) # of hours between CA time and TX time: 2 (such a problem for kids who ALREADY GET UP AT 6 AM) # of questions Sam asked about the flight and driving over the mountains and, well,...Continue Reading
This was the announcement Ellie, excuse me, Elisabeth made today. She told her teacher she would now be Elisabeth. She told her ballet teacher, the Fabulous Miss Kathleen, the same thing. At dinner, she told us all she never wanted to be Ellie again. I should have seen this coming. Yesterday she told me she...Continue Reading
I took this picture the other night with my phone. Such a genuine snapshot of our lives. Nate, like all our kids have, loves an early bedtime. About 6 every night he starts to cry. While I rock him, he drops his head on my chest in a total surrender to the day. In a...Continue Reading
