David is a happy boy, with a sweet smile and giggle, and did great on our recent 20 hour drive to Ohio.  I was so relieved, because that’s a long time for anyone in the car.  He’s sleeping well- usually for at least 7 hours at night.  He’s starting to grab and bang on things, and definitely prefers to sit up rather than laying on a...

I’ve been wanting a new camera for a LONG time.  It’s not that I didn’t love my Canon point and shoot, but I’d see pictures taken with a digital SLR, and kept wishing I had one.  I waited until the price came down to under $450 for the Nikon D40 and finally decided it was time to upgrade.  I haven’t had much time to play with it, but...

Jack is a boy.  This is obvious, but I really have to keep reminding myself of this fact.  When he’s throwing himself around the living room banging into everything, climbing all over me and Mark until we can’t stand it anymore, banging everything, yelling, dumping a whole bucket of sand over his head, etc. I just have to remember he is a boy.  I am...

FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn...

Since Jack has been so into Selah music lately, I ended up on their website and read about the death of the daughter of Todd Smith, one of the members of Selah. I clicked over to his wife Angie’s wonderfully written blog and spent at least an hour reading through their experience.  They found out at 20 weeks gestation that Audrey had physical problems that...