We’re visiting Mom & Dad, along with other family south of San Antonio at what has become their winter home, and the house comes complete with some toys for Jack to play with. Among the toys are some Bible action figures which I find to be rather odd.  The Jesus figure is particularly disturbing. Should we be buying action figures of the Son of God? Is it...

This video obviously comes from a completely secular perspective, but I thought it was an interesting discussion.  They’re both difficult, but I think parenting is far more difficult than being a spouse.  What do you...

David learned to roll both ways this month, allowing him to roll across the floor, rarely staying where we put him. Not that we put him down much, because our sweet boy wants to be held most of the time. He will play a little while in the exersaucer or in one of his seats with some toys, but all things being equal, he’d rather sit in your lap. We worked on...

I didn’t mail any Christmas cards this year, and we didn’t even put up a tree as there is just nowhere for it to go in our little house, and it’s been rather warm at times here, so it’s difficult to even believe that it’s going to be Christmas in just a few days. Thankfully all the gifts are bought and almost all wrapped. Here are a few...

What happened to my little boy? I’m finally beginning to get a taste of what other people feel about the toddler years, feeling sad that their kids have grown up.  (I used to think they were insane to miss such a challenging time) Jack’s a long way from grown up, but he’s changing into a big boy and I’m starting to miss his little baby...

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Getting teeth must be so painful.  David has just been screaming off and on for the past several days, though thankfully he’s still sleeping just fine through the night.  I sure hope we can get a couple of teeth through soon. We tried him on rice cereal yesterday, and after laughing about how funny it felt in his mouth, it came right back out.  We’ll...