Today Joe, Jake and I spent half the day at our house in Anderson. The old place looked like it needed some freshening up. As I did my first walk through I thought, "not bad. The previous renter did what he thought was an acceptable clean up job," but as I started to open cabinets and the oven and microwave it looked as though food had exploded inside. I think it took me two hours to get the kitchen cleaned. Then I had the bathrooms, which weren't that dirty and then all the windows and the fireplace, which was full of ashes. All the doors and baseboards were filthy too! .Definitely was not show ready! That is why you can't always leave these types of things up to men. Some men have been blessed to know how to clean a place the right way. Not this guy! He does not have an eye for detail like I do. Joe spent the day outside trimming bushes, weed eating, sweeping and clearing out what should have been an already cleared and swept garage, but alas, one more thing our renter did not get done.
Jake was a little gem the whole time! He explored all day while we frantically cleaned. He barely had a decent nap but was as happy as could be. We showed the house to two people today! First couple is interested but made a really low offer of 35,000 dollars lower than our asking price and 15,000 dollars lower than the lowest price we would take for it. Next couple didn't make an offer because the guy said he was one of the greediest people ever and would make us a super greedy offer so Joe had to give him a number of what we had to get out of it. They are going to think it over and give us a call back! We are so hoping the second couple will go for the number we gave them.
On my way home tonight Jake threw up all over himself in the car! It was so gross but a quick clean up. Not sure why he threw up though? I hope it was just because he was finishing an 8oz bottle of coconut milk and it was too much for his stomach to handle. He fell asleep shortly after that and after I got home and was transferring him to his bed he threw up all over me twice! It was pretty gross but throw up doesn't make me gag like it used too. I quickly re-dressed him and put him down before I went back in to clean up the floor and the rocking chair. I really hope he sleeps well tonight and eats a good breakfast in the morning. That would at least tell me that his tummy was just upset from too much food and milk and that he is not coming down with a flu bug.
Well, I am too pooped to write anymore and should head to bed just in case this ends up being a rough night for Jake and me. I will keep you all updated on the progress of our home!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Parenting: Take a break
I have an email subscription to a website for parents that sends me a parenting tip each week. I thought I would share this one with you because I think time outs can be a little over used and for a lot of kids aren't very effective, at least not at the day care I work at. I really liked the idea of taking a break rather than using a time out as a means to discipline all the time. Let me know what you think. I have more to share on the idea of training your child's heart from a great book I have read about it by the same guy who uses "The Break" in his household. The website is called biblicalparenting.org if you are interested in subscribing! Happy parenting! Ha Ha Ha!
Teach Children to Take a Break
When you begin to see a bad attitude or hear that manipulative whining voice, have your child take a Break. With young children, as young as two or three years old, have them sit in a particular place, a chair, a carpet square, the hallway, or a bottom step. For older children, you might send them to the parent's room or to another quiet place.
We believe that the Break is much more helpful than Time Out. The instructions given are simple and clear. "You need to go take a Break. Come back and see me when you've calmed down and are ready to talk about this nicely."
Two differences are important. The child knows that the objective in taking a Break is a changed heart and also the child helps determine the length of time spent in the break place, coming back only when ready for a debriefing.
These two differences between Time Out and the Break change the posture of the parent. With Time Out, the parent is the policeman, keeping the child in the chair until the sentence for misbehavior has been served. With the Break, the parent is eagerly waiting for the child to return so that they can debrief and more forward.
The Break helps parents address heart issues with children and can become a primary discipline technique. It actually comes from the Bible in the teaching about discipline in God's family, the Church (Matthew 18, 1 Corinthians 5, and 2 Corinthians 2). The idea is basically this: If you can't abide by the principles that make this family work, then you can't enjoy the benefits of family life. The two go hand in hand.
This parenting tip was taken from the book, Home Improvement, The Parenting Book You Can Read to Your Kids, by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN.
If this tip was sent to you by a friend and you'd like to continue to receive tips yourself, you can sign up at www.biblicalparenting.org.
Parenting Tip
October 25, 2010Teach Children to Take a Break
When you begin to see a bad attitude or hear that manipulative whining voice, have your child take a Break. With young children, as young as two or three years old, have them sit in a particular place, a chair, a carpet square, the hallway, or a bottom step. For older children, you might send them to the parent's room or to another quiet place.
We believe that the Break is much more helpful than Time Out. The instructions given are simple and clear. "You need to go take a Break. Come back and see me when you've calmed down and are ready to talk about this nicely."
Two differences are important. The child knows that the objective in taking a Break is a changed heart and also the child helps determine the length of time spent in the break place, coming back only when ready for a debriefing.
These two differences between Time Out and the Break change the posture of the parent. With Time Out, the parent is the policeman, keeping the child in the chair until the sentence for misbehavior has been served. With the Break, the parent is eagerly waiting for the child to return so that they can debrief and more forward.
The Break helps parents address heart issues with children and can become a primary discipline technique. It actually comes from the Bible in the teaching about discipline in God's family, the Church (Matthew 18, 1 Corinthians 5, and 2 Corinthians 2). The idea is basically this: If you can't abide by the principles that make this family work, then you can't enjoy the benefits of family life. The two go hand in hand.
This parenting tip was taken from the book, Home Improvement, The Parenting Book You Can Read to Your Kids, by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller, RN, BSN.
If this tip was sent to you by a friend and you'd like to continue to receive tips yourself, you can sign up at www.biblicalparenting.org.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
A house is just a house and money is just money
I do not write this post to make anyone have pity on our situation so if it comes off that way I apologize now because sometimes these types of blogs may give off the impression that my life is worse off than everyone else. We are in a tough spot right now and since this is my blog I feel the freedom to write about it and since it is apart of our life to update you about it as well.
We have a house, not the house we live in now but a house we still currently own that we built back about 2006. We moved in, I think, the winter of 06, it may have been 05, but it was so long ago I can't remember the exact date. We loved that house. It was our dream house and it wasn't even that big. Three bedroom, two full bath, wood burning fireplace, cathedral ceilings, big garage, living, dining and kitchen open concept and the best part... it was all on 6 acres of land. Most of it was wooded but we had about 2 acres that we mowed. The next best part...it was private, back off the road about 700 ft. behind two other houses. We could pee in the front yard or walk around the house butt naked and no one would know. The perfect place to live. I loved having my own place to decorate, to make my own. The first several years of marriage we lived in an apartment. It never felt like home to me because I knew so many other people lived in it before me and many more would do the same after we moved out. We then moved to a friends house with the intention that we would help him fix it up while we lived in it for free. That was a sweet deal, but again, never felt like home.
Then when we finally finished building OUR house.
We had our very own place to care for. We soon learned that owning a house was a lot more work than we ever thought it would be. Lots of things to work on, spend money on... It felt like a never ending project, but we still really loved living there regardless of the high costs to keep it up.
We then felt God moving us to a place we never thought we would be, but before going we were going to take a long walk in the woods for 6 months. Most of you know about our hike across the AT. Within two months after putting up a for sale sign we were unable to sell but found a couple who wanted to sign a lease option (basically, they rent for a year then buy the house). They never fulfilled their contract with us and moved out after 14 months of living there. Again we had to put the house up for sale and before our next months mortgage was due another couple came along and wanted to sign the same type of contract, with the intention of buying in a year. Praise God for his provision so we didn't have to pay the mortgage! Sadly enough they have also backed out of the lease and have moved out leaving us with a mortgage, insurance bill, property tax, and electric bill of which we have NO money to pay for. We now find ourselves in a pickle of decisions to make. How to pay for the mortgage each month? Whether or not to take the couple to court and sue them for what they owe us since they are still under contract with us until next April? Is the house ever going to sell?
Pray Pray Pray that God will sell our house so we can finally be free of a burden that we so loved when we could afford to live there.
The feelings I am left with the last couple of days is that a house is just house. It is not something we can take with us to heaven. It is just a place that God provides for us to find comfort, safety, peace, and happiness while we are here on this earth. Money is just money. God is so much bigger than money and American people seem to worry more about money than we do about our own souls or more important others souls. It is a tough spot to be in because we got ourselves in this pickle of a problem in the first place.
So we go on living and trusting that God will provide a miracle for us before too long. Last night I was reading Haggai last night before bed and here is what it says...
We have a house, not the house we live in now but a house we still currently own that we built back about 2006. We moved in, I think, the winter of 06, it may have been 05, but it was so long ago I can't remember the exact date. We loved that house. It was our dream house and it wasn't even that big. Three bedroom, two full bath, wood burning fireplace, cathedral ceilings, big garage, living, dining and kitchen open concept and the best part... it was all on 6 acres of land. Most of it was wooded but we had about 2 acres that we mowed. The next best part...it was private, back off the road about 700 ft. behind two other houses. We could pee in the front yard or walk around the house butt naked and no one would know. The perfect place to live. I loved having my own place to decorate, to make my own. The first several years of marriage we lived in an apartment. It never felt like home to me because I knew so many other people lived in it before me and many more would do the same after we moved out. We then moved to a friends house with the intention that we would help him fix it up while we lived in it for free. That was a sweet deal, but again, never felt like home.
Then when we finally finished building OUR house.
We had our very own place to care for. We soon learned that owning a house was a lot more work than we ever thought it would be. Lots of things to work on, spend money on... It felt like a never ending project, but we still really loved living there regardless of the high costs to keep it up.
We then felt God moving us to a place we never thought we would be, but before going we were going to take a long walk in the woods for 6 months. Most of you know about our hike across the AT. Within two months after putting up a for sale sign we were unable to sell but found a couple who wanted to sign a lease option (basically, they rent for a year then buy the house). They never fulfilled their contract with us and moved out after 14 months of living there. Again we had to put the house up for sale and before our next months mortgage was due another couple came along and wanted to sign the same type of contract, with the intention of buying in a year. Praise God for his provision so we didn't have to pay the mortgage! Sadly enough they have also backed out of the lease and have moved out leaving us with a mortgage, insurance bill, property tax, and electric bill of which we have NO money to pay for. We now find ourselves in a pickle of decisions to make. How to pay for the mortgage each month? Whether or not to take the couple to court and sue them for what they owe us since they are still under contract with us until next April? Is the house ever going to sell?
Pray Pray Pray that God will sell our house so we can finally be free of a burden that we so loved when we could afford to live there.
The feelings I am left with the last couple of days is that a house is just house. It is not something we can take with us to heaven. It is just a place that God provides for us to find comfort, safety, peace, and happiness while we are here on this earth. Money is just money. God is so much bigger than money and American people seem to worry more about money than we do about our own souls or more important others souls. It is a tough spot to be in because we got ourselves in this pickle of a problem in the first place.
So we go on living and trusting that God will provide a miracle for us before too long. Last night I was reading Haggai last night before bed and here is what it says...
"Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house is in ruins (talking about the temple)? Now this is what the Lord Almighty says,"Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
This is what the Lord Almighty says:" Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored says the Lord. "You expected much but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the Lord. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house."
I took these words and brought them into my reality that I have spent more time thinking about my house more than the house of God(his kingdom of people) which is in ruins. Sure I don't want to go bankrupt and loose everything. I honestly don't think that will happen, but I don't want to waste more brains cells thinking about how terrible our situation is rather than using my time to build up the kingdom of God. I can't say that I will ever want to build or even own a house ever again. If God was to call us to move again I don't need the stress of having to sell another home, or be stuck with the financial burden when my money could go towards helping people who don't have clean water or food and are dying everyday because of it. Too much time and money is wasted on a home, sometimes even one that we don't even own. I want to use my time and money to bless others. If you own a house I think God is okay with that. I think he wants us to be blessed so long as we are blessing others with what we have. Always remember that one day your house on earth will just be blown away and the time and money we put into it will all be gone in a flash. Eternal life is not built up in the place we live now, but in the place will be. "Home is where the Heart is"
Is your heart where your earthly home is, or your eternal home is?
God free us from our earthly house so we can build up your heavenly house for others!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Two different kinds of "FALL"
The wonderful things about fall...
I am sitting at the dining room table wishing that I wasn't suffering from my first fall cold. Jake and I both caught a cold this week while at Day Care. I feel worse for him because I know how bad I feel and he doesn't know how to blow his nose or tell me where he hurts. I RARELY ever get sick and if I do it is usually not until February, so I am pretty bummed that I managed to get sick. I knew the risk I was taking if I worked at a Day Care with all the runny noses, coughing and sneezing that goes on in places like this but I honestly didn't think I would be sick after less than a month of working there. Well, at least it is only a cold and will pass in a couple of days.
Joe on the other hand has a little more to complain about. My hero took a bad crash on his bike a little over two weeks ago in the woods on the expert section of a single track mountain biking trail. The section he was in had redesigned that section and added some more jumps so he was unfamiliar with the difficulty of one particular jump and gave it a go which could potentially cost us in a large sum of hospital bills. He flew over his handle bars head first and when he was in mid air turned his body to his left side(he is predominately left handed) and his head and left shoulder took the brunt of the fall. He was knocked out cold for several seconds. The guy who was with him is a good friend of ours from the camp and he said he thought Joe was dead because his body went limp once he hit the ground. When Joe came too he was in and out for about 30 min before he could remember what had happened and where he was etc. He thought his shoulder was either broken or dislocated and the pain was so intense he did what goes does best in those situations, crack jokes!
When my prince returned to me he was in a sling and x-rays showed that his shoulder and clavicle were separated, which basically means the ligament that holds them together was torn really bad. He is still suffering pain from that and will be following up with an orthopedic surgeon this week to check on his healing progress. So far no surgery is needed but it will take several months for it to be back to his normal self again. He did also have to have a CT scan and the results came back negative(hence the huge medical bill in which we hope insurance will cover). Those things are expensive! Well my daring husband won't be riding his bike for a while but I am sure this won't slow him down any. I am just glad to have him in one piece and glad he isn't paralyzed!
- cooler temps
- changing colors
- hot tea and hot apple cider
- smell of harvest
- apple picking
- carving pumpkins
- making pumpkin bread
- chilly mornings
- sitting around a campfire
- taking a nap out on a blanket in the sun
- Sunday afternoon football games
I am sitting at the dining room table wishing that I wasn't suffering from my first fall cold. Jake and I both caught a cold this week while at Day Care. I feel worse for him because I know how bad I feel and he doesn't know how to blow his nose or tell me where he hurts. I RARELY ever get sick and if I do it is usually not until February, so I am pretty bummed that I managed to get sick. I knew the risk I was taking if I worked at a Day Care with all the runny noses, coughing and sneezing that goes on in places like this but I honestly didn't think I would be sick after less than a month of working there. Well, at least it is only a cold and will pass in a couple of days.
Joe on the other hand has a little more to complain about. My hero took a bad crash on his bike a little over two weeks ago in the woods on the expert section of a single track mountain biking trail. The section he was in had redesigned that section and added some more jumps so he was unfamiliar with the difficulty of one particular jump and gave it a go which could potentially cost us in a large sum of hospital bills. He flew over his handle bars head first and when he was in mid air turned his body to his left side(he is predominately left handed) and his head and left shoulder took the brunt of the fall. He was knocked out cold for several seconds. The guy who was with him is a good friend of ours from the camp and he said he thought Joe was dead because his body went limp once he hit the ground. When Joe came too he was in and out for about 30 min before he could remember what had happened and where he was etc. He thought his shoulder was either broken or dislocated and the pain was so intense he did what goes does best in those situations, crack jokes!
When my prince returned to me he was in a sling and x-rays showed that his shoulder and clavicle were separated, which basically means the ligament that holds them together was torn really bad. He is still suffering pain from that and will be following up with an orthopedic surgeon this week to check on his healing progress. So far no surgery is needed but it will take several months for it to be back to his normal self again. He did also have to have a CT scan and the results came back negative(hence the huge medical bill in which we hope insurance will cover). Those things are expensive! Well my daring husband won't be riding his bike for a while but I am sure this won't slow him down any. I am just glad to have him in one piece and glad he isn't paralyzed!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
To blog or not to blog
Oh the blogging world is something I go back and forth with. I do like to read other blogs but to write them is a whole different kind of world for me. I think it is only because I want to make time to read what has been going on in my friends lives, however I don't care to keep my own blog up to date. Not that min blog is anything worth keeping up on but if I am going to have one I should at least do a monthly post right?
I think my last post was in July, I think. Anyway, it was a long time ago. I guess I will just share my highlights for the last few months and then hope to give you a little more than just updates in my next posts.
In my last post I announced that we are expecting our second child which is exciting for me now since I finally heard the heart beat. It makes it all the more real to me when I hear that first sound of pitter pattering. I love that sounds. It makes my heart stop and all I want to do is smile! We will not be finding out the sex of this baby either. Since we will be doing a home birth again we do not plan to have an ultra sound unless our midwife thinks it necessary too. I know it seems strange not too since they are usually the norm, but they are just another one of those hospital procedures that I don't need to spend extra money on. Our total cost for this baby is going to be a whopping $1000! Usually she is 1800 but we gave her family a place to stay at our camp for free for a few weeks so we were able to cut down on the cost which is so stinking nice! So baby number two, boy or girl, is going to enter the world in it's own home somewhere around March 8th. That puts me at around 18 weeks now. My baby bump is now popping out enough you can tell I am pregnant, not fat!
Since the summer ended I have taken a part time, as needed, job at our Rainbow Kids Day Care Ministry. It is right at the camp, and I can bring Jake with me when I work so I felt that I shouldn't pass up an opportunity to make a few bucks while being able to keep Jake with me. This is my third week and I enjoy it a lot more than I expected too. I have always loved kids but I wasn't sure how if having Jake with me would be too much of a distraction since I want to make sure that I am not just focused on him or if Jake might give me a hard time because he is so used to having me all to himself. Well I am happy to say that Jake is neither a distraction and he plays very well with the kids. He has even adjusted to taking naps there so I feel pretty stress free about it and am very thankful for the opportunity I have been given. It not only gets me out of the house a couple days of the week, but it allows Jake to socialize, as well as myself, and I feel like it will be a learning experience as far as how to handle all different ages. In a way help prepare me a little as Jake goes through all the different stages. I have already learned a lot and I appreciate all the kids that come in.
I have decided that I am not going to let cabin fever set in this winter! I have joined a Monday morning ladies small group with a few women from camp and church. We are studying a book by Joyce Myer called "Battlefield of the Mind." So far I have only been to one meeting but just joined last week. I felt very positive about getting back into a small group studying because I have always needed something to help keep me on track in my spiritual disciplines. I also decided to give MOPS a try every other Friday morning from 9-11am. Not sure what MOPS stands for but it is for moms to get together, drop the kids off at the nursery and hang out, do projects, listen to guest speakers etc. I was asked to be a guest speaker this coming January and share about fitness and nutrition. I look forward to getting to know other moms in my community and hope it will get my foot in the door in terms of feeling more apart of our church as well. Converse is really starting to feel like home for us. We are so thankful for all the great friendships we have made here and love the family community we share in at the camp.
I think I have exhausted my words for this post. My brain has decided to stop working for the day. I was going to post some pictures, however, I have not loaded them onto my computer yet. God Bless!
I think my last post was in July, I think. Anyway, it was a long time ago. I guess I will just share my highlights for the last few months and then hope to give you a little more than just updates in my next posts.
In my last post I announced that we are expecting our second child which is exciting for me now since I finally heard the heart beat. It makes it all the more real to me when I hear that first sound of pitter pattering. I love that sounds. It makes my heart stop and all I want to do is smile! We will not be finding out the sex of this baby either. Since we will be doing a home birth again we do not plan to have an ultra sound unless our midwife thinks it necessary too. I know it seems strange not too since they are usually the norm, but they are just another one of those hospital procedures that I don't need to spend extra money on. Our total cost for this baby is going to be a whopping $1000! Usually she is 1800 but we gave her family a place to stay at our camp for free for a few weeks so we were able to cut down on the cost which is so stinking nice! So baby number two, boy or girl, is going to enter the world in it's own home somewhere around March 8th. That puts me at around 18 weeks now. My baby bump is now popping out enough you can tell I am pregnant, not fat!
Since the summer ended I have taken a part time, as needed, job at our Rainbow Kids Day Care Ministry. It is right at the camp, and I can bring Jake with me when I work so I felt that I shouldn't pass up an opportunity to make a few bucks while being able to keep Jake with me. This is my third week and I enjoy it a lot more than I expected too. I have always loved kids but I wasn't sure how if having Jake with me would be too much of a distraction since I want to make sure that I am not just focused on him or if Jake might give me a hard time because he is so used to having me all to himself. Well I am happy to say that Jake is neither a distraction and he plays very well with the kids. He has even adjusted to taking naps there so I feel pretty stress free about it and am very thankful for the opportunity I have been given. It not only gets me out of the house a couple days of the week, but it allows Jake to socialize, as well as myself, and I feel like it will be a learning experience as far as how to handle all different ages. In a way help prepare me a little as Jake goes through all the different stages. I have already learned a lot and I appreciate all the kids that come in.
I have decided that I am not going to let cabin fever set in this winter! I have joined a Monday morning ladies small group with a few women from camp and church. We are studying a book by Joyce Myer called "Battlefield of the Mind." So far I have only been to one meeting but just joined last week. I felt very positive about getting back into a small group studying because I have always needed something to help keep me on track in my spiritual disciplines. I also decided to give MOPS a try every other Friday morning from 9-11am. Not sure what MOPS stands for but it is for moms to get together, drop the kids off at the nursery and hang out, do projects, listen to guest speakers etc. I was asked to be a guest speaker this coming January and share about fitness and nutrition. I look forward to getting to know other moms in my community and hope it will get my foot in the door in terms of feeling more apart of our church as well. Converse is really starting to feel like home for us. We are so thankful for all the great friendships we have made here and love the family community we share in at the camp.
I think I have exhausted my words for this post. My brain has decided to stop working for the day. I was going to post some pictures, however, I have not loaded them onto my computer yet. God Bless!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
What is up with our family these days
I have gone blank as of what to blog about as of late, hence the reason I haven't kept you all updated the last month. I don't like to write unless I feel inspired too and my inspiration has been dead. Until now...
My last post was in May and since then my little sister got married. It was a fun day as most weddings are. I was able to contain myself while standing by her side as she became Mrs Tyler.
Last week was Joe's Wilderness Trip for the camp. We took three high school guys down to Bedford IN for some mountain biking. I was able to go with them for two of the 4 days. I had so much fun! I totally miss playing on my bike in the woods. My legs don't look like they had fun though. I had around 10 bruises and a nice long cut on the back of my leg from my petal getting in the way.
We are more than halfway through summer camp. It is hard to believe summer is almost over. It always feels like camp just gets started and then you blink and it is over and everything around me feels dead and quiet.
I turned 30 last week. It isn't that bad being 30. Sure I know I am older but I still feel young and do just as much now as I did when I was 20.
Jake is walking like it is his job. He started about three weeks ago just after he turned 9 months and he is so cute walking around like Frankenstein. He isn't saying anything except Dada and sometimes Mama. He loves to eat though! Oh my goodness! He could sit in his highchair for 45 min and shovel it down like it was his last meal. He is a Wisley! It looks like he is going to be a lefty. He uses it a lot when he eats and picks things up.
I am most certainly not ready for this next bit of news which will come as a surprise as it did for Joe and I but we have another bun in the oven. It apparently has been cooking for about 4 weeks now. Looks like the boring month of March is going to be an exciting one for us next year. I find it rather funny actually. I wanted to cry when I found out, but I just laughed instead. I always did say I wanted to have my babies close together.
well, there you have it. My life for the last 6 weeks.
My last post was in May and since then my little sister got married. It was a fun day as most weddings are. I was able to contain myself while standing by her side as she became Mrs Tyler.
Last week was Joe's Wilderness Trip for the camp. We took three high school guys down to Bedford IN for some mountain biking. I was able to go with them for two of the 4 days. I had so much fun! I totally miss playing on my bike in the woods. My legs don't look like they had fun though. I had around 10 bruises and a nice long cut on the back of my leg from my petal getting in the way.
We are more than halfway through summer camp. It is hard to believe summer is almost over. It always feels like camp just gets started and then you blink and it is over and everything around me feels dead and quiet.
I turned 30 last week. It isn't that bad being 30. Sure I know I am older but I still feel young and do just as much now as I did when I was 20.
Jake is walking like it is his job. He started about three weeks ago just after he turned 9 months and he is so cute walking around like Frankenstein. He isn't saying anything except Dada and sometimes Mama. He loves to eat though! Oh my goodness! He could sit in his highchair for 45 min and shovel it down like it was his last meal. He is a Wisley! It looks like he is going to be a lefty. He uses it a lot when he eats and picks things up.
I am most certainly not ready for this next bit of news which will come as a surprise as it did for Joe and I but we have another bun in the oven. It apparently has been cooking for about 4 weeks now. Looks like the boring month of March is going to be an exciting one for us next year. I find it rather funny actually. I wanted to cry when I found out, but I just laughed instead. I always did say I wanted to have my babies close together.
well, there you have it. My life for the last 6 weeks.
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