The other morning after Sophie finished nursing I sat her next to me on the bed while I tried to finish my morning prayers. Bella came in and wanted me to read to her so I distracted her as I often do by reading my psalms out loud so that she felt...
Bella’s new habit, which, incidentally, is very annoying: When Dom and I are talking, she will ask, “What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What are you talking about?” If she did it...
Tomorrow is the big day, my dear friend Jennifer of Conversion Diary blog is being induced and her little baby girl will be born. Abigail is collecting a spiritual bouquet of prayers. Click on over to add your thoughts for Jen. We had the very great...
Today Bella was watching a slideshow of family photos and was a picture of herself painting. “I want to paint!” she declared. And so for the first time she painted at the new easel that she got for Christmas. (She’s drawn with...
Is it just me or has anyone else had the thought, while reading Goodnight Moon for the umpteenth time, that the three little bears look like they’re in a group therapy session? I imagine that they are all experiencing Post Traumatic Stress...
Following up on my earlier post on vivid pregnancy dreams…. (By the way, what’s up with that? Is it something about the hormones or just the fact that if you wake up every few hours to use the bathroom you’re more likely to...