After all that sleep yesterday was it any surprise when Bella was wide awake at 3 or 3:30 this morning—whatever that awful hour was? I knew as soon as I put her down on the changing table and she began to coo and grab for her toy kitten that...
Bella went to bed at seven last night and slept until six this morning (with one wake up to eat at 1 AM). Then she took another nap from about 7 until 8:30, and another nap from about 11 to 3. Then another short snooze from 4 to 5. And she’s...
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
-William Arthur Ward
We’ve decided that what we need is structure. A schedule. Isabella is now sleeping through the night, but is erratic in when she goes to bed and gets up. But I suspect that’s mainly because we’re so erratic. We’ve never had a...
Even though the weather is definitely autumnal, there’s a new spring in my step. Shooting pains in my ankles finally drove me to seek out a good pair of walking shoes. I went to this great store called New England Running where a very helpful...
From the Cranky professor, a useful list of Bible themes for getting students through a course in Renaissance Art: You see, I gave up long ago. None of them know anything about scripture. None of them will have learned anything about scripture since...
Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.” Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what...
At long last, what you’ve all been waiting for, Bella’s new video:
(Warning: partial nudity, obscene noises, dangerously cute baby.)
Blogging has been light this week in part because I’ve been so busy. Lots of errands have been run, cleaning has been done. Yesterday afternoon we watched our niece and nephew while my sister-in-law went for her ultrasound. (Which meant...
