Well, not exactly. I may not agree with him on everything, but I usually like what Doug Wilson has to say, and I really enjoy how he says it. I’ll even confess to enjoying his sarcastic sense of humor. This time is no exception. Is it bad that I was laughing at his feminist joke [...]
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Bethany and Perry Boy have birthdays just one day apart: Bethany was born on June 27 (Aunt Roxie’s birthday), and Perry was born the following day on his cousin’s and his grandma’s birthday. Bethany was actually due on Perry’s birthday, but she was born in a leap year. We assume the extra day in February threw [...]
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Maybe you thought I forgot, but actually I was on maternity leave. After keeping you in suspense for nearly 3 weeks, I have finally chosen the winners for our Big Baby Giveaway! After poring over all the entries and applying my super-secret mathematical formula, I have deduced that the closest guess was this: Becky, on May [...]
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Maybe it was the single cup of coffee I drank Monday morning. For some reason, the new little manling slept 5 1/2 straight hours on Monday night. I won’t lie to you. I lay awake in my bed after the first 4 1/2 hours, just watching the clock and waiting for him to squeak. Yes, [...]
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Wow: 18 pages of homeschooling resources plus summer-fun tools and toys marked down as much as 60%. (Actually I saw some items marked down even more.) Where do you start??? What’s your favorite? Good through June 29
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Jennifer came yesterday morning for Parker-boy’s 2 week check up. She poked his poor foot again – she had to do some fancy talkin’ when he was born to convince us to do this twice! She weighed him and nodded approvingly when he came in 1 oz. over his birth weight. Since it’s normal for [...]
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Parker is settling into life on the outside quite well, except for the part where we sleep at night and stay awake during the day. Yes, I’m spoiled that way. I’ve never had a baby wake me more than twice during the night. Never until Parker came along. He eats every 2-3 hours during the [...]
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You might remember my slight obsession with giving birth on a holiday or family birthday – nearly all of our children so far have arrived on days that were already special, only to be made more special by the blessed event. I was really hoping that our last baby would be born on Memorial Day, [...]
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Since I don’t want our blog to languish while I’m busy mooning over big dark eyes in a tiny face, here are some links I’ve saved over time. The Contempt Shown to Parents of Large Families – …Why are people impressed that Jay Leno owns 20 motorcycles, but disgusted that some religious families choose to [...]
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cont’d from Part 1 We settled into bed around midnight, but I wasn’t ready or able to sleep. After all my apprehensions, I was still just a little nervous but finally looking forward to meeting this baby. Contractions continued to build in intensity and frequency and I watched the clock, timing them at 8 minutes [...]
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Perry and 9 of our 10 children have been gone at a medieval festival since 4:00 this afternoon. I think you can guess which child stayed with me. I thought it wise to stay home to rest, and nobody argued with me. But what did I do? What do I always do after giving birth [...]
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At 10 days past due, Parker officially cooked longer than any of his siblings so far, but I don’t doubt the midwife’s assessment that my dates were a week off and he was probably closer to 3 days past due. He is the hairiest little guy I’ve ever seen, with muttonchop sideburns and copious black [...]
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A boy. Another boy. I still can hardly believe it. I love my houseful of girls, and I freely admit that I never really longed for a boy until I was already pregnant with our first son. I can’t help but believe that was God’s hand on my heart. Before then, I just wished for [...]
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Believe it or not, it hasn’t taken us this long to give the baby a name. It’s just taken us this long to get around to announcing his name. And now that I think of it, maybe we won’t announce it just yet. Maybe we could make a bit of a riddle out of it [...]
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