Category: brothers

Easter: The Golden Baptist Standard

babies, blessings, brothers, Easter, family, holidays, little boys

  Remember last Easter, when I was about 7 months pregnant and I totally forgot to prepare for Easter?  I joked that I had fallen very short of the “golden Baptist standard of Easter Sunday.” Well, boo-yah!!!  Look who planned ahead this year!!!!! Are those MATCHING outfits???  Why,yes, they are!  We’ve come a long way, baby. (For a refresher on last Easter, just click here.) (ahem…..that is a joke. Easter is not about clothing, of course….sometimes it may feel like […]

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Adorable Babies

4 kids, babies, baby milestones, baby pictures, brothers, kid quotes, little boys

John David is now 9 months old, so I figured it was time for another “remember when” kind of post.  Check them out!!!  This collage has each of my boys, at 9 months of age.  Can you tell which baby is which?? Isn’t it funny how people think JD is chubby????  He’s our thinnest baby ever.  ; ) You can definitely tell which boy is so old that I don’t have very many digital pictures of him.  I did have […]

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Bedtime Battles with Four Children

Bible verses, brothers, toddlers

By 8:45pm every night, I am mentally exhausted.  Do you know what it is that exhausts me so?   Putting the kids to bed! Yes, we have four boys, but when it comes to bed time in this house we have two issues, one wild card, and one dependable sweetheart. Can you guess which is which? The sweetheart is John David.  Get him good and cozy, pop a pacifier in his mouth, and he is on his way to sleep. […]

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The Latest Phase: The Sitting in the Tree Song!

brothers, little boys, parenting, Uncategorized

Yesterday I went to Target.  I was supposed to buy Alan an A&W Root Beer while there, but I forgot….until I got to the check-out line.  By that point, the A&W’s were all the way at the back of the store, and it was starting to snow outside.  Oops.  So I bought Alan a 20 ounce Dr. Pepper, and figured all was not lost. But now it’s 4:30 pm, and I’m still beat from taking all four kids to the […]

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The Productive Stay-at-Home Mom

books, brothers, Family Rewards, stay-at-home mom

This week in review: As you can see through this “Dan cam” image, Daniel almost always insists on sleeping in his floor.  ???Why???  I don’t know.  I figure he likes to A.)  be closer to his toys and also B.) have a better view of people walking by in the hallway. That’s right.  He now also likes his door open. He is officially our first child to insist on sleeping in the floor.      Dan, reading one of those […]

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“A short phase of long days”

baby, breastfeeding, brothers, John David, little boys

Looks like the swaddling days are coming to a close.  It’s an important game to him, though.  He insists (via crying) that I swaddle him, or he won’t go to sleep.  As soon as I leave the room, he pulls his arms out, but he gets mad if I pull them out for him.  ….So I guess it doesn’t hurt anything if I always swaddle him loosely enough for him to escape? Things I’ve heard around our house: Caleb:  Hey, […]

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Finally Friday! Not a Moment Too Soon!

baseball, brothers, contractions, Daniel, pregnancy

  Daniel, watching the Nats vs. Pirates game.  He was copying the way the runners slid to the base….over and over again, which we thought was just adorable!    Roll Tide, ya’ll!!!  It is finally Friday!!  Boy, could I use a weekend.  Naturally, this weekend will be jam packed with activities, but the psychology of it all is half the battle, right?   ******Pregnancy Update*******   This is my 33rd week of pregnancy (which means I am 32 weeks pregnant), […]

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