Amanda's Blog

December 7, 2007
So, I've got three kids now! WOW! Life is crazy, but its great. I've been thinking about it and I realized that I am so blessed with my life right now. I'm not trying to make things up or pretend that things are perfect . . . they are far from it, but I am very thankful for everything I have. My kids are beautiful and healthy (snotty noses are still considered healthy), my husband lets me know me he loves me every day. He has a job that doesn't keep him cooped up in an office and. . . I get to stay at home. Our house is beautiful and our dog doesn't crap in the house anymore. I've been thinking about it and I'm realizing that this is the happiest I've ever been. Not just because of my life right now, but because the Lord is healing me and bringing me into a greater understanding of Himself. I'm experiencing a freedom in worship and in prayer and He's speaking to me in ways I never thought possible. It's all very exciting.

Aside from that greatness, we've had some very interesting times in the past few months. For instance, Caleb stuck a bead up his nose at Mother's Day Out last week. I had to go pick him up and take him to the doctor. They got it out quickly and easily, they used a small spoon, which is good. Caleb was freaking out because he thought they were going to use tweezers. He was petrified at the idea of tweezers, but the spoon is apparently much less scary.

Another day I was at the park with all three kids. Eva starts screaming because she's hungry. I'm trying to breastfeed a two month old in the middle of this park when Caleb starts throwing up. I have no carrier or anything to set Eva down in so that I can comfort a vomitting four year old, so I run to the car to get something for her. I get Caleb calmed down, manage to feed the baby, and am trying to get them into the car, when Micah falls down and gets bitten a couple of times by a fire ant (if there's a fire ant within a mile of Micah, it will find a way to bite his hand). So, he's howling like a maniac in the car, which makes Eva also start screaming. I finally carry Caleb across the playground and get him into the car. I call Andrew and tell him I'm not cooking dinner . . . Chick-fil-A is my best friend.

I know that's what I get for having three kids in a 4 year span, its very tough, I'm not gonna lie to you, but its great.

September 26, 2007
I decided to add a little update to fill you all in our lives. Eva is 7 weeks old today. She is such a beautiful baby. She is really good, too. The only problem is that she will only sleep in the car, her swing, or our rocking chair (see picture). She’s starting to outgrow the chair, so she’s going to have to accept her crib soon. She refuses to take a pacifier, it mostly gags her. She has this super sensitive gag reflex; you can look at her the wrong way and she gags and throws up all over you.

Today is Micah's second birthday! He learned how to open his bedroom door this week, which has been awful. He’s really the cutest thing, though, because he talks all the time. I am really enjoying him right now, except when he’s getting out of his room when he’s supposed to be asleep. His little personality is just blooming: Caleb outgrew his cowboy boots so we passed them down to Micah; he slept in them that night! Last week he tried to pick up a dead bee that was on the living room floor, except the bee wasn’t actually dead and stung his finger.

Caleb is still such a sweet big brother. He loves to tuck Micah in at night and to pray over him before he goes to sleep. He’s really developing a sense of humor. The other day he asked me for some orange juice. I told him no so he asked for some black juice. It cracked me up. His best friend, Joseph, lives across the street now. They are always together, either at our house or theirs. They enjoy playing superheroes or a game they call Batman and Baby. One time, though, they got laundry baskets involved and it was called Batman and Turtle (apparently laundry baskets make very good turtle shells).

Well, its midnight and Eva wants me to hold her so I'll have to add more later.

November 16, 2006
When Andrew and I lived in Bryan we signed a lease to a very cute, three bedroom house. The price was right, but we kept saying, "I don't know what we'll do with a three bedroom house. Two days later we found out we were pregnant with Caleb. That third room was very full.

Today something similar happened. Andrew was at the store buying a new phone for our house. He called me up and said that he had found one that matched our other phones, but that it came with two phones. I asked him what we would do with four phones in this house, but he couldn't find a better deal, so he bought the two of them. About two hours later before Andrew even arrived home with the new phones, I managed to get one of the old ones run over by the garbage truck. I guess we'll be using that fouth phone (which is now only the third phone) after all.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17

I am working on realizing that the little good things that happen to us are not just coincidences or ironies, it's God's little blessings. We should acknowledge them and thank Him for being gracious and loving toward His children.

October 24, 2006
I was just reading back on that entry from June and Caleb is still not potty trained. I just wanted the truth to be known. That day was a total fluke. He turns three this weekend. We'll see how it goes . . .

September 8, 2006

Rhodesian Ridgeback

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Yellow Lab

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HEIDI!

July 9, 2006
So, I got my nose pierced. Click here to see pictures.

June 5, 2006
It's only 2:00 in the afternoon and we've already had a very exciting day! Micah learned to clap! And Caleb pooped in the potty for the first time! I asked if he wanted to wear his diaper or underwear. He chose the underwear and refuses to put on a diaper or pull-up. I guess that's a good thing, exept I only bought 6 pairs of underwear. We've already gone through 3 today.

We got home on Saturday from a week at summer camp. We were part of the adult program staff for the 5th and 6th graders at Camp Allen in Navasota. Let me tell you, my boys were not lacking any attention with sixty 5th and 6th graders and 22 high school and college kids. They spent the week in the sun, sand, swimming pools, rain, and dirt. Caleb thought we had moved again and thought that it would be a good idea for the four of us to continue sharing one small room with two sets of bunk beds. I disagreed. Hopefully we'll get pictures up soon. They're all on Andrew's new laptop.

April 13, 2006
Here are some Calebisms:

• While cooking together and tasting what we're making: "That's cool, Mommy. That's cool. I like it."
  
• Caleb decided that there is a crocodile living in our shed. Don't worry, he's a friend. Caleb named him CHHHH. It sounds like the noise a train makes when its stopping. You also must thrust your right fist into the air while saying it.
• When agreeing with you, he says, "Sure" or "We sure did."
• We were in Target this week and he starts pointing behind me saying "hoho." I look around and the man walking behind us has a large belly and a gray beard. Caleb thought he was Santa!