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Family Walks

March 26, 2012 by Aliesha

We’ve been walking in our neighborhood lots lately.  The weather has been perfect… not too hot yet, but warm enough and sunny!  Vera loves it because she gets to see doggies (she actually asks about 20x a day, “doggies? doggies?”).  When we walk past a yard, she’ll ask, “Do you see a doggie?”  It’s so cute.  We’re learning the names of the dogs in our neighborhood (and meeting neighbors, too) and it’s fun to see Vera so delighted with the dogs, even when they bark at her.  We see a few kitties (which Vera calls “meows”) too.
 

Cordelia enjoys the walks (she usually falls asleep by the time we reach the end of our sidewalk) and I know the sunshine is good for her.

 

The sunshine is good for me too!  I haven’t really dealt with the “baby blues” as much this time as last, and I think part of that is because it is spring and I’ve been able to get out and soak in the sun!  We walk about 1.5 miles every day, so I’m hoping this will help me continue to walk off the baby weight. 🙂

Tad and I enjoy the time together, since we are able to carry on a pretty uninterrupted conversation with each other during our walk.

Does your family like to walk together?  In the future, we look forward to riding bikes in our neighborhood too!

Filed Under: Cordelia, everyday, family, Tad, Vera

Jeopardy

March 20, 2012 by Aliesha

“I’ll take “Parenting” for $500.”

“Answer: Because I didn’t have enough laundry to do already.”

“Question:  Why did you choose this week to start potty training Vera and cloth diapering Cordelia?”

“That is correct! For $500.”

unrelated, happy bath photo

Filed Under: cloth diapering, everyday, milestones, potty training, Vera

Mothers

March 16, 2012 by Aliesha

*These photos are from a few weeks ago, so if it looks like Cordelia got smaller, that’s why. 🙂

Living so far from our families is hard.  It could be worse… we could live even farther away!  We are blessed that both of our families live close enough that they can come visit (and we can visit them) on a pretty regular basis.  But it’s still hard on a daily and weekly basis to be apart from them!

Both my mom and Tad’s mom came to stay for a few days (at different times) after Cordelia was born.  We were tremendously blessed by their service to our family while they were here!

My mom was here for Cordelia’s birth and she stayed to help with Vera for a few days afterwards too.  She was an incredible support and encouragement to me in labor!  Vera had such a good time with her, though she did her best to try and wear out her Mimi!  They played together lots and Vera loved all of the one-on-one attention!  My mom also helped make meals for us while she was here, which was such a blessing. 

A few days after my mom went home, Tad’s mom came to visit!  (She and Tad’s dad came to see Cordelia at the hospital the day she was born.)  Vera had tons of fun going on walks with her Grammy, putting stickers in her sticker book, and playing with glowsticks on the porch after dark.  Tad’s mom helped us so much and we enjoyed her fantastic cooking and the great fellowship each night over coffee.

 

We were so sad to see both our moms go back home, but we were truly thankful for the sweet time we got to spend with them! 

“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”  
Proverbs 31:29-30

Filed Under: Cordelia, family, Vera

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