Ever since the "Great Dads" seminar, Jeremy's been playing the local Christian radio station, 91.9 WGTS in his room instead of replacing the batteries in his mobile. Well, everyday weekday morning, they have the "Family Name Game" where they look for someone with a son or daughter of the name they're looking for.
So today, I was putting Jeremiah down for his nap, and they said they were going to play "The Family Name Game" and in my mind, I was thinking, "Jeremiah! Jeremiah!" and then they said, "We're looking for a Jeremiah!" (I found out afterwards that they list the names on their website ahead of time, so you can be waiting for your child's name, but I didn't know that! So, yeah, totally a God thing--I had just been thinking about how awesome my birthday will be this year because I have Jeremy and Jeremiah, and how great they are, and then, boom, "call us and brag about your son!" God's so cool how he throws those little things in there like that...)
I called right away and got through and was able to brag about my boy!
Just heard it now, and they had the most appropriate background music---Munah Munah. Also kinda weird, because my ringtone for my brother Jason is Munah Munah... He never calls me, but today he did (he thought my birthday was today) so I'd just heard that song an hour beforehand. Weird...
That was fun. :-)
You can submit your own child's name, too. Layton, I dare you to submit Egbert. :-)
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Big surprise....
Detailed Local Forecast
Tonight (6/26): Widely scattered showers or a thunderstorm this evening. Then partly cloudy. Muggy. Low 73F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tomorrow(6/27): Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms developing during the afternoon. Continued hot and humid. High 92F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tomorrow night: Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially during the evening. A few storms may be severe. Low 73F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Thursday(6/28): Partial cloudiness early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High near 90F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Friday(6/29): Scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 60s.
Saturday(6/30): Morning clouds followed by afternoon sun. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the low 60s.
At least it should be the perfect day Saturday for a party.
Neat Idea
I've never seen these before! Dad's have it so good nowadays. The baby gear manufacturers sure are trying to cater more to Fathers than they did before.
DadGear Cargo Baby Gear Jacket
The concept behind the DadGear style is simple - a masculine look combined with high quality materials and thoughtful design. The goal for DadGear products is not just neutral or unfeminine, but style that reflects who we are - guys. Guys who take pride in caring for their kids.
The DadGear Cargo Jacket™ is the long-sleeved brother of the DadGear Diaper Vest™. With the jacket, you can change, feed, and entertain your child with ease and no one will be able to tell you are wearing your diaper bag. Like the vest, this jacket is constructed with high quality materials for ultimate durability and longevity. All jackets come with a changing pad
The revolutionary twist on the traditional diaper bag sets the standard for "hands free" line. Strategically placed pockets for all of the baby-care essentials that a diaper bag would hold. It is better looking than most fleece jackets available in sporting goods stores but with specific functionality for carrying all of your essential dad gear!
They also make a vest! So cool!
Monday, June 25, 2007
So sweet!
Saturday, while I went to Sunny's baby shower, Jeremy spent his morning not sleeping in, but attending the "Great Dads" Seminar at Mclean. I must say, I'm so proud of Jeremy for taking steps to ensure that he'll be better prepared to be the best Dad he can be!
I read through some of the material they cover (not sure if I was supposed to, but it was just sitting there!) and there were some pretty staggering statistics--the average dad spends just 37 seconds a day with their children; the average child watches 30-50 hours of TV a week; 80% of children entering 1st grade feel good about themselves; By 6th grade, that drops to just 10%. Some 50+% of kids worry their parents will divorce, even more so fear violent harm will come to someone in their family.
The conference aims to change all that.
You can find more info about it from their website (title is linked), but I just wanted to share one more thing...
At the seminar, they asked Dads to make a commitment to their kids. They even gave them certificates to use. Jeremy made one up for Jeremiah (and took 5 more, just to be on the safe side... :-) It says....
I 'bout cried. :-) It's getting framed and put up. I'm so glad Jeremy went. :-)
I read through some of the material they cover (not sure if I was supposed to, but it was just sitting there!) and there were some pretty staggering statistics--the average dad spends just 37 seconds a day with their children; the average child watches 30-50 hours of TV a week; 80% of children entering 1st grade feel good about themselves; By 6th grade, that drops to just 10%. Some 50+% of kids worry their parents will divorce, even more so fear violent harm will come to someone in their family.
The conference aims to change all that.
You can find more info about it from their website (title is linked), but I just wanted to share one more thing...
At the seminar, they asked Dads to make a commitment to their kids. They even gave them certificates to use. Jeremy made one up for Jeremiah (and took 5 more, just to be on the safe side... :-) It says....
My Commitment
Jeremiah Zachary,
You are a unique gift from God
and a very special treasure in my life.
I am thrilled that you are my child.
So it is with great joy that
I commit myself to be a Great Dad to you
--always loving you, encouraging you, and caring for you--
with the guidance and grace of God.
Signed by his Daddy, June 22, 2007.
You are a unique gift from God
and a very special treasure in my life.
I am thrilled that you are my child.
So it is with great joy that
I commit myself to be a Great Dad to you
--always loving you, encouraging you, and caring for you--
with the guidance and grace of God.
Signed by his Daddy, June 22, 2007.
I 'bout cried. :-) It's getting framed and put up. I'm so glad Jeremy went. :-)
Saturday, June 23, 2007
He got his "toof!"
Jeremiah's first tooth came in today--yesterday, it was a mere lil' hole in his gum. Today, it's a razor sharp slicing bone! Well, maybe not that sharp, but I will no longer be offering my finger for him to chew on! :-) And I think the one next to it (it's the bottom middle [his] left one) is on it's way--looks like a tiny bit of corner is already starting to poke out.
It's so cute. I've been trying to take a picture, but he won't let me get a good shot... I'll keep on it!
Update: 6/24/07 Number two has broken through!
It's so cute. I've been trying to take a picture, but he won't let me get a good shot... I'll keep on it!
Update: 6/24/07 Number two has broken through!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Mish Mash
Today is the 2nd day of Summer! YAY!
I meant to post something yesterday, but Jeremiah and I were busy running errands. But, yay! it's summertime! Officially!
The first day of summer always marked a weird day in my life--it was awesome, because growing up in RI, it meant it was finally going to be WARM! We'd have a few nice days in May, but usually it stayed firmly in the 70's until right around June 21st. Although, it never failed, every time I tried to throw a pool party for my birthday (a week from today), the nice weather was gone, and we always got RAIN. :-p I remember having a beach party one year--this is how pathetic it was... First, I had to pick up some of my friends or they wouldn't be able to go (my Mom wasn't working at the time, lucky for me), and then when we got there (I think we went to 2nd Beach in Newport, RI), we found out there was an $8 parking fee. Well, my Mom hadn't brought any cash, so my friend Priscilla had to lend us the money. Of course, it was only high 60's, low 70's at the beach, despite it being 85 at my house in Tiverton, and there was red tide (when all this lovely brown and red algae fills the ocean making it look like 'soup'.... not exactly fun to swim in, nor is it safe....) so no one really swam (and I learned that day that it was not a good idea to shave one's legs the day of going in the salt water of the ocean....... yeah, that junk burns!)
Needless to say, not one of the best parties I had growing in. In fact, most of my birthday parties were failures.... At least in my mind. The best one I had was when I was in college, and I came home after the spring semester for a week before leaving for an internship in Pittsburg, KS (yes, no "h" in that one...) I wanted to see all my friends before I left, so I threw a party the night before, invited everyone and surprisingly, for the first time, almost all of them came! (I did have to pick someone up, still, but he didn't drive, and he was a good friend of mine that I really wanted to be there--no, not "that" kind of friend [that was understood both ways]. He was like another brother to me... Not a Christian, but always had lots of questions, so I always tried to spend time with him. He was a cool guy. Now he lives in NYC, so dunno when I'll see him again...) Well, that in itself was cool, but then my parents surprised me with a cake (this was in May, so I wasn't expecting that) as an early birthday thing, since I'd be outta town for my actual birthday, and I cried... I'd never had a "surprise cake" before. So that was really cool.
Anyways, back to June 21st. This also marked my Grandmother's birthday (my babci...) which meant my parents were gonna have a fight. Without going into it to much, she wasn't the best at allowing my parents to "leave and cleave" and so she caused a lot of stress and turmoil in my family over the years. She passed away right before Jeremiah was born (I think... pretty sure it was around Christmas, though it may have been later... maybe right after Jeremiah was born. I dunno, that whole time is a blur.) So this is the first year my Dad is "free" of obligation and guilt.
Hopefully, that means it'll be sunny for my birthday. :-)
In other, more exciting news, someone's cutting a tooth...... :-) Hmm.... I wonder who it could be.........
Oh yeah, and I'm currently uploading all my music to "MediaMax" so that you can stream our wedding album. Several people have asked us for it, I figured this would be the easiest way to do it. I haven't used them before, but I'm hoping it works well... We'll see. I'm about 2% done right now... I think it's gonna take a while (for some reason, it's trying to upload 24 gigs of data... I don't have THAT much music, that's for sure. Maybe James does, but not me. So I dunno what all that is.)
I meant to post something yesterday, but Jeremiah and I were busy running errands. But, yay! it's summertime! Officially!
The first day of summer always marked a weird day in my life--it was awesome, because growing up in RI, it meant it was finally going to be WARM! We'd have a few nice days in May, but usually it stayed firmly in the 70's until right around June 21st. Although, it never failed, every time I tried to throw a pool party for my birthday (a week from today), the nice weather was gone, and we always got RAIN. :-p I remember having a beach party one year--this is how pathetic it was... First, I had to pick up some of my friends or they wouldn't be able to go (my Mom wasn't working at the time, lucky for me), and then when we got there (I think we went to 2nd Beach in Newport, RI), we found out there was an $8 parking fee. Well, my Mom hadn't brought any cash, so my friend Priscilla had to lend us the money. Of course, it was only high 60's, low 70's at the beach, despite it being 85 at my house in Tiverton, and there was red tide (when all this lovely brown and red algae fills the ocean making it look like 'soup'.... not exactly fun to swim in, nor is it safe....) so no one really swam (and I learned that day that it was not a good idea to shave one's legs the day of going in the salt water of the ocean....... yeah, that junk burns!)
Needless to say, not one of the best parties I had growing in. In fact, most of my birthday parties were failures.... At least in my mind. The best one I had was when I was in college, and I came home after the spring semester for a week before leaving for an internship in Pittsburg, KS (yes, no "h" in that one...) I wanted to see all my friends before I left, so I threw a party the night before, invited everyone and surprisingly, for the first time, almost all of them came! (I did have to pick someone up, still, but he didn't drive, and he was a good friend of mine that I really wanted to be there--no, not "that" kind of friend [that was understood both ways]. He was like another brother to me... Not a Christian, but always had lots of questions, so I always tried to spend time with him. He was a cool guy. Now he lives in NYC, so dunno when I'll see him again...) Well, that in itself was cool, but then my parents surprised me with a cake (this was in May, so I wasn't expecting that) as an early birthday thing, since I'd be outta town for my actual birthday, and I cried... I'd never had a "surprise cake" before. So that was really cool.
Anyways, back to June 21st. This also marked my Grandmother's birthday (my babci...) which meant my parents were gonna have a fight. Without going into it to much, she wasn't the best at allowing my parents to "leave and cleave" and so she caused a lot of stress and turmoil in my family over the years. She passed away right before Jeremiah was born (I think... pretty sure it was around Christmas, though it may have been later... maybe right after Jeremiah was born. I dunno, that whole time is a blur.) So this is the first year my Dad is "free" of obligation and guilt.
Hopefully, that means it'll be sunny for my birthday. :-)
In other, more exciting news, someone's cutting a tooth...... :-) Hmm.... I wonder who it could be.........
Oh yeah, and I'm currently uploading all my music to "MediaMax" so that you can stream our wedding album. Several people have asked us for it, I figured this would be the easiest way to do it. I haven't used them before, but I'm hoping it works well... We'll see. I'm about 2% done right now... I think it's gonna take a while (for some reason, it's trying to upload 24 gigs of data... I don't have THAT much music, that's for sure. Maybe James does, but not me. So I dunno what all that is.)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Jeremiah Pics, Mother's Day & Father's Day
Congrats and updates!
Congratulations to Todd & Paige who, after much prayer, are now pregnant! YAY! I know it's been an uphill struggle, and not the easiest time, but God is good, and He's blessing them with a bundle of joy! YAY!!!! When she told me, I screamed... Literally, I screamed. I think I scared Jeremiah, but he was okay. Best news I've heard in a long time! So congrats again! Looking forward to belly pics, now! :-) (See their blog for sonogram photos)
And just a quick update on Jeremiah's squash experience... I think he likes it okay (still trying to figure that one out), and he's just an impatient eater.... Gave him more today, and he acted the same way, pouting and gettin' all upset.... until more food was in his mouth, that is. So we'll see.
Oh, and Jeremy's going to the Great Dads Seminar at Mclean this weekend. I think it's so great that he's going, and that Mclean puts something like this on... Our society today is not as kind and supportive of Dad's as it should be. It's not an easy job, and many Dads fall short (Lon Soloman shared briefly his own story about his father, how it affected his life, and how he had to make a choice to learn to be the father that God has called him to be... For other dads, though, it's too easy to just "be".... It was really good, every Dad/Dad-to-be/Future Dad should listen to it. You can hear the sermon here [it's called "What kind of Dad will your children remember?] or download it here.) We've all seen examples of what NOT to do as a parent, and this seminar is to help empower Dads with WHAT to do (those examples sometimes harder to find...) So I'm very excited that Jeremy's going! :-) I so proud of him!
And with that, I leave you, as Jeremiah's had enough fun in his jumperoo. Time to go start the day (I know, it's noon, technically my day started at 5 am this morning, but now starts the "outside the house" part of my day. Shopping!!! Woot!)
And just a quick update on Jeremiah's squash experience... I think he likes it okay (still trying to figure that one out), and he's just an impatient eater.... Gave him more today, and he acted the same way, pouting and gettin' all upset.... until more food was in his mouth, that is. So we'll see.
Oh, and Jeremy's going to the Great Dads Seminar at Mclean this weekend. I think it's so great that he's going, and that Mclean puts something like this on... Our society today is not as kind and supportive of Dad's as it should be. It's not an easy job, and many Dads fall short (Lon Soloman shared briefly his own story about his father, how it affected his life, and how he had to make a choice to learn to be the father that God has called him to be... For other dads, though, it's too easy to just "be".... It was really good, every Dad/Dad-to-be/Future Dad should listen to it. You can hear the sermon here [it's called "What kind of Dad will your children remember?] or download it here.) We've all seen examples of what NOT to do as a parent, and this seminar is to help empower Dads with WHAT to do (those examples sometimes harder to find...) So I'm very excited that Jeremy's going! :-) I so proud of him!
And with that, I leave you, as Jeremiah's had enough fun in his jumperoo. Time to go start the day (I know, it's noon, technically my day started at 5 am this morning, but now starts the "outside the house" part of my day. Shopping!!! Woot!)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Yellow Squash!
Jeremiah tries yellow squash for the first time today! He's not very happy about it... I don't know if it was the squash or he just didn't want to be eating in his chair.... I dunno. He kept eating it, though, so it's a mystery. We'll try again tomorrow and see what happens.
Hopefully it won't make him gassy like the sweet potatoes (we're taking a break from those for a week or so... give him a chance to adjust to these new foods. It was really bad, though... I've never heard/smelled such things from such a small person. I know, TMI, but I had to share. :-)
Hopefully it won't make him gassy like the sweet potatoes (we're taking a break from those for a week or so... give him a chance to adjust to these new foods. It was really bad, though... I've never heard/smelled such things from such a small person. I know, TMI, but I had to share. :-)
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Stuff
Yay! The nice weather is back! For a couple of days there, it was COLD! Well, cold for NoVA in the middle of June. I mean, c'mon, 70's?????? Seriously, what was up with that. BRING ON THE 90's! Woot! I can't go in the pool if it isn't ridiculously hot--water's too cold. Same thing with Jeremiah; When the water was only in the low 70's, he was NOT a happy camper. But after a couple days of highs in the 90's and lows in 70's, that water will be nice and warm, but still refreshing. Ahhhhh.... just thinking about it is relaxing. So we'll try to hit the pool tomorrow!
Today, we're going to the mall. Jeremy's outta town in Tenn for a couple of days, so it's just me and the lil' bullfrog. Mommy needs some clothes...
Funny story:
Sunday was Father's Day (Jeremy's first!) and we were getting Jeremiah dedicated that afternoon. The day started off well--I got up "early" (for me at least) with Jeremiah, fed him, and then we went upstairs to make Daddy some waffles, 'cause Daddy LOVES waffles. By the time they were done, it was nap time for Jeremiah, so Jeremy put him down and we enjoyed our breakfast while Jeremy opened his gifts (Jeremiah's a pretty good shopper already... got him some cigars and pipe tobacco for his "Indeed" days with other new "Daddys" [how he was able to order tobacco is beyond me... ;-)], some Steeler's slippers, a REALLY CUTE photo of himself in his Steeler's jersey [thanks to Uncle Laurence and Auntie Katharine!] and so on and so forth...)
After all that, we started getting ready for church. Now, two weeks ago, I went shopping, and I had purchased an outfit that I was saving for a "special occasion". Well, this was just such an occasion, so I went to go pull it outta the bag and set it out to make sure everything was good to go. There I am, in our room, gettin' ready and I can't find the bag.... It wasn't there. Then I tried to find the box I remember setting it in (more clothes that I had ordered online...), couldn't find that either. It was no where in the room!
Well, before I completely freaked out, somewhere in my mind, a conversation began to replay... Last week, Jeremy had asked me, while I was in the bathroom with Jeremiah, I think, if the box on the floor in our bedroom was trash. I said, "Yeah, there's ONE box that has a bunch of junk in it behind the door..." And I remember thinkin' at that time, "I hope he doesn't confuse my clothes for trash.... Nah, he wouldn't." Well, guess what: He did.
That's when I freaked.
I can laugh about it now; I know he didn't intentionally throw out my new clothes (that I never even tried on...) But oh my gosh, was I upset! Partly because I then had to find another nice outfit to wear (which is not easy when most of my nice clothes don't fit) and partly because it was a total waste of money... I now get to go out and re-buy it all (I loved how Jeremy kept telling me, "It's only money!" Awww... he was desperate to calm me down... he would never say that under normal circumstances.)
Anyways, it ended up being okay, I found another outfit to wear, and all was good (I was sooo hot, though... not in the, "Wow, you're hot!" way but in the, "It's so freakin' hot in here," way.) We made it to the dedication, he cuddled with Lon on stage (it was so cute!), we said our vows (see below), and called it a day.
Oh yeah, the clothes thing wasn't the only hiccup that day. We also didn't have a camera that worked. I grabbed my camera on the way out of the house, and when we got there, we found out it was dead. How it was completely dead, I dunno, but it was dead. And we don't have a backup battery. Grrr... That's okay though, because we had our video camera in the car. Our friend Aron was awesome enough to go fetch it for us---only to find out that that battery was also dead. SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HECK?! Luckily, one of the gals from the church took some photos, and said she would send 'em to us. So hopefully, we have some kind of record of it.
Drama drama drama.
So as I was saying, we're going to the mall. I was gonna walk, but it's 93 degrees outside... Great for pool weather, not so much for walking a mile or so. (It's a nice walk, but I don't have any nice summer clothes that fit... Not gonna do it in jeans.) I'll walk the mall once we get there, get the exercise that way.
And that's that. Now, I just gotta wait for Jeremiah to wake up and we're good to go (and go we shall!) Ta ta!
Child Dedication Vows
Today, we're going to the mall. Jeremy's outta town in Tenn for a couple of days, so it's just me and the lil' bullfrog. Mommy needs some clothes...
Funny story:
Sunday was Father's Day (Jeremy's first!) and we were getting Jeremiah dedicated that afternoon. The day started off well--I got up "early" (for me at least) with Jeremiah, fed him, and then we went upstairs to make Daddy some waffles, 'cause Daddy LOVES waffles. By the time they were done, it was nap time for Jeremiah, so Jeremy put him down and we enjoyed our breakfast while Jeremy opened his gifts (Jeremiah's a pretty good shopper already... got him some cigars and pipe tobacco for his "Indeed" days with other new "Daddys" [how he was able to order tobacco is beyond me... ;-)], some Steeler's slippers, a REALLY CUTE photo of himself in his Steeler's jersey [thanks to Uncle Laurence and Auntie Katharine!] and so on and so forth...)
After all that, we started getting ready for church. Now, two weeks ago, I went shopping, and I had purchased an outfit that I was saving for a "special occasion". Well, this was just such an occasion, so I went to go pull it outta the bag and set it out to make sure everything was good to go. There I am, in our room, gettin' ready and I can't find the bag.... It wasn't there. Then I tried to find the box I remember setting it in (more clothes that I had ordered online...), couldn't find that either. It was no where in the room!
Well, before I completely freaked out, somewhere in my mind, a conversation began to replay... Last week, Jeremy had asked me, while I was in the bathroom with Jeremiah, I think, if the box on the floor in our bedroom was trash. I said, "Yeah, there's ONE box that has a bunch of junk in it behind the door..." And I remember thinkin' at that time, "I hope he doesn't confuse my clothes for trash.... Nah, he wouldn't." Well, guess what: He did.
That's when I freaked.
I can laugh about it now; I know he didn't intentionally throw out my new clothes (that I never even tried on...) But oh my gosh, was I upset! Partly because I then had to find another nice outfit to wear (which is not easy when most of my nice clothes don't fit) and partly because it was a total waste of money... I now get to go out and re-buy it all (I loved how Jeremy kept telling me, "It's only money!" Awww... he was desperate to calm me down... he would never say that under normal circumstances.)
Anyways, it ended up being okay, I found another outfit to wear, and all was good (I was sooo hot, though... not in the, "Wow, you're hot!" way but in the, "It's so freakin' hot in here," way.) We made it to the dedication, he cuddled with Lon on stage (it was so cute!), we said our vows (see below), and called it a day.
Oh yeah, the clothes thing wasn't the only hiccup that day. We also didn't have a camera that worked. I grabbed my camera on the way out of the house, and when we got there, we found out it was dead. How it was completely dead, I dunno, but it was dead. And we don't have a backup battery. Grrr... That's okay though, because we had our video camera in the car. Our friend Aron was awesome enough to go fetch it for us---only to find out that that battery was also dead. SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HECK?! Luckily, one of the gals from the church took some photos, and said she would send 'em to us. So hopefully, we have some kind of record of it.
Drama drama drama.
So as I was saying, we're going to the mall. I was gonna walk, but it's 93 degrees outside... Great for pool weather, not so much for walking a mile or so. (It's a nice walk, but I don't have any nice summer clothes that fit... Not gonna do it in jeans.) I'll walk the mall once we get there, get the exercise that way.
And that's that. Now, I just gotta wait for Jeremiah to wake up and we're good to go (and go we shall!) Ta ta!
Child Dedication Vows
1. Will you do your best to raise this child to honor, revere, and love Jesus Christ?
2. Will you do your best to maintain a home where Jesus Christ is honored and obeyed, where the Word of God is the authority and Jesus Christ is the head?
3. Will you commit this child to God in prayer on a regular basis, trusting God to override your mistakes and make up for your shortcomings?
4. Will you actively rely on the Holy Spirit to raise this child and to incline his or her heart to the Lord?
5. Will you do your best to release this child to the will of God, whatever that might be, without bitterness or resistance?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sweet Potatoes!
Jeremiah tried sweet potatoes for the first time today! And it 'weren't' no sweet potatoes from a jar! Uh-uh, Momma's too good for that! Momma spent all night last night sweating over a hot stove to steam those yummy sweet potatoes so that Jeremiah could have only the best! (Okay, I didn't actually stand over the stove... I actually put them in the steamer, and then forgot about 'em for about an hour... whoops. But, you can't over-mush sweet potatoes, I found out!)
Anyways, I have a video to share with you of the whole experience, but Google Video is not currently accepting new uploads.... Grrr... So as soon as they get over that, I'll put it up here.
For now, enjoy this adorable pic of Jeremiah after he finished eating all his yummy new sweet potatoes!
Anyways, I have a video to share with you of the whole experience, but Google Video is not currently accepting new uploads.... Grrr... So as soon as they get over that, I'll put it up here.
For now, enjoy this adorable pic of Jeremiah after he finished eating all his yummy new sweet potatoes!
(Seriously, when was the last time you saw anything this cute??!?!?! Not sure?? Look again...)
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(Still not convinced?? Look a little closer....)
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Coming soon to a blog near you, the week of June 17th----yellow squash!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Baby (Parent) Dedication
This Sunday, Father's Day, June 17th, Jeremiah will be getting dedicated right before the 12:30 service at Mclean Bible Church. For those of you not familiar with what this entails, it is not a baptism or a christening. Dedication does NOT guarantee salvation. It's basically a time for parents to pubically vow, before the church and before God, that they will do their best to raise their child in a home that demonstrates authentic Christian faith. The goal is to not force them to become Christians, but that they would see the example in their everday lives, and that they would come to know and follow Christ at an early age.
And we get to show him off to everyone before service starts, which is always fun.
So, if you're in the Tysons area and would like to come, please do! You're more than welcome! it will take place 5 minutes before the service starts (I think), but I suggest you arrive before then, say 12:10, 12:15, before the parking situation becomes crazy.
We're looking forward to it, though, and hope you can join us!
And we get to show him off to everyone before service starts, which is always fun.
So, if you're in the Tysons area and would like to come, please do! You're more than welcome! it will take place 5 minutes before the service starts (I think), but I suggest you arrive before then, say 12:10, 12:15, before the parking situation becomes crazy.
We're looking forward to it, though, and hope you can join us!
"Tonight..... you!"
Inside joke...
Anyways! I love this weather! It's been so nice and warm and cozy.... great stuff! Friday last week, it almost hit 100! Now, I know in my mind that's pretty freakin' hot, but it really didn't feel that hot to me... Maybe because Jeremy keeps the house, like, 60 degrees, any warmth is welcome warmth!
We did hit the pool a couple of days, as you could see from Jeremiah's 5 month pic below (he refused to look up at me--was more interested in the little plastic fishes swimming around in his little "splash pool" on his floaty). It was sooo nice, though the water was a bit chilly at first (cool nights the days before). We had a good time hanging out with Uncle James on Thursday (his is the hand in the pic), and will hopefully be able to do that regularly, as he'll be heading off to PA for school in the fall. :-( Oh well... Gotta let him go sometime, right? Something like that.
Friday, the really hot day, the pool water was a bit warmer, but Jeremiah didn't seem to care--he was still kinda pissed off that I kept draggin' him in there. He just whined and whined and was not having any fun at all. I thought maybe he was tired, so I put him down for a nap (we took his co-sleeper over my parents' house for that purpose, until they buy him a playard :-) and after what seemed like over an hour, he fell asleep. I don't know what his problem was, though... He just did not wanna be in the pool. Maybe it was too hot, and the water too cold? I dunno... It wasn't any hotter than Mexico (though the water was a bit cooler--not too much, just a little), and he loved the water there. Guess he's getting older and wiser, and wants to do what he wants to do! The heck with Mommy, apparently.
Satuday, James graduated high school. Yay! We were gonna go, but it would have meant packing up Jeremiah and leaving the house at 6:30 in the morning! For some reason, graduation was at 8 am... crazy. So yeah, that didn't happen. We'll be at his party next weekend--at least that's in the afternoon. :-)
Jeremiah's takin' a nap right now... Aww, so cute! I actually took the time to rock him to sleep today. Usually, I'll just put him in his crib, turn on the music on his mobile, and he'll fall asleep on his own. But I've missed him (for some reason... he's never been away from me... I guess it was just from last night, while he was sleeping?) so I took the time to rock him before putting him down for a nap. It's so funny because it seems like he's wide awake--he'll be pushing himself up, looking around, smiling, laughing, etc... But I just kept rockin', and hummin', and eventually, he would bury his head in his hands... and then he'd lay it down and make his little "going to sleep" noises (Jeremy calls it his "flying a plane/driving a car" noises), and next thing I knew, he was fast asleep. And it only took, maybe, 10 minutes! It was just such a precious time, just rocking him, feeling his little breathes puff on my chest.... I love it! I wouldn't trade this job for anything! No job in the world is better than staying home with my baby. I'm so thankful that God has blessed me with such a great husband that sees the value in his wife staying home, and works so hard so that that can happen! It's awesome, and I love it!
That's all that's been going on, really. Time to go fold diapers before Jeremiah wakes up (which should be any minute now).
Anyways! I love this weather! It's been so nice and warm and cozy.... great stuff! Friday last week, it almost hit 100! Now, I know in my mind that's pretty freakin' hot, but it really didn't feel that hot to me... Maybe because Jeremy keeps the house, like, 60 degrees, any warmth is welcome warmth!
We did hit the pool a couple of days, as you could see from Jeremiah's 5 month pic below (he refused to look up at me--was more interested in the little plastic fishes swimming around in his little "splash pool" on his floaty). It was sooo nice, though the water was a bit chilly at first (cool nights the days before). We had a good time hanging out with Uncle James on Thursday (his is the hand in the pic), and will hopefully be able to do that regularly, as he'll be heading off to PA for school in the fall. :-( Oh well... Gotta let him go sometime, right? Something like that.
Friday, the really hot day, the pool water was a bit warmer, but Jeremiah didn't seem to care--he was still kinda pissed off that I kept draggin' him in there. He just whined and whined and was not having any fun at all. I thought maybe he was tired, so I put him down for a nap (we took his co-sleeper over my parents' house for that purpose, until they buy him a playard :-) and after what seemed like over an hour, he fell asleep. I don't know what his problem was, though... He just did not wanna be in the pool. Maybe it was too hot, and the water too cold? I dunno... It wasn't any hotter than Mexico (though the water was a bit cooler--not too much, just a little), and he loved the water there. Guess he's getting older and wiser, and wants to do what he wants to do! The heck with Mommy, apparently.
Satuday, James graduated high school. Yay! We were gonna go, but it would have meant packing up Jeremiah and leaving the house at 6:30 in the morning! For some reason, graduation was at 8 am... crazy. So yeah, that didn't happen. We'll be at his party next weekend--at least that's in the afternoon. :-)
Jeremiah's takin' a nap right now... Aww, so cute! I actually took the time to rock him to sleep today. Usually, I'll just put him in his crib, turn on the music on his mobile, and he'll fall asleep on his own. But I've missed him (for some reason... he's never been away from me... I guess it was just from last night, while he was sleeping?) so I took the time to rock him before putting him down for a nap. It's so funny because it seems like he's wide awake--he'll be pushing himself up, looking around, smiling, laughing, etc... But I just kept rockin', and hummin', and eventually, he would bury his head in his hands... and then he'd lay it down and make his little "going to sleep" noises (Jeremy calls it his "flying a plane/driving a car" noises), and next thing I knew, he was fast asleep. And it only took, maybe, 10 minutes! It was just such a precious time, just rocking him, feeling his little breathes puff on my chest.... I love it! I wouldn't trade this job for anything! No job in the world is better than staying home with my baby. I'm so thankful that God has blessed me with such a great husband that sees the value in his wife staying home, and works so hard so that that can happen! It's awesome, and I love it!
That's all that's been going on, really. Time to go fold diapers before Jeremiah wakes up (which should be any minute now).
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Birth Stuff
I just thought I'd share a few links that I'll be adding to the blog.
Currently, I have, let's see, 4 friends? No, 5 friends! who are expecting a baby anytime between July and January next year. Some have had children previously, some are on their first, most are doing things "by the book" (OB/GYN, hospital, etc...) As you all (should) know, we had Jeremiah at home in roughly 4.5 hours. To be fair, the disclaimer needs to be made that this was not my first childbirth, which may account for the "easy" labor (no labor is truly "easy", but it was "easier" than my first [First was 12 hours, start to finish, in a hospital with an epidural--had a terrible recovery time afterwards, much easier time the 2nd time around...]) However, I do believe that if I can do it, sans meds (I'm such a baby when it comes to pain...), ANYONE can do it, provided you have all the proper tools in place beforehand.
There are two new independant films about childbirth coming out:
The Business of Being Born (focuses on midwife/home birth vs OB/hospital birth)
and
Pregnant in America (focuses more on the "who's getting rich" off births in America)
There are two new independant films about childbirth coming out:
The Business of Being Born (focuses on midwife/home birth vs OB/hospital birth)
and
Pregnant in America (focuses more on the "who's getting rich" off births in America)
I haven't seen either of them yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I didn' realize that some 40%+ of hospital revenue is from births alone.... It's a big money maker, especially if you get the 'extras', like epidural, or even a c-section (more expensive, but cheaper for hospitals--they can schedule it, get you in and out in less time than if it's an emergency, and it frees up a l&d room for another Mom....) Now, I'm not saying those things are bad--they're great if you need them (and there are plenty of women who do, but probably not 30-40%, as our country runs an average of, for c-sections...)
Everyone's different, and I think no less of a Mom who choses to have a hospital birth with an epidural. I do think, though, most women are prepared to do it no other way, don't hear all options available, and end up with a birth that may not be exactly what they were hoping for.
Anyways, interesting stuff. Check it out.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Hel-loooooooooo, Sunshine!
Ahh.... this is the time of year I wait for--late spring, with its almost summer-like weather... Soooo nice!
Today was absolutely gorgeous! Bright, sunny, hot.... Perfect! Jeremiah and I were gonna head to the pool, but unfortunately, it doesn't open until 4 during the week until the kiddies are out of school. The heck with all the Moms and their young children, who don't want to go to the pool when it's full of older kids, jumping and splashing around! I may just head out to Warrenton instead, and go in the parents' pool. Anyone wanna join me?
Oh, and btw, since it is pool season, just thought I'd let ya know: If you're using public pools, and you smell chlorine, that means there's not enough chlorine in the water, not that there's too much. This can cause skin and eye irritation, but otherwise, it's more annoying than anything else (and means they need to add more chlorine to properly ward off the badness that's floating around you...) Just an FYI.
Other than the nice weather, not much else going on. All of our shows are now over (Boston Legal was the only one left this week), small group is over, and soon, even the Union and the 7:30 Frontline service at Mclean will be over (for the summer). Our schedule just opened up an additional 11 hours a week! Wow! So far, we've done nothing with those extra hours.... Jeremy's playing a few more video games, I've done a bit more shopping, but that's about it.
That's alright. We could use a few days of "nothing" after being outta town for 3 days. That was an interesting trip.
In case you didn't read my post from last Friday, Jeremy, Jeremiah and I headed to "upstate NY" to visit the Penn Cabin and visit with family. Jeremiah got to see his "Grandmom", whom he hadn't seen since birth (he promptly began to cry, too, when she held him at first, but that's normal for him now... there were a lot of new faces, and he freaked. Even cried at Mommy and Daddy! Sheesh... so sensitive...) Now, I'm not an outdoors-y person. I can appreciate the cabin, in that it's a way to "get away", but I was perfectly "away" in our B&B. The only way for us to "get away" now would be to leave Jeremiah at Grandma's for the weekend, and get away without him, because it's tough to feel like you're on vacation with a baby--he still needs his regular naps, still needs to be fed, changed, rocked, hugged, held, loved, etc. For me, these are my day-to-day activities. So while we may have been away from home, I was still "working". If anything, my job was more difficult, because at the cabin, there's really no place you can put a sleeping baby that's away from everyone (where it's quiet and he'd be undisturbed). That was if you could get him to sleep to begin with! Too many people, plus too much new stuff to look at equals too little sleep for Jeremiah. The entire weekend, he went to bed 2-3 hours past his normal bedtime, and had very few naps.... So yeah, not very relaxing for Mommy.
Daddy, on the other hand, doesn't get to do so much with Jeremiah during the week, so I guess it was still an "away" time for him. And he got to do some shooting, and visit with his family, so he enjoyed himself. I'm not saying I DIDN'T enjoy myself.... It was nice seeing Jeremy's family again. It was just difficult to "relax" with Jeremiah in tow.
Jeremiah survived the drive well. We had to stop more often than if it were just us two, so that Jeremiah could get changed and fed, but otherwise it was okay. Jeremy got a good upper body stretch a couple of times, and Jeremiah would get hungry outta nowhere, so Jeremy would feed him while driving (I had to do it yesterday--couldn't take the screaming anymore while stuck in traffic... I don't recommend it... Sore today.)
Aside from a bad pedicure that now has me on antibiotics (not fun...), nothing else is new! Hopefully we'll get to the pool this week. That's my goal in life (for this week at least). I try to shoot for the stars, y'know? :-)
Today was absolutely gorgeous! Bright, sunny, hot.... Perfect! Jeremiah and I were gonna head to the pool, but unfortunately, it doesn't open until 4 during the week until the kiddies are out of school. The heck with all the Moms and their young children, who don't want to go to the pool when it's full of older kids, jumping and splashing around! I may just head out to Warrenton instead, and go in the parents' pool. Anyone wanna join me?
Oh, and btw, since it is pool season, just thought I'd let ya know: If you're using public pools, and you smell chlorine, that means there's not enough chlorine in the water, not that there's too much. This can cause skin and eye irritation, but otherwise, it's more annoying than anything else (and means they need to add more chlorine to properly ward off the badness that's floating around you...) Just an FYI.
Other than the nice weather, not much else going on. All of our shows are now over (Boston Legal was the only one left this week), small group is over, and soon, even the Union and the 7:30 Frontline service at Mclean will be over (for the summer). Our schedule just opened up an additional 11 hours a week! Wow! So far, we've done nothing with those extra hours.... Jeremy's playing a few more video games, I've done a bit more shopping, but that's about it.
That's alright. We could use a few days of "nothing" after being outta town for 3 days. That was an interesting trip.
In case you didn't read my post from last Friday, Jeremy, Jeremiah and I headed to "upstate NY" to visit the Penn Cabin and visit with family. Jeremiah got to see his "Grandmom", whom he hadn't seen since birth (he promptly began to cry, too, when she held him at first, but that's normal for him now... there were a lot of new faces, and he freaked. Even cried at Mommy and Daddy! Sheesh... so sensitive...) Now, I'm not an outdoors-y person. I can appreciate the cabin, in that it's a way to "get away", but I was perfectly "away" in our B&B. The only way for us to "get away" now would be to leave Jeremiah at Grandma's for the weekend, and get away without him, because it's tough to feel like you're on vacation with a baby--he still needs his regular naps, still needs to be fed, changed, rocked, hugged, held, loved, etc. For me, these are my day-to-day activities. So while we may have been away from home, I was still "working". If anything, my job was more difficult, because at the cabin, there's really no place you can put a sleeping baby that's away from everyone (where it's quiet and he'd be undisturbed). That was if you could get him to sleep to begin with! Too many people, plus too much new stuff to look at equals too little sleep for Jeremiah. The entire weekend, he went to bed 2-3 hours past his normal bedtime, and had very few naps.... So yeah, not very relaxing for Mommy.
Daddy, on the other hand, doesn't get to do so much with Jeremiah during the week, so I guess it was still an "away" time for him. And he got to do some shooting, and visit with his family, so he enjoyed himself. I'm not saying I DIDN'T enjoy myself.... It was nice seeing Jeremy's family again. It was just difficult to "relax" with Jeremiah in tow.
Jeremiah survived the drive well. We had to stop more often than if it were just us two, so that Jeremiah could get changed and fed, but otherwise it was okay. Jeremy got a good upper body stretch a couple of times, and Jeremiah would get hungry outta nowhere, so Jeremy would feed him while driving (I had to do it yesterday--couldn't take the screaming anymore while stuck in traffic... I don't recommend it... Sore today.)
Aside from a bad pedicure that now has me on antibiotics (not fun...), nothing else is new! Hopefully we'll get to the pool this week. That's my goal in life (for this week at least). I try to shoot for the stars, y'know? :-)
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Will He Do It???
Jeremiah is trying to show "Mommy" how he can roll over--except, he never actually does. But it's still pretty cute to watch! So apparently, he'll roll over all he wants to, so 'long as the camera ain't rollin'...
Sigh... I'll get it one of these days.
The first time he rolled over was when we were in Mexico. He did it once, and only once (though that was back to front, this is front to back). Then he started doing it ALL THE TIME last week. He has a new "cry" that he uses when he's rolled over while sleeping, and can't roll back (he doesn't like it one bit...) We'll be watching tv, we hear him crying, and know, "Oh! He's rolled over." We then proceed to go downstairs to roll him back onto his stomach.
Silly baby.
For now, enjoy!
P.S. This video is pretty long, and not much happens.... Just uber cuteness!
Sigh... I'll get it one of these days.
The first time he rolled over was when we were in Mexico. He did it once, and only once (though that was back to front, this is front to back). Then he started doing it ALL THE TIME last week. He has a new "cry" that he uses when he's rolled over while sleeping, and can't roll back (he doesn't like it one bit...) We'll be watching tv, we hear him crying, and know, "Oh! He's rolled over." We then proceed to go downstairs to roll him back onto his stomach.
Silly baby.
For now, enjoy!
P.S. This video is pretty long, and not much happens.... Just uber cuteness!
Random Cuteness
Post bath--so cute! All nice and clean!
"Sheesh, don't just stand there lookin' at me, takin' pictures... Get me outta this crib, Mommy!"
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