Mommin' It Up!

April 2, 2008April 2, 2008

Samuel’s First Pics!

If you’re just checking in today, see the post below for the big announcement!

I just got back from the hospital! Emily is doing great and was waaay too alert and with it for someone who’d just popped out a kid less than two hours earlier! Samuel is just beautiful as you will soon see for yourself. And according to Emily he was already “nursing like a champ”! Andy was glowing with pride and big sister Kate was trying to figure out what to make of all of it! Here are some pics! My battery died so this is all I got, but am going back tomorrow so expect a barrage of photos in the days to come!

Without further adieu, I give you Samuel Edward (whom Emily’s dad is already calling “Sluggin’ Sam” – he’s a baseball nut!):

Kate checks out her new little bro:

Mommy gives him a little tickle…

Kate holds him for the first time! He thinks it’s rather exhausting!

I would like to note that the weather here has been terrible, dark, and rainy for quite a few days, and today, it is gorgeous and sunny! I think we have Sam to think for that. Thanks little guy! We sure are glad to have you around!

March 6, 2008March 6, 2008

It’s a….. lizard!

Kate has a little trouble understanding one fact of anatomy… that her ribs are on the inside of her body… no matter what I tell her, she is convinced that her “ribs” are, well, on the surface.

Last night at a local restaurant, we were talking about whether Kate is going to have a brother or a sister (I can feel Jenny’s blood pressure rising right now), and she pointed all around my belly and said “There’s a brother right there, there, there, and there… there’s a sister, there’s a sister…” etc. So I said “What, am I having a litter or something?”

“Yes!! A lizard!! You’re having a lizard!” she said excitedly, as she went back to prodding my stomach, this time pointing out where all the lizards were located.

Then she pointed a little, uh, higher. “And that’s where the baby is,” she proclaimed to everyone in earshot. “Right there, where your ribs got bigger.”

February 25, 2008

Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Kate’s always looking for a way to stall the going to bed process. The other night she invented a new step – wishing on a star (thanks Disney Channel for having the exact same storyline on both Hannah Montana and Cory in the House). However, the night she decided to try it, she couldn’t find any stars in the sky.

Having just heard her say one of the cutest prayers yet, I suggested she pray for whatever she was planning to wish for. This was not a well thought out plan!

“Dear God, I would like an American Doll. Thank you. Amen.”

Then she turned to me and said “Mommy, do you think He’s going to get me one?” Ummm…. how on Earth was I supposed to react to that?? I stammered around for a few seconds and then said “Well, I don’t know… maybe you should talk to Mommy and Daddy about getting an Americal Girl doll for your birthday.”

So then the next morning, she climbed in our bed to snuggle, and the first thing she said was “Do you think I’m going to get my prayer present?” Prayer present? Who knew it had a name?? Andy shot me a very confused look and I once again suggested the birthday present idea, which appeased her somewhat.

I’m sure it makes sense to her… I mean, she asked Santa for a Leapster and a Baby Alive and *poof* those things appeared. But what’s the best way to explain to her that that’s not how God works? And, if I do, doesn’t that give Santa a huge step up on the cool-o-meter?

I didn’t have the answers. I am certainly no theologian, so I asked my sister, who is, how she would have dealt with the situation.

“I have no idea” was her helpful response.

Luckily, Kate hasn’t brought up her “prayer present” again, but this kid has a serious memory, so I’m sure she’ll break it out when I least expect it, so I welcome any thoughts or comments on how to make this make sense to her.

Until then, I just hope I don’t catch her looking up the chimney expecting to see Jesus.