so, it turns out, we are not having a tuesday hour babe. this week anyway. :)
we are, however, perfecting the art of waiting. it hasn't been easy. i doubt we're going to perfect it; in fact, i know we're not going to. but we've been learning and praying and growing. it's been good and really tough and alright and resulted in take-out dinner last night.
one thing i have perfected, though, is the art of making simply limeade into a delectable slushie consistency. wanna know how? first, freeze place empty glass in freezer for 1-2 hours. second, fill frozen glass 2/3 full with well-shaken limeade and place back in freezer for 1-2 hours. third, take frozen limeade and slush with a fork, attempting but not forcing consistency in size of frozen particles and place in refrigerator. fourth, once the resistance has reached its maximum, remove glass from refrigerator and allow to warm slightly at room temperature. re-slush with fork. enjoy.
i'm enjoying one right now. am i obsessive compulsive? maybe. but it's reallllly good.
off to finally finally finish the crocheted aviator hat. goggles are harder than you'd expect.
happy tuesday, friends!
9.20.2011
9.17.2011
9.13.2011
heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn
the moon stayed up until morning today.
i turned off the light in the kitchen and let joseph stand up on the counter to look out the window at it. clearly, i'm not like other moms; i'm a cool mom. :)
i remember days before joseph was born, there was a full moon coming soon, so i googled "full moon and labor" (in addition to "eating pineapple to induce labor") to find out if there was any truth to that whole thing. and by that whole thing i mean i think around that week somebody had said something about a full moon and more babes being born by way of the gravity and the tide and such. i didn't find any compelling evidence that the full moon was going to help me out, but did you know that there are many people who actually believe that the entire moon landing was staged? now that's somewhat compelling.. for the record, there was actually a huge surge of births the days around joseph's birthday, so much so that we saw a couple from our birth class in labor but in the waiting room.. eeeeh.
have i mentioned that this book is one of my favorites of all books ever? it's true. i love it. aunt sarah gave it to joseph along with the runaway bunny when he was a few months old. i just purchased a copy of on the night you were born to give to elliott as a much-delayed birthday present. i just love it so much. you should read it. and own it. joseph and i have it memorized.
enjoying this could-have-a-babe-any-moment-but-life-as-usual-proceeds season for now. i'm off to complete some projects -- crocheting the goggles for joseph's aviator hat he's been requesting (with each babe hat i completed, he'd respond to my "joseph, guess what i made??" with "jophes hat?") and the pre-babe assembly of birth announcements. excited to put a photo on the front and announce our babe on the inside slash meet/hold/smell/hold/love/look at/hold this baby.
happy tuesday :)
i turned off the light in the kitchen and let joseph stand up on the counter to look out the window at it. clearly, i'm not like other moms; i'm a cool mom. :)
i remember days before joseph was born, there was a full moon coming soon, so i googled "full moon and labor" (in addition to "eating pineapple to induce labor") to find out if there was any truth to that whole thing. and by that whole thing i mean i think around that week somebody had said something about a full moon and more babes being born by way of the gravity and the tide and such. i didn't find any compelling evidence that the full moon was going to help me out, but did you know that there are many people who actually believe that the entire moon landing was staged? now that's somewhat compelling.. for the record, there was actually a huge surge of births the days around joseph's birthday, so much so that we saw a couple from our birth class in labor but in the waiting room.. eeeeh.
have i mentioned that this book is one of my favorites of all books ever? it's true. i love it. aunt sarah gave it to joseph along with the runaway bunny when he was a few months old. i just purchased a copy of on the night you were born to give to elliott as a much-delayed birthday present. i just love it so much. you should read it. and own it. joseph and i have it memorized.
enjoying this could-have-a-babe-any-moment-but-life-as-usual-proceeds season for now. i'm off to complete some projects -- crocheting the goggles for joseph's aviator hat he's been requesting (with each babe hat i completed, he'd respond to my "joseph, guess what i made??" with "jophes hat?") and the pre-babe assembly of birth announcements. excited to put a photo on the front and announce our babe on the inside slash meet/hold/smell/hold/love/look at/hold this baby.
happy tuesday :)
9.08.2011
thinking lots about:
- my home. how it feels now and how i can glorify God in the ways i care for it. i am desiring simplicity in so many areas that are right now lacking but potentially could change with a bit more thought on my part. there are lots of little ways that our home's aroma is affected by simply doing one thing instead of another, and i'm on a quest to discover the ways i can move in the direction of more restful, more ahh-i'm-home, more i-don't-constantly-feel-like-i'm-forgetting-something-where-are-my-keys feelings. one area of needed simplifying begins with admitting that i'm terrified of meal-planning. really, i'm terrified of any kind of planning. there i said it. first challenge, right? although, i have a feeling the week or so prior to welcoming newborn babe linneman may not be prime-time for me to take on meal-planning, but in time? what are ways you are simplifying in your home? what are things you really like about your home/routine/rhythm? i'm really interested.
- this babe who's growing and moving and pushing my ribs up-up-up. i can't wait to meet this autumn baby. soon oh soon.
- joseph bourne and how to help him thrive and enjoy and wonder in this stage of life. yesterday we walked around our friends' apartment complex for over an hour and he loved it. more enjoyable fall temperatures could not come at a better time for joseph or mama. and for the coming stages -- i'm thinking about education and what jeremy and i think about it. and what joseph will think about it. and how he'll best learn. and what learning even is. and where i can find a big roll of newsprint paper so that he can have a bit more room for the lightning mcqueen marker creations he's been working on. probably where they print the newspaper; we just have yet to make the trip there.
huh. i thought there were more thoughts, although, the above thoughts have lots of thought-layers to them. i think i think too much. hmm...
pictures instead? :)
- this babe who's growing and moving and pushing my ribs up-up-up. i can't wait to meet this autumn baby. soon oh soon.
- joseph bourne and how to help him thrive and enjoy and wonder in this stage of life. yesterday we walked around our friends' apartment complex for over an hour and he loved it. more enjoyable fall temperatures could not come at a better time for joseph or mama. and for the coming stages -- i'm thinking about education and what jeremy and i think about it. and what joseph will think about it. and how he'll best learn. and what learning even is. and where i can find a big roll of newsprint paper so that he can have a bit more room for the lightning mcqueen marker creations he's been working on. probably where they print the newspaper; we just have yet to make the trip there.
huh. i thought there were more thoughts, although, the above thoughts have lots of thought-layers to them. i think i think too much. hmm...
pictures instead? :)
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