You know you’re tired when, at 5:30 a.m. the baby is fussing, you pick him up and start to nurse him, then realize that he’s still crying and you can’t figure out why … until you actually wake up and see him lying in the bassinet.

Four Jobs I Have Had:Sister’s Chicken & Biscuits crew memberAP ClerkHR RepresentativeHRIS Specialist Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:The Princess BrideGross Point BlankThe Whole Nine YardsWhile You Were Sleeping Four Books I Could Read Over and Over:The BibleThe Belgariad/Mallorean Sagas by David Eddings (10 books in all)How to Eat by Nigella Lawson Four…

So, it seems my comments have been working and you could post them by hitting the permalink, I just had no idea they were there! In some ways it is fun to get 6 or so comments all at once, but in others I wish I had known they were there all along. Anyway, my…

Kristen posted recently on Kate’s starting to learn the Catechism for Young Children and her Amens. Meg is starting to do the same things. At the end of prayers, when she hears that key phrase “in Jesus’ name” she says “Am-eh.” Usually pretty emphatically. (Of course, most of the time prayers are right before a…

Meg loves being a big sister. All three times she came to the hospital, she’d just point and say, “Baby!” over and over and over. She’d go explore the hospital room, then come back and inform all of us that there was a baby. Then, when we came home, I let her “hold” him. She…

Nathaniel’s online baby announcement. My parents got him the deer outfit. Isn’t he cute?

Nathaniel James was born on Thursday at 9:58 am. He was 10 lbs 11.8 oz and 21.8 inches long. Praise God for no C-Section! Baby Nate and Mommy are doing very well.

I had an ultrasound this morning to see how big the baby due on Sunday is and the doctors are guessing around 10lb 14oz-11lbs. As I went 2 weeks past due with Meg, we decided not to risk an even bigger baby (she was 10lb 1.2oz) plus I’ve been very uncomfortable with this little one….

Happy New Year! I hope you and yours have a very blessed 2006!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!