My lovely husband literally just saved me from a giant bee. Yay Steve!

Eat Eat Eat

This boy needs to eat more. Apparently he's a bit scrawny...so this Mama is going to beef him up. Bring on the fatty (fiber-y) foods!

THINK

I made a promise to a friend today, a promise to raise Eli to be a caring, thoughtful person. I want Eli to think before he speaks, say kind things about and to others, and to bask in the knowledge that we are all different and were made by the Creator of all things to be exactly what we are. Here's the catch - I need to do better with these things as well. My dear friend said "children learn what they see." How true. So I need to show my precious son that only kind words will do. Name calling will never be tolerated. And I need to demonstrate these principles by doing them more myself. I'd ask you to help keep me accountable in my venture. Not only for Eli's sake, but for my own. For the joy and happiness that comes from walking more closely in God's will for me. His will for me to show love and kindness to those whom he loves. Here's to making an effort to think more before I speak, in the hope that Eli will one day do the same. T -is it true? H - is it helpful? I - is it inspiring? N - is it necessary? K - is it kind? Feel free to call me out when I speak unkind words. I'm sure I'll be embarrassed when it happens, but Everyone deserves to be spoken to with kindness.

Shower gift

Ann! Look, I made a towel cake for a shower - just like you showed me.

It was bound to happen

Steve was running a bath for Eli upstairs and I had E downstairs getting him ready. I undressed him, took off his dipe, stood him up on my lap and uttered a few fateful words..."Don't pee on Mama!" Any guesses as to what happened immediately following my utterance??? Yeah...