I can’t wait to see what their relationship looks like. I pray they have a deep desire to fight for one another and be each others’ biggest fan (even on the days they wish they were an only child). Have a beautiful weekend, friends, jc
Archive for April 2012
Night owl
Corey emailed this to me with the subject reading: You to a t. I cannot stop looking at it because it is so funny. It’s comforting to know that I’m really not that weird after all. Anyone else a night owl? xo, jc
The hardest part for me about being a mother
The hardest part about being a mother for me is knowing when my kids need to be coddled and when they need to be encouraged (or even demanded) to seek independence. It starts from day one, it seems. Questions every day you are faced with in regards to sleep and eating and independent play. And, [...]
The girls’ birth announcements
For both of the girls I laid them on one of our white bath mats next to a window. For Lola’s picture the window faced south-west so the light was a bit more harsh. I set our cream colored laundry basket near the right side of her face to reflect some of the light back. [...]
Why I am slowly giving away a bajillion things of ours:
“…most Americans suffer from “possession overload’, the problem of dealing with too much stuff”. The average supermarket contains 30,000 items, two and a half times as many as it did 20 years ago [note added by me: that was 1990, people!]. To keep these largely useless items, homes have become twice the size they were [...]
100 Days
Customary to Korean culture is to celebrate the baby and mother on the baby’s 100th day of being alive (because both SURVIVED). When I first found out about this celebration I had instant visions of a big dinner party with all of our friends and their kids. But, the more I read about it the [...]
Why cheese & cameras go together like peanut butter & jelly.
I taught Charley at the age of like 6-weeks to smile when I said “cheeeeeeeese” in a high-pitched voice. It worked so well I never stopped. I mean why would I? Cheese is fun to say and it’s nearly impossible not to smile when someone says “cheeeeeeeeese” at you with a smile on their face. [...]
New website & updated blog
A few months ago I gave my website a fresh look. Some of you have noticed and commented (thank you) and a few of you have suggested I say something on my blog so here it is. My website is new and not all that exciting, but if you’d like to take a look I’d [...]
Some good reads around the web
Thank you for all of your high-fives and kind words yesterday. You people are the best and your comments meant a lot to me. Since I mentioned yesterday blogs I love reading I thought I would share a few posts I’ve read recently that I’ve really enjoyed. Are you too busy? by Joanna Goddard (A [...]
Why I care about every one of you who read this here bloggity blog:
Corey and I talked SO much on vacation. SO MUCH. I think it’s just because he works like … oh, I don’t know… ALL THE TIME. And, the babes take up EVERY OTHER MINUTE. And, the other sort-of-there minutes are spent staring off into space wondering how we got from “we’re sad and infertile” to [...]