WEAR Your Baby!

Ahhh! I love it!! I think I have a new obsession, it started with having 2 children, and now with 3...it has grown. Baby wearing!! First, I must say that my preference is the wrap, an example of one you can buy is the Moby Wrap. Making one is SUPER simple, however, and can be very inexpensive (and does not have to require sewing!! Yay for me!). http://www.wearyourbaby.com/Default.aspx?tabid=121

Most people (in North America) see wearing as a way to get out of the house, however, I've decided (along with many cultures outside of the U.S.A.) that babywearing should be almost constant, until the child is mobile on their own, and even still used for the tired babe. Here's a great short article about baby wearing in another culture: http://www.continuum-concept.org/reading/in-ams.html

So, I was thinking...what else needs to change in my perceptions of raising my children? Where else do I need to rethink things? This may be just the beginning.

Any Ideas On How to Freeze Time?

It's very surprising to see these two grow so quickly. We've been doing the math, and realized we only have four months til Chayce is 3, the 2 months later, Zach will be FIVE (5)!!! We're trying hard not to get caught up in the everyday mundane, and to make the most of these little years. Luckily, we have the best three kids in the world to spend those years with!

Here is a video of Payge & Chayce spending some sister time, too. Sigh.

Is ND Rubbing Off?

We are asked frequently (too frequently, it's almost insane) if going to another religion's church school is persuading us to change religions (The short answer here is "No."); however, we do wonder about wee Chayce, as she sang to us last night, "Ring around the rosaries, ashes, ashes, fall down!!"

Zach, can you lock the door

Today I was working on a computer script and Jillian was nursing and Chayce got into our room. Jillian asked Zachary to persuade Chayce to leave our bedroom and then lock the door. Zachary tried for a while and then came down and said he wasn't able to get Chayce out, so he just locked the door with her in.

More pictures

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New baby

Our newest arrived today. A little bigger than her predecessors (8 lbs., 5 oz. ), but Jillian is recovering well thus far. She delivered WITHOUT drugs, as desired.

We Go Together Like...

Peanut butter and jelly.
Salt and pepper.
A breast pump and a flat football.
Wait, huh?

Turns out there is much danger in only knowing partial truths in life. For example, little Z's football was flat, and he knew it needed to be pumped up...it didn't get funny until we found him trying to figure out how to get air into the football with items from the baby box, labeled "Pump."