thanks for all your kind words friends! there really never was any official announcement (except on my blog) due to my own shock and needing to adjust. i think it's sinking in ( Read more... )

baby looks perfect and measuring just a tiny bit ahead....s/he looked really active, much more than the boys. josiah was hoping i'd come home with the baby, he has already decided the gender and a name- he's lobbying hard for a girl, her name is sarah....we'll see ( Read more... )

so i have vowed to work out through this entire pregnancy...something i've never done before ( Read more... )

i swear my kids sense my potential freak out over having a third...they have been playing together SO great for like 2 weeks now. they are really in a groove- making each other laugh until they can't breathe, getting into trouble together, ganging up against us...all i can say is thank you to the sibling gods ( Read more... )

i went to this conference (for my UMC district) yesterday on safe sanctuaries. it was by a woman named joy melton, she wrote safe sanctuaries. it was all about lowering the risk of sexual abuse in the church. it was very scary and compelling....anyway, she said basically every person in any contact with children should have several background ( Read more... )

just thought i should confess i lurk, i mostly lurk! i really only post when i have something i want to say. if that doesn't work for someone, defriend away...it's just too much for me to keep up with. i still read, i still care...i tend to be a fringe person anyway. whew, now i won't feel bad about not posting enough!

dude, this was worse than my paranoia could even think up! i'm such a pollyanna....

oh my stars- i'm only on page 2 trying to catch up....my lord so much has happened. sorry if i don't get to you all. i'm still here and reading...

we have been experiencing some new behavior with josiah lately. it's kind of a listening problem, or as i like to call it- let me blow you off mom so i can continue playing- sort of thing ( Read more... )

Simi- hope today is positive somehow!!!

Sandie- how did the party go?