2-29-12

Showing off my new hat

Grasping toys woohoo!

Great Advice

3 Months Old

Family

My Mom and Dad came to visit for a long weekend, and my sister surprised us by showing up too! We had a great time and I miss them already!!

Dinner at El Encanto mmmm

Wicked was amazing!

Chatting with Grandma

We had gorgeous weather so we got some walks in, played basketball, and even borrowed some little boys' skateboards/rip stick (way harder than it looks!)

Exploring Cave Creek

2-13-12

A Prayer For Children

This is from a beautiful poem by Ina J. Hughes. May we never forget what a blessing all children are and how very blessed we are to live in the United States!

A Prayer for Children

"Loving God, you have created us for life together and placed in our midst the young who are symbols of both hope and vulnerability. Hear our prayers for all your children: to sustain their hope and joy and youth; to comfort and console their vulnerability. ...Hear us as we pray for that precious gift of life...

We pray for children who put chocolate fingers everywhere, who like to be tickled, who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants, who sneak popsicles before supper, who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire, who can't bound in the street in a new pair of sneakers, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated world.

We pray for the children who bring us fistfuls of dandelions, who sleep with the dog, who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money, who cover themselves with Band-Aids and sing off-key, who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink. And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket to drag behind them, who watch their parents watch them die, who can't find any bread to steal, whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser, whose monsters are real.

We pray for the children who spend their allowance before Tuesday, who throw tantrums at the grocery store and pick at their food, who shove dirty clothes under the bed, who get visits from the Tooth Fairy, who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool, who squirm in church, whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry. We pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat anything, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep.

We pray for children who want to be carried and for those who must, for those we never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance; for those we smother...and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it. We pray for our children, for Your children, for all children, for childhood’s dreams and nightmares. In each child let us behold a new promise of creation. Sustain these little and not so little ones. By Your grace may they live the lives for which they were created."

Rock & Roll

The adorable antique rocker I found for Ivy

Ivy rolls over

2-8-12

Happy to sit at the table with Mom & Dad

2-7-12

While you were napping...

I made this t-shirt...

 into a tank top and blogged about it here.

 Last week I made this ruffled kitchen towel.

I blogged about the tutorial here.

2-5-12

The weather here has been amazing! I've started running and working out after work with my speech buddy Amy. I was excited to find this great running trail near our house.

Ivy's favorite place to sleep

Ivy has gotten too big for her tub sling, so this was her first time sitting up in her tub. What a big girl! She did great, and I think she's liking baths more and more.

Daddy's girl

We went to the Rogalski's for the Super Bowl. They made some delicious smoked pork. Ivy was more interested in eating her football than watching it. Their little guy Henry had fun tickling Ivy's feet and buckling her car seat. Adam and I bet on the game - I won so he's doing the 3am feeding tonight. :-P

Football deviled eggs

2-4-12

 the pouty lip

Loving her new mobile

2-3-12

Loungin'

Strike a pose