Lux et umbra vicissum…

We have an almost three month old, so of course we’re not getting enough sleep, right? Only our baby sleeps great straight through the night. It’s the others that are waking us up. They’ve been doing better about not fussing when they wake up the past few nights, but they’ve both got colds so they […]

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Vacation? I think the normal work week is more relaxing. We had my family over for Christmas, which was enjoyable if a little crazy. I only have one sibling, so it was just her and her husband plus my parents. The kids outstripped us in energy if not in numbers. Alexis and Branwen kept everyone […]

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To recap, Vedat is a Bayash gypsy boy, now 11 years old, who is in need of spine surgery. He has a condition something like scoliosis, but instead of his spine just being bent, it’s practically cork-screwed. It’s a mess. If he doesn’t have the surgery, he’ll die from the pressure on his heart and […]

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Charis had her first stay at a hospital the other night. I took her in to the doctor on Tuesday morning because her cold seemed just terrible. When they checked her, they found that her oxygen levels were low, so they sent us over to the hospital. Turned out she had RSV and a touch […]

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Charis has her stage debut this evening. She’ll be baby Jesus in our church’s Christmas cantata. 🙂 Since she’s my baby, I was offered the part of Mary. It’s not a big part, actually, because most of the cantata is music interspersed with readings rather than a dramatic telling of the Christmas story, but there’s […]

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Four coldy females equal one tired daddy. Poor Joel has been trying to take care of all of us. Thankfully, my cold isn’t debilitating, just annoying and tiring. Alexis has her first ever ear infection which is loads of fun. She really isn’t complaining much, but she got a moderately high fever with it and […]

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We’re getting there. Joel finally went back to work today after working from home for a few months. So far I’ve survived. 🙂 The way we worked it out this morning, Joel worked for an hour from home, then drove Alexis to preschool and went on into work. That way I don’t have to get […]

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Life has gotten pretty busy. A friend told us that we’re now on zone defense since we’re outnumbered by our children. 🙂 In any case, we haven’t quite figured out the new “normal” yet. I had a rather difficult pregnancy this time. It started with severe morning sickness, then moved to pretty sharp ligament pains […]

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Morning sickness is a terrible thing, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Things have gradually been getting better and I actually have decent moments now. I’ve been able to take care of the girls by myself while Joel is at work (something I wasn’t able to do for a […]

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At 10 weeks, my stomach should not be sticking out as far as my chest. It’s just wrong.

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