The Girls

Quotes
“But God will heal me!”
–wailed through tears by a sad, hurt Maya as she shows me the boo-boo on her hand.
“I taked all my toe jam out!”
–said by a proud, smiling Maya, sitting on the couch, surrounded by dozens of pieces of sock lint.
Ellery milestones–7 weeks
She began smiling at four weeks! It's been a joy [...]

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Poor Charlie

It seems Charlie somehow got loose and “bit” the girl across the street. (The neighbors who didn't like Charlie to begin with.) My mother went over to confront them last night, asking for the whole story. She saw the bite; it was merely a scratch! They said the girl was playing with him, and he [...]

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Pictures

New pictures of my girls.

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Charlie Update

It looks like he bit a little girl. I'll have to get more details. It doesn't make sense.

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Charlie

Animal control took my Charlie! (He's my German Shepherd-Terrier mix childhood pet. We've had him for 14 years. He lives at my parents' house.) Yesterday, my mom returned from an afternoon out to an empty yard a green sign on the door. Someone accused Charlie of biting another dog, so they came and took him. [...]

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Life with two

It's an adjustment. Ellery is falling into a pattern…of crying inconsolably for most of the morning and evening. The noon hour sometimes brings a brief respite. Right now, both of my children are napping. It's like heaven on earth, or what I imagine it to be at this stage in my life. It leaves me [...]

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One month check-up

Birth
7 lbs. 10 oz.
20.5″ long
14″ head
Today
11 lbs. 3 oz.
21.5″ long
15.5″ head
She's a giant, I tell you!

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Challenges

Maya at Easter:

Popping in to update and say thanks to all for prayers and warm thoughts. My mother-in-law is helping out for a few days (*again*, bless her heart), so I have a little time to check email and such. An actual account of what happened is pending. It takes a lot of energy to [...]

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Pray for me

Both of my children have pneumonia. This is the first time all week that I haven't been in a hospital. Ellery has RSV. Lord, heal my little ones and give me strength. (Oh, I'm sick, too.)

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