when you don't know what Christ would do (or you do, but you're afraid of it)

What do you do when someone you care about immensely is directly defying a command of God's? As a daily lifestyle choice? And is about to make it worse?
And then when she asks you to be a part of it–then, what do you do? Argh, it's not so cut and dry. I can't be vague [...]

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potty learning

Rats. I just had a nice, long post ready to go, and now its gone. Maybe LJ didn't want so much info about this topic…
(Sorry, Dan. Tricia's isn't the only baby-centric post today. Consider yourself warned: this one isn't just about babies; it's also got poop.)
Maya pooped on the potty yesterday night! And again this [...]

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arachnophobia

I was slowly waking up this morning, Ellery tucked snugly next to me on our vinyl blow-up bed, in a post-nursing sleep. Before I even had a chance to control myself, a huge, horrific scream pealed from my body.
There was a huge, black spider jumping and winding its way on Ellery. On my co-sleeping baby. [...]

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vanity

I think I'm going to try Bare Minerals makeup. I actually saw an infomercial a while back. (While I was pregnant with Ellery, the most I could do some days during her naptime was fall into the couch with the clicker and surf my way into true Couch Potatodom. During one such day, I watched [...]

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challies giveaway

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the kiddos

What Ellery's Doing
-rolling around every which way
-scootching across floors in her wiggliness
-grabbing glasses off of faces (with the longest arms I've ever seen on a baby)
-teething (no teeth yet, argh)
-trying to sit up
-growing beautiful red hair and crazy curly eyelashes
-saying “dadadadadada” and “mumumum”
-loving Maya like no one else is important in life
-riding in her Ergo [...]

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Oh, yeah….

…we got a house.

Did I just gloss over the biggest announcement made since Ellery's birth? Yes. Sorry! We close on or before October 10. Much, much to be done. If you know anything about lead abatement, give me a holler.
I can't even describe in words how I feel now. What I can say is that [...]

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the worm in me

I've been reading again.
(What's that you say? A mother to two young children shouldn't have time to read? Well, when that mother lives in a one bedroom apartment, and the lights go down at 7:30 p.m. so her baby can go to sleep in the kitchen, and that mother has to find something quiet [...]

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united airlines broke our britax (plus trip pictures!)

Can I just say? I'm having a sort of love-hate relationship with United Airlines right now. On the one hand, they're the first non-Northwest Airlines company I've flown with in many years, and their helpfulness and customer service was so refreshing. I guess I'm just used to snippy NWA flight attendants giving me the evil [...]

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she's delinquent

Here I am, popping in for a update. Sorry to all ten of you who read me on a regular basis. I'm on the upswing, I hope.
Life in Limbo is very difficult. Transition, when it stretches out over a year, can really do a number on one's disposition. We're living in our third residence since [...]

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