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Spent the afternoon today at Grammy and Pappy’s in Williamsburg, PA. Good holiday, but naps were scarce. Sarah had a short nap at Grammy and Pappy’s, but Ethan delayed his nap until the trip home; Sarah got a short nap on the way home, too. The kids must be tired — so far, they’re sleeping … Read more
We put together a slideshow for the reception time following Sarah’s baptism a week and a half ago. You can watch it here …
As any parent knows, learning to share is a challenging process. We’ve been pretty laid-back about it because it’s something that will develop over time. However, bringing Sarah into our family has brought it to the forefront a bit more! Sharing is one of those things that’s difficult for all children to learn. In fact, … Read more
Last Saturday, Sarah was baptized. Saturday evening baptisms are unusual, but we scheduled a time other than Sunday morning so that both of us, as well as people from both of our congregations, could attend (Ethan’s Baptism took place on a Sunday afternoon). Sarah did well. Ethan was wired, thanks in part to skipping his … Read more
Today, I caught bits and pieces of the free online leadership event from Leadership Network called, Sage. The event involved a number of brief videos from seasoned leaders, each dealing with the question of what they’d do differently if given a do-over. I tweeted some of my favorite quotes. Since I only caught bits and … Read more
While Sarah’s language development is just getting started, Ethan’s is taking off. A week ago, I wrote about Ethan’s language development, but since then, I have remembered and/or caught several new ones. Yesterday, Ethan, who will be three in less than a month, sensed the excitement in the air regarding Sarah’s baptism last night (which … Read more
Sarah is at the point where we’re expecting hear the transition from babbling sounds to words. Recent experiences have reminded us of something we learned when we welcomed Sarah into our lives in Korea. In Korea, we were told that Sarah’s foster family played peek-a-boo in Korean and they told us the Korean version of … Read more
Sarah will be baptized in a service tonight at West Side. I wrote the following prayer in my journal this morning. Precious Lord, you are so abundantly good to us! Today is Sarah’s baptism and we have looked forward to this day and planned for this day and rejoice in this day. And we give … Read more
Ethan and (especially) Sarah are usually beyond the point of being ready for naps after church on Sunday mornings, but we did manage to take a photo yesterday just before lunch.
It’s fun to hear Ethan’s language develop. In our home, we call them Ethanisms (someday, we’ll start a list of Sarahisms). I’m sure most families have their list of favorite things kids say. Here are some of our favorite Ethanisms (at least the few we’ve written down!). One day at meal time, I asked Ethan … Read more