Think Like a Pancreas
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
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Currently
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009
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Currently
Outliers: The Story of Success
By Malcolm Gladwell
see relatedI remember when Carisha was a brand new mom and said she couldn't understand how other moms ever find time to post. I heartily agree! I have never been so busy in my life, in a good way, but it leaves me little time for Xanga. I thought since it has been 3 months since my last post it was time for an update.
Let's see...we went to Indiana for Harris Family Thanksgiving. That was fun! Sailor is a great little traveler. She was so good on all four of our flights and slept great the whole time we were gone -- better than she does at home, actually. She loved all the attention from her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Here are some pics:
Getting ready for the "Goodnight" candle ceremony.
Mom and Dad got her this PJ unionsuit, which I love.
Frank and I did agree that it's the one and only time
she'll have writing on her behind though.
All gussied up with Auntie Darcy
on New Year's Eve at Lodi's New Year's Meeting
In January, Sailor turned six months old and started eating solids!
Bring on the mess -- er -- fun.
In the new highchair Daddy assembled for her. Doesn't she look proud?
First food: sweet potatoes
Prunes, yummy!
Why is it that photos of other people's kids with food smeared
all over them are gross, but when it's your own kid it is just too cute?
More prunes that make her look like a clown.
See that pic above this one? The really messy one?
That's when Daddy fed her prunes. This one is when Mommy fed her prunes. Huh.
Something sure was funny.
We have a new bedtime routine: bath, massage with lotion, put on PJs, read Goodnight Moon, get in Magic Sleepsuit, nurse, go to sleep (at least, that's the idea!).
Sailor has become a huge fan of the bath:
Aunt Carla bought her stacking cups, one of her favorite toys:
February 2009, 7 months old
I took this photo for a valentine we sent out.
If you didn't get one it's because we don't like you. Kidding, kidding.
And, just for fun:
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
By Barbara Kingsolver
see relatedNo, we are not having another child (yet). This was just too fun to pass up! (See Hannah's and Lori's babies.) Ours is pretty cute, don't ya think? Be sure to click the "See the Parents" link to see my ridiculous photo. It was the only one I could find with my mouth closed. And, no, that was not supposed to be funny.
Friday, 24 October 2008
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Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition)
By Karen Hesse
see relatedI usually sing while I rock Sailor to sleep and recently I've tired of singing the same songs over and over, so I started taking a songbook into the nursery with me. My dad had the foresight to collect Lynwood Smith's books over the years for us kids, so I have nearly a full set including one called Lamplitin' Songs. Frank and I were talking just the other day about Lynwood's fondness for maudlin songs and, boy, does this book have some great ones! Songs about missing home, soldiers at war, unrequited love, at least three about coffins, twenty or more songs about the old homeplace/cabin/shack and lots and lots of songs about "Mother" - her love, her hands, her Bible, the fact that she's getting old. But I think I've found my favorite. How's this for a lullaby?Babes in the Woods
My friends, have you heard how a long time ago
Two little children whose names I don't know
Were stolen away on a bright summer day
And left in the woods, I've heard people say
And when it was night, so sad was their plight
The sun went down and the moon gave no light
They sobbed and they sighed and bitterly cried
Then the poor little things, they laid down and died
And when they were dead the robins so red
Brought strawberry leaves and over them spread
And all the night long, the branches among
They mournfully whistled and this was their song:
Poor babes in the woods.
Friday, 17 October 2008
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OK, Cynthia...
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r than it looks ! . *Use the 1st lette r of your last name to answe r each of the follo wing. .. * they have to be real place s, names , thing s. . . nothi ng made up! Try to use diffe rent answe rs if the perso n in front of you had the same 1st initi al
1. What is your last name?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harris
2. 4 letter word. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... help
3. Vehicle: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hyundai Sonata
4. City / Neighborho od: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Huntington, WV
5. Boy Name:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh
6. Girl Name:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Hattie
7. Occupation : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .










