Of Teeth and Toads

The theme of the last couple of weeks in our house has been "teeth".  Dresden had outpatient surgery to get caps put on last Monday, June 16.  Other than missing the first day of Vacation Bible School, she did great.  This Tuesday, Alley had a tooth pulled that had been bothering her over the last month.  She is still in some pain but hopefully that will go away soon.  Today, Alley and Liam were playing and Liam's loose tooth got knocked out!  The tooth was found, thankfully!

As for toads, or frogs in this case....I was feeding Megan and noticed that Dresden had removed her dress and was sitting on the floor.  I asked her what she was doing and she said she was a frog.  I said, "So frogs don't wear dresses, huh?"  She said, "No, frogs are naked."   I should have known.  :)

Dresden!

I really enjoy age 3! Dresden is talking more and more every day. She came to me and told me that the stove was hot, like this was an emergency! I told her I would come check it in a minute and she said," You gotta check it... I can't check it...I not a mommy...I Desden Faith." A few months ago she would get upset if anyone called her "Dresden Faith" and she would insist that she was "just Desden"! I guess her name has grown on her lately!

Book Review

Recently, we have been getting DVDs of old TV shows from the 80s from Netflix for the kids to enjoy some of the good ol' family shows we enjoyed when we were kids. We are currently watching Full House and I told Alley and Liam that Candace Cameron (DJ on the show) is a Christian and that her brother, Kirk, is a Christian, too. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across something on the internet about Kirk Cameron's autobiography that just came out. I requested it from my library and was interested to read more details of how he became a Christian and what his life has been like since his Growing Pains days. I just finished the book tonight and I really enjoyed it. I do differ from him on some points of theology but it was a real encouragement to see what God has done in his life over the last 20 years. He has been married to his wife for 17 years and they have 6 children, four of whom are adopted. He and his wife and children host Camp Firefly each summer in Georgia for children with terminal diseases and their families. He has taken a stand for Christ at times when it would be very difficult to do in Hollywood. His newest film is Fireproof , coming out in September, made by the same people who made Facing the Giants and Flywheel.

You can find out more about him, his book, Fireproof, his family and what he is doing now at www.kirkcameron.com.

Update....finally!

It is after 10 pm and I am tired (I was up until after midnight last night making sure the tornado watch was really over and then up again at 7:00am in order to get myself and 4 children ready to leave for the eye doctor by 8:30am!) but Megan is happy in her swing at the moment after a kinda fussy night so I am grabbing my opportunity to blog a little!

My last post was about turning 30. I must say that the anticipation of that big day was worse than actually BEING thirty has been. Just 8 short days after my birthday, our fourth child (and third daughter), Megan Hope, was born. She was my biggest baby yet at 8lbs 5 oz but she has been my best sleeper so far. I think that taking care of a newborn has kept my mind off the fact that I recently entered a new decade! Megan is a very sweet baby and gets lots of attention, especially from her big sister, Dresden. She has just started smiling recently and "talking" to us.

Since my last post, Dresden had a birthday. She is now 3 years old and quite the challenge. Yesterday, she did not obey as quickly as she should have and Michael was talking to her about obeying immediately. After he got done, I asked her who wanted her to obey. She said, "Mommy", and I said, "Who else?" She said, "Daddy", and I said,"Yes, but who else?" (trying to get her to say Jesus) and she said, "Uncle Jeph." (my sister Heidi's husband, who we recently saw in Birmingham.) I think she remembered Jeph telling my nephew to obey immediately!

Alley and Liam also recently started their own blogs. They were asking for blogs and as a homeschool mom, I did not want to deny them an opportunity to write when they wanted to so I started looking around for a kid-friendly blog site, not even knowing if what I was looking for actually existed. After a couple of tries on sites I didn't end up liking, we found zoobuh.com. They have kids email accounts and blogs for only $1 a month per child. It is advertisement-free and very simple and easy to use. Their customer service has been very good, too.

Liam lost his first tooth recently...a front bottom tooth. The adult tooth is coming in just like mine did...with very distinct "saw blades"! He has a few more loose ones that he is pretty excited about!

A couple of weeks ago, I flew to Atlanta with Dresden and Megan to take a week "off" from the craziness of housework, laundry, errands, etc. I went to see my sister, Jana, while her husband was out of town with his dad. While there, we all went to Birmingham to spend a few days with my other sister, Heidi, and her family. It was a fun week and both girls did great on the flights.

Today was a beautiful Kansas City day and we took advantage of it by taking a picnic lunch to our nearby park. The kids ate and played for awhile and then we stopped at the library and got a big stack of books for some summer reading. We are looking forward to soon having our own backyard to enjoy the pretty days. (We are house hunting, hoping to find something in time to be out of our apartment when our lease is up in September.)

Good news! I just realized, while uploading these photos, that wordpress has made it about 100 times easier than it used to be to post photos to the blog...I no longer have to resize each picture I want to use before posting it which SHOULD make it much easier for me to blog regularly! Now, I'm off to bed!!!!