As you can plainly see, I have sorely neglected my family's blog.... Although I am busy most of the time with the kids, I certainly could make time for my blog, and I really should be making time, because I know it will be something I will look back upon one day as a treasure trove of memories for my little family.
By saying this, instead of detailing some senseless, nonsensical things of the past--as you can read in my previous posts--I want to only write when I actually have something of relative importance to say. (I previously was slapping up blog posts onto the web I would write in record time, so I was getting fairly lax regarding my usage of spelling and grammar.... Yikes!)
So what will the "new" blog posts be about? Yes, you will certainly witness me stepping up upon my proverbial soapbox on occasion, because this, my dear friends, is part of the essence in which God made me. However, I want to offer things that will benefit others, but in particular, my children, who are truly my magna opera in life. Their understandings of the world around them but most importantly, the Creator of the Universe and Father of Lights, begins with Logan and me, and one day we will answer for this foundational structure we have established within each of our children. We are seeking to honor God in raising our children to glorify Him as they grow old. Ultimately, I want to encourage my kiddos to love others because we have first been loved, and to forgive, as we first have been forgiven. I want them to live this precious gift of life to its fullest potential, realizing how precious indeed it truly is and how incredibly blessed each of us are. I want them to know we are not here by chance--there is an incredible purpose for each of our lives, even though we may forget this on occasion in the sometimes monotonous state of this thing we call "life."
On a lighter note, I seek to use this blog to also document my "fun" side. Of course, I'll throw in some recipes (because going paperless makes it easy and my recipes are always easier to retrieve on the computer), good books (I have a hunger for a wide variety of books), and, of course, pictures of the latest antics of Weiss and Klein, and perhaps a few shenanigans of their parents....
Here's to turning over a new leaf.
"The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree,
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall still bear fruit in old age;
They shall be fresh and flourishing,
To declare that the LORD is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him." --Psalm 92:12-15
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, July 19, 2010
Countdown..............
Hello, all! It has been awhile since the last posting. LOTS of things have happened: Weiss is growing, growing, GROWING and becoming more opinionated and mischievous, Logan is staying busy with work, and I finished my classes for the semester----YEAH! We've been squeezing in some last minute things before Mr. Klein Bennett Stanley makes his grand debut, which we are all looking forward to. I've noticed I haven't been as prepared for the "second child" because I've been busy with Weiss--chasing him around all day and doing his activities. Klein's room should be finished this week (I'm 38 weeks now--39 tomorrow), so that will be great. Weiss slept in a bassinet in our room for the first six months, anyway, so if Klein got here, it wouldn't really matter, because we plan to do the same thing with him. The boys' rooms have been a major undertaking---Mom and Dad have helped tremendously with painting both rooms (I'll have to post pictures at a later time), and Cinda is doing the "detail" work in Klein's room for his striped wall, which is looking awesome. We had some setbacks, however; she had to get stitches in her hand and then got the stomach bug, so we had plans to work last week, but it was a no-go. (It's soooo nice having an interior designer as a mother-in-law!)
My dear sweet friend Hannah threw me a baby shower, despite the fact she is due just a few weeks after myself. (Thanks so much, Hannah!) Alana, my dad's sister, made a surprise visit, which was great! I was excited to see her. That same weekend we had a fun wedding to attend, and I was sooooo thankful the reception was indoors! (Thanks Lauren and Blair!) That was two weekends ago, so that packed weekend was our last "hurrah" before we started slowing down to prepare for the entrance of the new kid on the block!
Weiss has been busy with swimming lessons this month; he is doing progressively better as he gets more lessons under his belt! He loves the water and will jump off of the dock at the lake, but he is just more tentative when he begins lessons with someone new. It didn't take him a long time to warm up, however! Martha is the swim coach at Faith Academy, so I really like her and feel she is doing a great job as his teacher. Speaking of water---Weiss got out on the tube behind the boat for the first time on July 17! Logan and Weiss were hanging out on the tube, and we sort of had to "sneak" the ski rope to Logan so Weiss wouldn't freak out. He loved it, though, and did really well. If we would have asked him if he wanted to go, he would have refused--that's why we had to go to Plan B. He may be doing private lessons with Martha in the month of August; she is really great with him and the other kiddos.
Recently, Weiss saw "Toy Story 3" in the theater; it was his first "theater movie." He is now obsessed with "Toy Story 1," "Toy Story 2," and all of the cute characters. He got a toy Rex that you squeeze and he roars. He now takes Rex everywhere. (This is pretty unusual because Weiss has never attached to a toy like that before.) He takes Rex to certain parts of the house with him and wants him to go places with us. It's pretty cute. Weiss is still into Thomas the Train, so he is always building elaborate track set-ups all over the house. He builds these great tracks---some with double- and triple-decker bridges, but then won't run his engines on them! (I guess it's all about the creation process for him!) I've even caught Logan sneaking a few pictures...I think he is envious!
Klein is getting bigger, and the midwife says to be prepared for any day now! My midwife group doesn't induce, so I am being very patient at the moment. I am content because I know all of the work that is ahead since I am a "veteran" now...haha! I am excited for his appearance, but I am okay with waiting, because I don't want to go through what we did with Weiss (3 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit....not cool).
Logan has really helped me out lately by hiring someone to clean our house. She cleans Dickey and Cinda's home, the dental office, and also several of Cinda's friends' homes. Nettali has been a such a great help; I think Logan likes it now that our house is staying clean! I could do an "okay" clean, but I DESPISE mopping. I LOVE to vacuum and do almost everyday, but mopping and putting on sheets are not my forte. I could work in the yard all day, every day (if I didn't have a 3 year old to watch!), but working indoors is not my favorite. I think Logan has figured this out. Now that Nettali is cleaning, I have devoted my additional energy to ORGANIZING, cleaning and sorting! It is coming along at a slow pace, but Logan and I are both making progress in the house AND garage! It is a wonderful, freeing feeling!!! Anyway, enough about the nesting!
I will hopefully keep everyone informed about Mr. Klein's arrival. I will probably be more likely to post on Facebook, but we'll see how that goes! I know I will be SUPER busy with my two--wait--THREE boys (including Logan!)
My dear sweet friend Hannah threw me a baby shower, despite the fact she is due just a few weeks after myself. (Thanks so much, Hannah!) Alana, my dad's sister, made a surprise visit, which was great! I was excited to see her. That same weekend we had a fun wedding to attend, and I was sooooo thankful the reception was indoors! (Thanks Lauren and Blair!) That was two weekends ago, so that packed weekend was our last "hurrah" before we started slowing down to prepare for the entrance of the new kid on the block!
Weiss has been busy with swimming lessons this month; he is doing progressively better as he gets more lessons under his belt! He loves the water and will jump off of the dock at the lake, but he is just more tentative when he begins lessons with someone new. It didn't take him a long time to warm up, however! Martha is the swim coach at Faith Academy, so I really like her and feel she is doing a great job as his teacher. Speaking of water---Weiss got out on the tube behind the boat for the first time on July 17! Logan and Weiss were hanging out on the tube, and we sort of had to "sneak" the ski rope to Logan so Weiss wouldn't freak out. He loved it, though, and did really well. If we would have asked him if he wanted to go, he would have refused--that's why we had to go to Plan B. He may be doing private lessons with Martha in the month of August; she is really great with him and the other kiddos.
Recently, Weiss saw "Toy Story 3" in the theater; it was his first "theater movie." He is now obsessed with "Toy Story 1," "Toy Story 2," and all of the cute characters. He got a toy Rex that you squeeze and he roars. He now takes Rex everywhere. (This is pretty unusual because Weiss has never attached to a toy like that before.) He takes Rex to certain parts of the house with him and wants him to go places with us. It's pretty cute. Weiss is still into Thomas the Train, so he is always building elaborate track set-ups all over the house. He builds these great tracks---some with double- and triple-decker bridges, but then won't run his engines on them! (I guess it's all about the creation process for him!) I've even caught Logan sneaking a few pictures...I think he is envious!
Klein is getting bigger, and the midwife says to be prepared for any day now! My midwife group doesn't induce, so I am being very patient at the moment. I am content because I know all of the work that is ahead since I am a "veteran" now...haha! I am excited for his appearance, but I am okay with waiting, because I don't want to go through what we did with Weiss (3 weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit....not cool).
Logan has really helped me out lately by hiring someone to clean our house. She cleans Dickey and Cinda's home, the dental office, and also several of Cinda's friends' homes. Nettali has been a such a great help; I think Logan likes it now that our house is staying clean! I could do an "okay" clean, but I DESPISE mopping. I LOVE to vacuum and do almost everyday, but mopping and putting on sheets are not my forte. I could work in the yard all day, every day (if I didn't have a 3 year old to watch!), but working indoors is not my favorite. I think Logan has figured this out. Now that Nettali is cleaning, I have devoted my additional energy to ORGANIZING, cleaning and sorting! It is coming along at a slow pace, but Logan and I are both making progress in the house AND garage! It is a wonderful, freeing feeling!!! Anyway, enough about the nesting!
I will hopefully keep everyone informed about Mr. Klein's arrival. I will probably be more likely to post on Facebook, but we'll see how that goes! I know I will be SUPER busy with my two--wait--THREE boys (including Logan!)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
The Past Seven Years......
As of tomorrow (June 11, 2010), Logan and I will have been married FIVE years!!! We have known each other for seven years now, so some of these are prior to marriage. I cannot believe the past half decade has zoomed by soooo quickly..... Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of us! Man---in some of them, we look like kids!!!! Here's to my awesome husband and friend!
Our 5 Year Anniversary.......
Here are just a few wedding pictures from our big day. It's been FIVE years!!!! (Crazy!!! Life is but a moment!)
Our story was certainly arranged by God, with the help of some great friends! However, those friendships were also handpicked by God, as well. I am so blessed with a wonderful husband, friend, prayer partner, and earthly father to our children!!! Even when we don't see eye to eye on things, I know Logan always has my best interest at heart. He is the rational, laid back, cool-headed, dry humored person to my irrational, uptight, up and down, goofy self. Thankfully, however, we may have our small differences, but on the BIG issues in life, we see things quite similarly. (I am thankful for this because I met my match!!!!) I love you, Logan!!! Here's to many, many more!!!
Our story was certainly arranged by God, with the help of some great friends! However, those friendships were also handpicked by God, as well. I am so blessed with a wonderful husband, friend, prayer partner, and earthly father to our children!!! Even when we don't see eye to eye on things, I know Logan always has my best interest at heart. He is the rational, laid back, cool-headed, dry humored person to my irrational, uptight, up and down, goofy self. Thankfully, however, we may have our small differences, but on the BIG issues in life, we see things quite similarly. (I am thankful for this because I met my match!!!!) I love you, Logan!!! Here's to many, many more!!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Green Chicken Enchiladas......
Hey there, friends!!!! Before I tell about all of our latest adventures, I will start with a recipe. I am soooo bad about misplacing my paper copies of recipes, so when I am cooking, it is much easier to pop open my computer and take the recipe directly from the screen.
This WONDERFUL recipe is courtesy of my former co-worker at the crisis center, Earley. It was originally from a vegetarian cookbook, but she modified it and added chicken and a few other veggies. It is HEAVENLY. I have tried several chicken enchilada/green enchilada recipes, but none has been as yummy as this one. (Logan can attest to this.... he is quite the foodie.) This recipe is relatively healthy, has LOTS of nutrition content, and with the added spinach, you have some extra iron to boot! And most of the food in the enchiladas I can find organically, without GMOs. With me being pregnant, Logan liking the dish, and Weiss eating it because it is yummy, I cook it often now. Here is the recipe, modified by Earley and then modified by me! (You can make the rolled up, traditional enchiladas, but for time's sake, I do the stackable ones now..... It really cuts down on prep time, you can fit more in a casserole dish, and it tastes no different!) Okay, here it goes.....
Green Chicken Enchiladas
2 large sweet onions, chopped finely
1 container of Cherub tomatoes (or other sweet tomatoes)
3 pieces of garlic (or 1 tablespoon, if you don't do fresh)
12 to 20 corn tortillas, depending on how many you want to stack
3 cups (or more, if you like) shredded Monterrey Jack cheese (I just grate a whole medium block... we like it cheesy)
1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed
2 green onions (including tops), sliced
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chili peppers
1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of sour cream
1 lb to 1.5 lb of boneless chicken breasts
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Boil a large pot of water. Cook the chicken; drain. Shred with a fork and set aside. Finely chop the onions, half the tomatoes, and crush/chop the garlic. In a large skillet or in the pot you cooked the chicken, add some olive oil and turn to medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Cook 10 minutes, stirring ever so often, or until soft. In the meantime, squeeze the spinach to remove excess moisture. In a blender or food processor, puree spinach, green onions, chili peppers, soup, and sour cream until smooth to create the green sauce.
Preheat oven to 350. Take a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish; make sure to spray/grease so the enchiladas will not stick. Place some of the onion mixture, chicken, green sauce and grated cheese on the bottom of the dish, spread out. Now place corn tortillas, spread out to cover bottom of casserole dish, on top of the mixture. Now continue with next layer of onion mixture, chicken, green sauce, and grated cheese. Top with corn tortillas. Continue this until you run out of room in the dish or run out of tortillas! Finally, top the last layer of tortillas with a bit of green sauce and grated cheese.
Bake, uncovered, in a 350 oven for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. SUPER YUMMY!!!!!
(I like to serve this with organic brown rice cooked in a pat of butter and chicken stock. I make sure to cook extra onions and tomatoes to add to the rice when it has finished cooking. I also add a can of drained, diced fire roasted tomatoes with onion and garlic to the cooked rice. I also cook a mixture of kidney, garbanzo and black beans with cheese and cilantro for another side. You have a yummy, nutritious, and high protein meal that kids and adults love!)
This WONDERFUL recipe is courtesy of my former co-worker at the crisis center, Earley. It was originally from a vegetarian cookbook, but she modified it and added chicken and a few other veggies. It is HEAVENLY. I have tried several chicken enchilada/green enchilada recipes, but none has been as yummy as this one. (Logan can attest to this.... he is quite the foodie.) This recipe is relatively healthy, has LOTS of nutrition content, and with the added spinach, you have some extra iron to boot! And most of the food in the enchiladas I can find organically, without GMOs. With me being pregnant, Logan liking the dish, and Weiss eating it because it is yummy, I cook it often now. Here is the recipe, modified by Earley and then modified by me! (You can make the rolled up, traditional enchiladas, but for time's sake, I do the stackable ones now..... It really cuts down on prep time, you can fit more in a casserole dish, and it tastes no different!) Okay, here it goes.....
Green Chicken Enchiladas
2 large sweet onions, chopped finely
1 container of Cherub tomatoes (or other sweet tomatoes)
3 pieces of garlic (or 1 tablespoon, if you don't do fresh)
12 to 20 corn tortillas, depending on how many you want to stack
3 cups (or more, if you like) shredded Monterrey Jack cheese (I just grate a whole medium block... we like it cheesy)
1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed
2 green onions (including tops), sliced
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chili peppers
1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of sour cream
1 lb to 1.5 lb of boneless chicken breasts
Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Boil a large pot of water. Cook the chicken; drain. Shred with a fork and set aside. Finely chop the onions, half the tomatoes, and crush/chop the garlic. In a large skillet or in the pot you cooked the chicken, add some olive oil and turn to medium heat. Add the onions, garlic, and tomatoes. Cook 10 minutes, stirring ever so often, or until soft. In the meantime, squeeze the spinach to remove excess moisture. In a blender or food processor, puree spinach, green onions, chili peppers, soup, and sour cream until smooth to create the green sauce.
Preheat oven to 350. Take a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish; make sure to spray/grease so the enchiladas will not stick. Place some of the onion mixture, chicken, green sauce and grated cheese on the bottom of the dish, spread out. Now place corn tortillas, spread out to cover bottom of casserole dish, on top of the mixture. Now continue with next layer of onion mixture, chicken, green sauce, and grated cheese. Top with corn tortillas. Continue this until you run out of room in the dish or run out of tortillas! Finally, top the last layer of tortillas with a bit of green sauce and grated cheese.
Bake, uncovered, in a 350 oven for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. SUPER YUMMY!!!!!
(I like to serve this with organic brown rice cooked in a pat of butter and chicken stock. I make sure to cook extra onions and tomatoes to add to the rice when it has finished cooking. I also add a can of drained, diced fire roasted tomatoes with onion and garlic to the cooked rice. I also cook a mixture of kidney, garbanzo and black beans with cheese and cilantro for another side. You have a yummy, nutritious, and high protein meal that kids and adults love!)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Community Bible Church's 20th Anniversary!!!
Today marks Community Bible Church (CBC) of San Antonio's 20th anniversary. When we were in San Antonio, we were so blessed as to attend this church, thanks to the initial invite of our friends, Bo and Katie Kilpatrick. (Thanks, guys!) I was so incredibly blessed being a part of the church; although it was a large place, I was blessed beyond measure many times by the people there and the way God was so obviously working. I was so blessed to be a part of Ray Jones' and Amanda Singer's wonderful praise choir program, which was over 500 strong and had incredible live music each Sunday, thanks to Ron Blount's amazing praise band and orchestra. (The choir there is the hand raisin', body swayin' type! No choir robes included!) Thankfully, they have many CDs, so I am still able to get a daily blessing of the wonderful CBC choir while here in Marble Falls. (Yes, anyone can ask Logan--I normally listen to them on a daily basis! Weiss and Logan love them, too!) I also was able to sing in the smaller praise team, which not only had some amazingly incredible voices, but even more importantly, people who loved the Lord.
Whenever people say that you get "lost" in a big church, I have to disagree: whenever Weiss was in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks after his birth, Ray Jones and Amanda Singer came to personally pray over him a total of 3 times. (It was also a "God thing" how they even got into the University Methodist Hospital NICU because they were supposed to have been escorted in, but all three times, we had stepped out for a bit! Our nurses would tell us they thought they were our "family...") On top of all of this, our incredible Sunday School class showered us with prayer, love, and food for several months after he arrived home. (And this same incredible class has now established an annual mission trip to Guatemala to build life-giving water wells and spread God's Living Water while they are there!) The church staff was incredibly easy to get to know--even the department heads, in many cases--and they were active in all of the ministries offered there. For such a large church, it had such a "small town" feel, believe it or not!
What I learned at CBC gave me a new perspective on how to reach the world for Christ and improve upon my own life and relationships with Christ and others. We still have many great friends there, and I thank the world for Facebook so I can keep up with them and what is going on at CBC! Logan and I have now made it a point to continue driving in ever so often (it is about an hour and twenty minutes away for the 9 AM on Sunday morning) to get an "extra blessing...." Thankfully, in this day and age, I can catch Robert and Chris Emmitt's messages on their website, which I try to do often. To hear the worship, however, we have to be "in house," and Logan knows what this means to me, so we have a huge incentive to go back when we can.
Please check out this wonderful tribute article, which talks a bit about Robert Emmitt, the senior pastor at CBC.
Friday, May 14, 2010
The Month of May.....
Hello, all! I cannot believe it is almost June.... May has just seemed to fly by! I don't know if it is because I have been working at my internship or what, but this is exciting and scary at the same time. Exciting in the sense that Baby Klein will be here quickly, but scary because I have yet to begin painting/assembling/decorating his room. We have so much to accomplish and so little time! I will begin two classes next week, which will end the second week or so of July. Between my "Counseling Women" and "Addictions" classes, Logan and my Bradley birthing classes, church, Weiss's swimming lessons, preparing/painting both of the boys' rooms and organizing the house, catching up with friends I've neglected because of work via countless play dates, YoungLives camp, Logan and my 5 year anniversary trip, cooking dinner more often (yep, I've really missed it!) and the more frequent trips in to Austin to see the midwife, I will be SUPER busy! Hey---that only means the little guy will be here soon! I'm looking forward to it!
So on that note, I am hoping his arrival will get me blogging again frequently! I am really hoping to get a phone upgrade with video or something that can capture video quickly and easily, where I can upload it to the blog. (I know I have not been very "techo-savvy" in the past, but I am trying to change all of that--soon!) We have a great video camera, but by the time I get it out, I've usually missed the precious moment I was intending to capture in the first place! This might just be the "gift" I give to me when the baby gets here so I can capture all of those moments of the boys and share some with my bloggy friends. (Or it may come in the format of Logan getting a new phone and me getting his old one with video.... Hey--I don't mind his 'sloppy seconds!')
About Logan---he and Dickey have settled in to the new office and are busy, busy. I thought Dickey's Big Spring staff was just wonderful and he could never top them, but they have got some great staff members here. As a matter of fact, one of his loyal staffers made the move from Big Spring with her husband down here! We are so blessed to have her--and everyone else. Last week, the guys took the staff to the Texas Dental Association convention, which is held in San Antonio annually. (This is a perk for us.... We live so close in, and it is always in San Antonio!) I stayed behind because I am closing with my clients and cannot just leave them these last few weeks. I only get to see some of them one more week or so....
Logan and I have begun our Bradley Method birthing classes with Stacey Elwartowski, who is just fabulous! She is the only Bradley instructor in this area, and I am so thankful, or else we would be trucking in to Austin for 2 hours each week for 12 weeks! Because most people don't do the Bradley method out here in the rural area because all of the docs induce people from Marble Falls because we are farther out from hospitals, not many people out here have taken the classes with her. Because of this, we have her ALL to ourself. So it is a private class, basically. (We do have some friends--Casey and Hannah, who are expecting their 3rd child and may do a "refresher" with us, however, and drop in on some classes. We are really close with them, so we would love to have them join us!!) I think we really are both enjoying the Bradley class... It is very informational and "out of the box," so to speak. It also gives us some time to spend time together sans Weiss, who stays with Dickey and Cinda when we are at class.
Logan is also leaving bright and early, EARLY tomorrow morning to Key Biscayne, (Miami) Florida until Thursday to attend more continuing education classes at the Pankey Institute. His dad took many weeks of class there when he was beginning his career, and Logan is following in his footsteps. Weiss and I will be at it alone this week, but Dickey and Cinda are here if I need them.
And Weiss---he is growing, growing, growing! He is still OBSESSED with Thomas the Train, which is a bit annoying when he wants to read their books OVER and OVER again--and when he can read them verbatim back to us, which only verifies his obsession. However, he would rather be on the floor building/engineering a train track or lining up his engines any day before he would want to watch television.... UNLESS it is a Thomas show on DVD, of course! He now is at the magical age where he is really using his imagination, so this is extremely cute with his trains. I really crack up when I hear one train arguing with the other one... "No!" "Yes!" "No, Thomas!" "Yes, Percy!" (Repeat ad nauseum.)
You get the idea......
We also found a HUGE fuzzy caterpillar outside on our sweet basil plants. I gently placed him in Weiss's bug barn with lots of basil leaves. Weiss has adoringly named him "Cupcake." Cupcake, I have determined, will probably turn out to be some type of large, exotic moth species, but I hope he/she/it survives so Weiss can witness the metamorphosis one on one. That thing is an eating machine! I will put a large amount of basil (about as much that is in the small plastic herb packs at the grocery store) in his bug barn, and he will devour it in 24 hours or so.... Logan's first question was, "Are WE going to have any basil left???"
Hahahaha!!! We all know we sacrifice for our kids, folks!
Something precious Weiss said the other day.... Weiss loves our neighbor, Cathy Dellinger. He calls her "Ca-fee." Weiss is always saying, "God made ________." (He will then insert any random object/animal/word.) Well, Weiss said, "Mom, God made Ca-fee, and God made coffee!" I thought that was just precious!!!!!
So on that note, I am hoping his arrival will get me blogging again frequently! I am really hoping to get a phone upgrade with video or something that can capture video quickly and easily, where I can upload it to the blog. (I know I have not been very "techo-savvy" in the past, but I am trying to change all of that--soon!) We have a great video camera, but by the time I get it out, I've usually missed the precious moment I was intending to capture in the first place! This might just be the "gift" I give to me when the baby gets here so I can capture all of those moments of the boys and share some with my bloggy friends. (Or it may come in the format of Logan getting a new phone and me getting his old one with video.... Hey--I don't mind his 'sloppy seconds!')
About Logan---he and Dickey have settled in to the new office and are busy, busy. I thought Dickey's Big Spring staff was just wonderful and he could never top them, but they have got some great staff members here. As a matter of fact, one of his loyal staffers made the move from Big Spring with her husband down here! We are so blessed to have her--and everyone else. Last week, the guys took the staff to the Texas Dental Association convention, which is held in San Antonio annually. (This is a perk for us.... We live so close in, and it is always in San Antonio!) I stayed behind because I am closing with my clients and cannot just leave them these last few weeks. I only get to see some of them one more week or so....
Logan and I have begun our Bradley Method birthing classes with Stacey Elwartowski, who is just fabulous! She is the only Bradley instructor in this area, and I am so thankful, or else we would be trucking in to Austin for 2 hours each week for 12 weeks! Because most people don't do the Bradley method out here in the rural area because all of the docs induce people from Marble Falls because we are farther out from hospitals, not many people out here have taken the classes with her. Because of this, we have her ALL to ourself. So it is a private class, basically. (We do have some friends--Casey and Hannah, who are expecting their 3rd child and may do a "refresher" with us, however, and drop in on some classes. We are really close with them, so we would love to have them join us!!) I think we really are both enjoying the Bradley class... It is very informational and "out of the box," so to speak. It also gives us some time to spend time together sans Weiss, who stays with Dickey and Cinda when we are at class.
Logan is also leaving bright and early, EARLY tomorrow morning to Key Biscayne, (Miami) Florida until Thursday to attend more continuing education classes at the Pankey Institute. His dad took many weeks of class there when he was beginning his career, and Logan is following in his footsteps. Weiss and I will be at it alone this week, but Dickey and Cinda are here if I need them.
And Weiss---he is growing, growing, growing! He is still OBSESSED with Thomas the Train, which is a bit annoying when he wants to read their books OVER and OVER again--and when he can read them verbatim back to us, which only verifies his obsession. However, he would rather be on the floor building/engineering a train track or lining up his engines any day before he would want to watch television.... UNLESS it is a Thomas show on DVD, of course! He now is at the magical age where he is really using his imagination, so this is extremely cute with his trains. I really crack up when I hear one train arguing with the other one... "No!" "Yes!" "No, Thomas!" "Yes, Percy!" (Repeat ad nauseum.)
You get the idea......
We also found a HUGE fuzzy caterpillar outside on our sweet basil plants. I gently placed him in Weiss's bug barn with lots of basil leaves. Weiss has adoringly named him "Cupcake." Cupcake, I have determined, will probably turn out to be some type of large, exotic moth species, but I hope he/she/it survives so Weiss can witness the metamorphosis one on one. That thing is an eating machine! I will put a large amount of basil (about as much that is in the small plastic herb packs at the grocery store) in his bug barn, and he will devour it in 24 hours or so.... Logan's first question was, "Are WE going to have any basil left???"
Hahahaha!!! We all know we sacrifice for our kids, folks!
Something precious Weiss said the other day.... Weiss loves our neighbor, Cathy Dellinger. He calls her "Ca-fee." Weiss is always saying, "God made ________." (He will then insert any random object/animal/word.) Well, Weiss said, "Mom, God made Ca-fee, and God made coffee!" I thought that was just precious!!!!!
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