Monthly Archive: November 2006

You know you have reached Mom status when you reach into your coat pocket on a chilly day and the single pair of gloves contained within will only fit little toddler hands.

I am working on cleaning up one of my cupboards and as I was placing our many large phone books into a box to be taken to a recycling bin down the road, I...

Dave and Marilyn had invited two Nepalese students from a University in Wichita to spend Thanksgiving day with us so they could see an American Thanksgiving. This was their first time in an American...

My mother-in-law and I compiled a list of all of Adrianna’s current words yesterday. We are probably missing a few, but here is an extensive list of over fifty words that we came up...

I was a little worried about having to sleep in the same room as Adrianna both in our hotel on the way here and once we got to Greg’s parents’ house. In the past,...

So we are spending Thanksgiving with the Reimers this year. Having decided that we wanted to split our long drive to Kansas into two days rather than taking it all in one haul, we...

This Saturday, I drove down to Springs to spend the day with Kristy. Greg was kind enough to stay home with Adrianna, who is still quite sick. Our girls’ day was so much fun....

Adrianna is starting to learn manners, or at least the words that go along with good manners. Me: Adrianna, would you like some more juice? Adrianna: Es, Ees. (Yes, Please) Me (after refilling the...

Poor Adrianna is feeling a bit under the weather. She has a fever, an awful phlemy cough, and horrid congestion. It is so bad that she is quite hoarse and so she cannot scream,...

Adrianna’s vocabulary continues to grow more and more each week. One of her new favorite words is “knee.” She loves to say knee while pointing to her knee. About a week or so ago,...

Or rather, she’s gotta be held by her Mommy while her Mommy “dances.” Adrianna has a new way of telling us that she wants us to play music for her. She will go over...

Our church held a fundraiser tonight that included a nice prime rib dinner and childcare. Did you say childcare? Sign me up! (It was people from church that took care of the kids.) We...

…is wearing the container on your head.

Thank you all so much for your prayers, kind emails, and encouragement! Karen is back home and doing well. She has even blogged about the experience (or what she remembers of it) on her...