Daley Ponderings

Noah's First Word!

I had been wondering for a few days if I was seeing correctly. But yesterday I knew for sure, and this morning only confirms it. Noah finishes what's on his tray and looks up at me expectantly. I ask, "more, please?" with signs (sometimes it's a full sentence like 'do you want more bread') and there it is! He brings his hand somewhere between his stomach and chest and rubs with his hand opening and closing (rather as if he's tickling himself.) So there you have it, folks - Noah's first word is the sign for please. (More)

Posted by joyful on February 7, 2007, 8:44 am | Read 900 times | Comments (3)
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Creeping Video and Other Pictures

Noah now prefers creeping on hands and knees - you can see a video on his pictures page. I also think he went from sitting to crawling once today, but I didn'tt actually see the process.

Other pictures are up, including a picture of Jonathan's maze he solved all by himself.

Posted by joyful on February 5, 2007, 5:22 pm | Read 912 times | Comments (0)
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Unsupervised Electrical Experiment

I'll begin by assuaging grandparental fears: no one is hurt! And now I'll start from the beginning. As mentioned elsewhere, it is extremely cold out today. We forgot to open the cupboard under the kitchen sink and thus the pipes froze. (More)

Posted by joyful on February 5, 2007, 4:51 pm | Read 975 times | Comments (7)
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Turnips and More Numbers

Jonathan likes to eat turnips (just cut up and boiled) - he was exclaiming over them so much I thought it should go into the blog. (More)

Posted by joyful on February 3, 2007, 2:45 pm | Read 746 times | Comments (1)
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Pincer Grasp!

Noah can now pick up cheerios with his index finger and thumb, with both hands. (More)

Posted by joyful on February 3, 2007, 2:39 pm | Read 979 times | Comments (0)
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Helping, Singing, Teething, Reaching

One afternoon we were shredding carrots in the food processor for a salad. Noah was getting upset, so Jonathan said to me, "You go ahead and give Noah milk; I'll finish the carrots." (More)

Posted by joyful on January 26, 2007, 2:36 pm | Read 1287 times | Comments (6)
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Skiing

We finally went skiing for the first time this year and although it was pretty cold, we did have a lot of fun and stayed a lot longer than we did last year. (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 23, 2007, 9:26 pm | Read 2626 times | Comments (4)
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Thoughts on Marriage

A friend of John Kuhns was asked some questions about marriage and what the point of it is. This was his response: (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 17, 2007, 9:11 pm | Read 8181 times | Comments (6)
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Mark 10:15

"Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein."

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Posted by joyful on January 16, 2007, 1:07 pm | Read 2049 times | Comments (1)
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The Joy of Watching Them Learn

I've been especially enjoying my boys the last week or so, having fun watching them learn so fast. Specifically, Noah's crawling and Jonathan's recognition of numerals and letters. (More)

Posted by joyful on January 16, 2007, 12:38 pm | Read 1229 times | Comments (12)
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testing secret plugin

I think you should be able to see this. (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 10, 2007, 7:45 pm | Read 984 times | Comments (5)
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RSS Feeds

I have been meaning to get around to putting at least some of these in my "Links" panel on the right, though I suspect that it would be too long to place all of them there. But, anyway, here are the blogs that I read regularly. (The RSS feed reader makes it possible to manage, and the fact that I read quickly) (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 10, 2007, 5:01 pm | Read 1837 times | Comments (3)
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Excommunication

A good post on judging, and making sure to clarify between judging the sin of the world and of the brethren. Do we let people be happy, and not say anything, in order to not rock the boat, or do we speak up?

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Posted by jondaley on January 10, 2007, 7:19 am | Read 1476 times | Comments (1)
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Lost Planner, Boys' Events

I lost my planner just before Christmas (as far as I can deduce, in a shopping cart in the parking lot of Jo-Ann's on McKnight Rd - anybody seen it? Please return it, you can keep the gift cards, I just want the information!) It had several notes in it about cute things the boys did or said, and I'm sure many are lost, but I do remember a few. Plus I did write down other things that have happened since. (More)

Posted by joyful on January 4, 2007, 1:08 pm | Read 1098 times | Comments (2)
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Comments RSS feed

For those of you who read this via RSS, you might be interested in the new RSS feed for comments - that way you won't miss the new comments that show up after you read the post.

Now I just need to get the rest of you to use LifeType, so I can easily read your blogs and comments too....

Posted by jondaley on December 24, 2006, 10:00 pm | Read 1302 times | Comments (3)
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