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He's thinning out and looking older and doing and saying all sorts of extraordinary things. Here's the catch-up. 1/23 - Told a clerk at the grocery store that his favorite movie is my prenatal excercise video! 1/25 - He found a nametag lanyard and uses it as his stethoscope, to measure the... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 6, 2006, 4:18 pm
Category: Jonathan

18 Weeks

Wednesday was the second prenatal appointment. It was just barely starting to snow when we left Pittsburgh, and by the time we got to the small country road where our midwife is, it was a little slippery. Jon is good at driving in snow, but he still missed the turn into their driveway. Our... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 22, 2006, 4:33 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Phone, Lotion, Prunes, Prayer, Growing

Jonathan can really have a conversation on the phone now. He even has good one-sided ones when he is just pretending. For example, "Hello, Mrs. Grover! How are you? You're feeling good. Good!" "Hello, Grandma. I love you, too. Bye." On Tuesday, Jonathan asked me to get the lotion for him,... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 22, 2006, 4:20 pm
Category: Jonathan

Innocent Pleasures

At our church's marriage retreat last weekend, we got a copy of "Innocent Pleasures" by David Powlinson, an article that was in the fall issue of The Journal of Biblical Counseling .I finished reading it this morning and found it to be quite good. David spoke of the evil and glory of little... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 17, 2006, 12:59 pm
Category: Reviews

Pretty, Hugball, Mom

On Tuesday as Jonathan was complaining about walking up the stairs, I said to him "Whiny voices are not pretty, Jonathan." He replied, "Hannah's pretty!" Today after we cleaned the basement bathroom, Jonathan was hitting his plastic baseball around the room with his plastic bat. Then he'd say,... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 12, 2006, 4:21 pm
Category: Jonathan

Christmas and Vacation

Christmas Eve, we went to a church family's party and then had a candlelight service at church. Christmas Day, there was no service (we meet in a school and they didn't want to make the janitor work on Christmas) so we had the day at home. We woke up and opened stockings (sample toothpaste for... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 7, 2006, 5:19 pm
Category: General

Longer Sentences, More Complex Ideas, Growing Responsibility

Jonathan likes to play with the water in the sink, using cups and sponges, etc. I have a "three strikes" rule - after water gets on the floor three times, he has to turn it off and stop playing. Recently, he has actually finished his play before getting to the third time. Christmas Eve, he... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 7, 2006, 4:58 pm
Category: Jonathan

Fun Jonathan Quotes

Much of the Jonathan news is best encapsulated by quoting him: 12/15 - We slept late, and/or the garbage truck came early. We were having our pre-get-up nursing and I heard the truck in our street. Jonathan did too, for he lifted up his head and said, "Oopsie, trash truck!" and then sat up. So... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 21, 2005, 4:20 pm
Category: Jonathan

First Prenatal Visit, Third Pregnancy

This morning, Mom, Jonathan and I drove up to the birth center where Jonathan was born for my first prenatal checkup with our midwife. She was so happy to see Jonathan, but he did not understand the part about this being where he was born. (What? He didn't recognize it?!) She said I'm looking... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 14, 2005, 3:39 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Rock-a-Bye, Childproof Caps, Jumping and More

Jonathan has been saying, "I'm very happy!" "I'm glad" and similar phrases. He can sing Rock A Bye Baby for the most part and he likes to rock his teddy bear ("Rock a bye teddy bear") and baby Joseph and also to have us rock him. I'm going to attempt to write it the way it sounds because it is... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 13, 2005, 4:54 pm
Category: Jonathan

Kites, Crayons, Snow, Counting, 2 Year Doctor Visit

Since reading The Cat in the Hat, Jonathan has expressed interest in flying kites. The other day, he said, "Jonathan fly kites, too - three!" On Friday, Mom, Jonathan and I went shopping in the Strip District to get things like cheese, mustard, curry paste and spices. Penzey's Spices has... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 5, 2005, 11:23 am
Category: Jonathan

Bible Stories, Rodents, Carrots, 2

Jonathan is two years old today. Amazing! When we visited Florida, I found a couple of Bible storybooks (one in rhyme) that were true to the Bible and not boring or condescending. (There are some horrible products out there intended for children.) Jonathan enjoys listening as long as I will... (More)

Posted by joyful on November 18, 2005, 9:05 am
Category: Jonathan

Merant OpenMake

Since we paid for the professional license, we get OpenMake for "free", so I figured I would try it out. The conclusion is that it isn't worth anything.The longer version is that it, like all Merant products, is quite hard to actually get up and running. When the manual says, "you aren't... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 16, 2005, 10:33 am
Category: Programming, Reviews

Einstein Knows Best

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Posted by jondaley on November 15, 2005, 9:36 am
Category: Reviews

Sovereign Grace Men

As mentioned on the GirlTalk blog , there are a what I think is a disproportionate number of men in the Sovereign Grace churches that believe the best way to show affection to other men is to make fun of them, particularly in public. (I suppose I am continuing the stereotype published by the... (More)

Posted by jondaley on November 11, 2005, 5:52 am
Category: Reviews, Bible