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This is what makes it all worth while
So last week I was worn out with the extra work that unexpected messes bring.  Today I'm tired but happy about it. Yesterday, Jon left very early to go on the church men's retreat.  Our morning at home started out pretty badly (bickering/fighting) and the boys had to go run around... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 8, 2013, 10:59 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Pocket Notes
Oh, yes.  It has been half a year since my last pocket notes post... 9/6 - Joy says "yum" and "yummy", "all done/gone" (sounds like ah-doh), "where shoe?", and "mine" (sounds like my) 9/25 - Faith reading the Bible to Joy: "When you want Mommy to cuddle with you but she can't, you... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 19, 2013, 5:16 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Isaac, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah
Jeremiah's Birth Story
My due date was February 21. Jonathan, Noah, and Faith had all been exactly five days late. Joy was early, but we weren't sure of her date and the more we thought about it the more we figured she probably had been late as well. So we had Linda and Porter schedule their flight to arrive... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 24, 2013, 5:55 pm
Category: Jeremiah
Pocket Notes
9/19 - Joy  has been telling me when she needs a new diaper (patting her bottom) but this day, she got out the changing pad and wipes, set up the pad on the bathroom floor, put a new diaper on top of the wipes box, lay down on the pad, and called for me. 9/20 - Noah is definitely our... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 29, 2012, 8:24 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Pregnancy, Noah, Faith, Joy
The Big Move
How do I begin? Not really at the beginning. June 15, we sold the house we were living in and drove to New Hampshire in two moving trucks and a minivan. (A very hearty and grateful "thank you!" to Ron and Ron for driving the trucks!) The days preceding that day were extremely full,... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 31, 2012, 8:00 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Pocket Notes
Pictures from April till now are posted. (See link on the sidebar) 5/24 - I don't remember the context, but the quote from Jonathan is, "Well, the definition of 'Mom' is basically 'tired person'." 5/25 - Noah showed me his newfound skill of pumping a swing from standstill to as high as he... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 3, 2012, 3:25 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Pocket Notes
4/11 - Jonathan likes to be creative with lunches.  He made dill pickle and mustard sandwiches that day. He liked it. As I was keeping track of rainbows I was struck by how many days were sunny.  April 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 25 4/14 - Faith's first... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 20, 2012, 11:13 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Notes Catchup Part II, the Whirlwind
Last catchup ended on the weekend of the fire company banquet.  That weekend was also the beginning of the new adventure.  Two different people called up to ask about looking to buy our house.  No, not the one we're fixing up to sell.  The one we're living in.  Well, ok,... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 1, 2012, 11:02 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Pocket Notes
More than a month's worth of notes... 10/3 - Joy's diaper was dry all night long.  She went in the potty three or four times.  This was exciting to me and so the next night I prepared to be diaperless.  I spread a waterproof pad, with towels on top.  But she and I are so... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 13, 2011, 11:12 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Distributed Social Networks?
I came across yet another version of a distributed social network, this one with hardware.  FreedomBox Foundation is working on figuring out how to make tons of tiny little web servers that take out the centralized model.  The New York Times has a decent article on explaining why... (More)
Posted by jondaley on November 10, 2011, 6:00 pm
Category: Programming, Internet, Reviews
Houston, We Have Mobility
Well, in the three weeks since I last posted, Joy has made major progress in mobility and the rest of the household is still working to adjust! 9/11 - Joy started crawling longer distances with a cross-pattern belly crawl. 9/13 - Every time we go into PIttsburgh, we cross the Allegheny... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 2, 2011, 11:58 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Long Time Coming - Pocket Notes
6/14 - On our camping trip, Faith liked to play Ice Cream Shop.  Her flavors are unique: pineapple hot sauce, strawberry beet, water, to name a few.  After those, I requested just plain ice creams, though she really wanted to put hot sauce on most of them.  We finally settled on a... (More)
Posted by joyful on August 17, 2011, 7:11 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Firefighting
I don't think it has been said here, other than in small mentions here and there, that I joined our volunteer fire company in Middlesex Township a couple of months ago.  I am not sure of the exact number of incidents that I've gone out on, but the number is probably around 8 or so, though... (More)
Posted by jondaley on June 9, 2011, 4:57 pm
Category: Reviews
Pocket Notes
Joy has two hair swirls at the back of her head.  One goes clockwise and one counter-clockwise.  Each of my other children only have one. 5/3 - Joy's two month appointment.  12 lb, 3 oz.  She is developing a birthmark in the upper right of her forehead (can't remember the... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 19, 2011, 6:57 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
Pocket Notes
4/15 - Faith and Noah are playing house.  They are married, and are parents to Faith's "purple baby doll".  Noah says to Faith, about their baby, "When she is happy, I hold her.  When she is sad, you milk her." 4/18 - We were talking about heaven (I don't remember the beginning... (More)
Posted by joyful on April 29, 2011, 2:44 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy
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