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"Driving" and Geography
We went to the Kuhns' for dinner Thursday evening and at one point Will wanted to go out and ride his bike. Previously, he and Jonathan...
joyful, 25 February 2006 |
Another update and delay
From Vicki: Judy's trial was preliminarily set to begin on Feb. 27th, but has again been delayed. Oral arguments on the...
22 Weeks
Had another prenatal appointment this morning. Blood pressure great; measuring a little big, but still within normal. I have felt like...
Jonathan's First Skiing Trip
Sunday, February 19, 2006, Jonathan went skiing for the first time. Just after 11am, we headed east to Seven Springs, which is the...
Stopping Windows Update From Rebooting Automatically
Posting this, since it took me a long time to find this site today when I wanted to stop my home computer from annoying me with the...
Using Alternative Shells in Windows
For my company's next product, we are thinking about replacing the normal explorer shell with our own, but we want to be able to...
Memory and Imitation
One reason Jonathan talks so well is because we talk to him like a real person. Children learn by hearing and by imitating. It is...
The End of the Fish Saga
It has been many moons since a fish update. The last blog entry about it was October 2004, but there might be a newsletter that has a...
Singing, Independence
Recently, Jonathan has liked to sit in his little chair with his guitar, strumming and singing, "I love Mommy. She is beautiful. I love...
Daddy Felt the Baby!
We've been trying for a couple of weeks with no success. Then this morning, he gave Jon a nice big kick he could feel, hooray! This is...
Halfway Already
20 weeks, half way. Baby is moving a lot, but still not yet felt by the outside world. I borrowed a home blood pressure monitor and...
Jonathan is a Little Boy
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Saving Efax Documents
I have used Efax for a long time. I have heard that their customer service is horrible, and there are a couple alternatives to them....
Random Thought - Grandma's Sweaters
I was talking with a friend the other day about grandmothers knitting and sweaters they give for Christmas. Her comment was, "I loved my...
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,...
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...
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...
Hearing of Motions
From Vicki : Judy's court date for the hearing of motions is tomorrow (which was rescheduled from September). Her attorney tells her...
Lessons and Carols
Heather and I have tried to think of ways to make Christmas be focused on Christ and his birth. This year, we are using ideas from a...
Somersaults
Thursday, the baby was doing somersaults all day, it was so fun!
Advent, Blinking, Boots
12/22 - We were playing the piano, singing some carols, and Jonathan sang, "Rejoice! Rejoice! Man-u, man-u, man-u, man-u, man-u, shall...
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...