I've started blogging again!

I've been inspired to start blogging again after reading the blogs of several of my friends (KN, LD, KG, MG, and GR, namely!) :) I have started up a new blog because this one is more just about life in general than Caleb's page. Of course, "life in general" does majorl include Caleb! Hopefully, I will be better with this one than I was with Caleb's page. Actually, I did pretty well until I got Facebook!

So, what has been happening recently? Matt is away again, so Caleb and I are on our own. I am becoming quite self-sufficient though. I have been working in the yard, doing a lot of cleaning around the house, and am even 'getting fans installed in our bedrooms! (I'm not doing it, but scheduling it counts, right?)

This is the first time that Caleb has really seemed to miss his daddy. He carries Matt's shoes around with him and repeats "Daddy" over and over again in a really pitiful voice. He constantly asks me "Where's Daddy?" I know that this is hard for him, but he has thankfully been pretty good this time. When Matt was in Colorado, Caleb was terribly cranky....and so was I!

I probably won't put too many pictures on here, since I put them all on FB. If you don't have FB, then get it! :)

Comments

Larissa said…

You crack me up Julie!! I am glad to see what you have been up to. I totally understand daddy withdrawls, my boys get it a lot!

Grace and Peace!
Larissa

July 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM

Julie said…

I think it is all starting to click that Daddy isn't around much. He never really knew the difference before.

July 22, 2008 at 11:07 AM

Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome

If you happen to pick up the latest Reader's Digest, there is an article in there about Piper Breinholt , a four year old with CCMS. If you've been around here a while, you'll remember wayyyyyy back when we first received Abby's diagnosis that I was able to speak to Piper's mom, Reagan. The article is more about their story and not as much about the ins and outs of CCMS, but I think it's probably enough to get some people googling it and I'm hoping a few will end up here. Every once in a while, I give a blog post the title of Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome so that it would show up in Google. My ever-present hope is that people will stumble across my blog and 1) be encouraged by the hope we have in Christ, 2) feel a connection with someone in a similar situation as them, or 3) get excited over the miracles that have been performed in Abby's life!! (a combination of all 3 is great too!) :) Notice that it's not to get famous and it never wi

The Potty Man

Caleb LOVES to go potty! I have never heard a potty training story like this one....Caleb tells us when he needs to go, we take his diaper off, and he goes! Now, is it perfect? No, not at all! We aren't trying to potty train at at all, but we figure every time he goes is one less diaper we have to change! The only time we consistantly put him on the potty is when we give him a bath (he always pees in the tub, so we know he needs to go!) He almost always goes on the potty now instead of the tub though. When he's not "really" going potty, he's pretending to go potty! He's such a funny kid!

Lego Party: Favors

I'm a little slow in posting the Lego Party pictures, but I think I have a few excuses I could use. At any rate, I wanted to share what I did for the party! It will take a few posts, so stay with me. I'll start with how I did the favors. These are the goody bags I made. I just bought solid colored gift bags and matched scrapbook paper to each bag. Then I punched circles and attached them with the 3D foam tape so that the circles were raised. I used the keychain (explained below) as a name tag on the outside. These are Duplo blocks. I put a round magnet on the back and...voila! A magnet! (note: hot glue doesn't work so well...I ended up reglueing them with my apoxy because the magnets fell off.) I made crayons using Lego man crayons. Yes, I know this guy has lost half of his leg. The others were already packaged and I didn't want to open one up just to get a picture. I used a Lego mold to make the crayons. Caleb put small pieces of crayon in each m

Life as a Leach

Search This Blog