Wednesday, June 25, 2008

No News

Katie is still pregnant. Maddie and Caleb both beat their respective due dates by ten days so we had a false expectation of a repeat performance. That has left us (by "us" I mean Katie) disappointed even though we're still six days from official due date.

Meanwhile, we're getting ready to move to Provo, which is a pain...not Provo, but the moving. Katie claims that she can't bend over to lift up boxes. Pretty convenient time to be pregnant.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Firsts

Last week brought two firsts: bee sting and stitches.

Maddie stepped on a bee. The trauma was real but short-lived. She announced her full recovery at about 6 a.m. the next morning when I woke to a foot in my face: "Daddy, look. It's all better."

Caleb got stitches. In his own words, this is how that happened:

"Muzeen a sinance. I was runninin. Bonkinin my head. Stitchinin me. Ouch."

Grit

I just finished reading Grit, by Angela Duckworth. Read it! As with many such books, it left me with a bit of anxiety as I realize tha...