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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Cookies Can Wait...
I had big plans to pull out the ingredients to make all kinds of mushy shaped Valentine's Day cookies, today, but Sophia is not feeling well. Plan B consists of snuggling on the couch, consuming an unmentionable amount of chocolate milk, water, jello and popsicles and watching too many Disney. 
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Anticipation & Trust
I have to admit, a week ago today, I was a mess! Seriously!
Michael and I had made a commitment to attend a marriage retreat and this meant I would have to leave Sophia for several days. We knew this retreat was God's will for us, because of the way all the plans unfolded. We got the brochure in the mail a few months ago and I asked Michael if he wanted to go and he responded by saying: "Ugh, I am not sure. We would have to find someone to watch Sophia and pay for the (costly) retreat. Let's think about it." It wasn't more then three hours later that his mom called and asked if she and Michael's stepdad could take Sophia for a weekend. Wow! As soon as they asked, both Michael and I knew we were meant to go to this retreat.
With the decision made, I had a few months to get used to the idea of leaving Sophia, but I didn't know how hard it would be, until last week. Up to that point, I had only spent a few nights (not all at the same time) away from Sophia and she was still in the same state! Knowing she was out of my reach and at least 4 hours away from me, made the idea even scarier. Of course, I was also worried about her eating the wrong foods (those that contained peanuts), getting into a car accident and then, of course, missing us (or maybe me missing her more).
I have to admit, the only thing that got me through last week was God. I had to lean on God and trust that He was in control. I knew this was His will for us and I had to trust everything would happen as He wanted it to. So, we packed up the car, let our little girl go off for the weekend and now, I am here to say I survived. With God's help, I made it through the weekend. Sophia is safe and I am sure that the grandparents are nestled in bed, recovering from their weekend with a toddler!
Michael and I had made a commitment to attend a marriage retreat and this meant I would have to leave Sophia for several days. We knew this retreat was God's will for us, because of the way all the plans unfolded. We got the brochure in the mail a few months ago and I asked Michael if he wanted to go and he responded by saying: "Ugh, I am not sure. We would have to find someone to watch Sophia and pay for the (costly) retreat. Let's think about it." It wasn't more then three hours later that his mom called and asked if she and Michael's stepdad could take Sophia for a weekend. Wow! As soon as they asked, both Michael and I knew we were meant to go to this retreat.
With the decision made, I had a few months to get used to the idea of leaving Sophia, but I didn't know how hard it would be, until last week. Up to that point, I had only spent a few nights (not all at the same time) away from Sophia and she was still in the same state! Knowing she was out of my reach and at least 4 hours away from me, made the idea even scarier. Of course, I was also worried about her eating the wrong foods (those that contained peanuts), getting into a car accident and then, of course, missing us (or maybe me missing her more).
I have to admit, the only thing that got me through last week was God. I had to lean on God and trust that He was in control. I knew this was His will for us and I had to trust everything would happen as He wanted it to. So, we packed up the car, let our little girl go off for the weekend and now, I am here to say I survived. With God's help, I made it through the weekend. Sophia is safe and I am sure that the grandparents are nestled in bed, recovering from their weekend with a toddler!
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Enjoying the Great Outdoors
With a high of nearly 30 degrees and beautiful sunshine, our family headed outside today. Michael and I have been dying to build a snowman, which we haven't done together (or at least I don't think we did when we were dating) and we thought it would be a great family project. So, we bundled the kiddo up and headed out.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Messy Fun
Since the "Let It Snow...." post, Old Man Winter has decided to grace Minnesota with his presence. We have a beautiful layer of fluffy white stuff on every surface of the ground and it is so beautiful outside. But as to be expected with the fluffy white stuff, we also have plenty of cold weather. This colder weather has made it a little challenging to get outside. With that said, I decided earlier in the week to make a rice bucket. I know this sounds crazy, but the mess was totally worth the fun that was had.
If you don't have your own rice bucket, I highly recommend mixing up some of this messy goodness. I have never seen Sophia sit and play in one spot for more then five minutes, but when I pulled out the rice, she sat for forty-five minutes had made a wonderful mess. Of course, it wasn't a mess our vacuum couldn't handle ;)
Ingredients:
3-4 cups of rice
1 bottle of food coloring
1 1/2 TBLS rubbing alcohol.
Toss in a baggie, let the kiddo mix the rice until well colored, poor onto a parchment paper cookie sheet and let dry.
If you don't have your own rice bucket, I highly recommend mixing up some of this messy goodness. I have never seen Sophia sit and play in one spot for more then five minutes, but when I pulled out the rice, she sat for forty-five minutes had made a wonderful mess. Of course, it wasn't a mess our vacuum couldn't handle ;)
Ingredients:
3-4 cups of rice
1 bottle of food coloring
1 1/2 TBLS rubbing alcohol.
Toss in a baggie, let the kiddo mix the rice until well colored, poor onto a parchment paper cookie sheet and let dry.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Last Four
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to announce Sophia is getting her last four teeth. I know, it was a long time coming. A year ago Sophia only had four teeth. I was a mom in distress, thinking my child was born without teeth and I would soon be investing in toddler dentures! No matter how many people reassured me that her teeth were there, I still worried. I had never known a child to take so long in getting teeth. Actually, someone asked me, just the other day, "You mean Sophia didn't have any teeth on her first birthday?" Um, no! She was toothless!
Although I am relieved to finally see those pearly whites, today, I nearly wanted to pull out my hair! I stuffed every cold object I could in Sophia's mouth to ease her pain. The last four are eye teeth and they have broken through the gums, which is a great thing. So, here's to teething and a now, full mouth of teeth!
Although I am relieved to finally see those pearly whites, today, I nearly wanted to pull out my hair! I stuffed every cold object I could in Sophia's mouth to ease her pain. The last four are eye teeth and they have broken through the gums, which is a great thing. So, here's to teething and a now, full mouth of teeth!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!"
This post is for those of you who follow us from out-of-state or country. Oddly, Minnesota, in January, is missing one thing....snow. It is January 18th and we have had a shortage of the fluffy whites stuff, this year. In fact, this is the view from our doorway:
Despite our lack of snow, Sophia and I still managed to make some snowmen today.
*Just a side note, I forgot to add the arms to the snowmen before taking this picture. We gave it to my mom, so at some point, I will need to add the arms. Either way, they are still cute.
Despite our lack of snow, Sophia and I still managed to make some snowmen today.
*Just a side note, I forgot to add the arms to the snowmen before taking this picture. We gave it to my mom, so at some point, I will need to add the arms. Either way, they are still cute.
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