goodness

I have survived the last day and a half without my hubby. Only a couple more weeks to go! :O The kids have been really really good for the most part. Please let it continue this way!

Joe said that the house is lovely and that Kolbe likes it there. Joe starts work tomorrow, which is exciting! I hope that he likes it! I need to go to the grocery store, we are starting to run out of things here... perhaps tomorrow. Must get a few more things done tonight, but Li just started to cry....

from a friend's blog

http://simpellton.blogspot.com/

"Circumcision is a perfect example of the triumph of emotion and outdated and unproven beliefs over common sense and scientific data."

"I've seen circumcisions done in the delivery room. Welcome to the world, baby boy - now to initiate you properly, we're going to cut off one of the most sensitive parts of your body with no anesthesia!"

Both quotes are by Dr. Christiane Northrup, she rocks! http://www.drnorthrup.com/

Isn't a little unfair that girls in this country can go home whole and healthy and so many boys go home with an open wound and in pain? Its only by chance that cutting girls didn't catch on, it was started at the same time as cutting boys, but its harder to do. If girls were still cut, parents in America would still be making excuses for keeping that tradition alive, the same way they justify removing healthy parts of a baby boy. Crazy."

Thanks for putting it so well. I often wonder why such an inhumane barbaric practice is still perpetuated by a supposedly advanced society.

New beginnings

Well, it is about 5:10 in the morning here. The rain just started to come down and the thunder is rumbling. I am expecting to see from one of my babies some time soon, but for now, all three of them are still in bed. I just watched Joe drive away from the only house that we have ever lived in together. The place that we came on our wedding night, the place that we brought all of our babies home to for the first time. The place that we have tried unsuccessfully to grow grass in the backyard three times. But it is okay, i daresay even good. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of packing up the rest of our things here, especially with three children running (or crawling) around at the same time, but i am feeling up to the challenge. The challenge of a new life for all of us. Taking everything that is good in this life, my love for my family and friends here, and welcoming all the good blessings that will come our way. Joe begins his new job on Friday, and is also able to go home to the house that we are renting to begin to set up house for us. It will be a long couple of weeks without him, but we are joined in prayer and love. Life is good.

My little big girl

She got her hair cut on tuesday. She walked out of the house looking like a four year old and came back looking like such an older girl. Oh my goodness. She told me that she likes her "little" hair. That girl. Now if only i could get her to stop acting like she is 14 with that many tons of attitude. But then i suppose she wouldn't be my daughter :O

In WY news... Joe leaves next week (monday, maybe tuesday?). We have secured a beautiful house in ID with some land and it will be available on the first of June. Goodness, that makes it all seem so much more real.

Huuuuuge weekend with Matt's ordination. I am going to hardly see my hubby at all. Breathe, breathe....

Had to add this one...

He got it!

The month of flowers and friends

Liam was pinning Annika down to get her paci. Fortunately, she thought this was very funny. They are too cute together. They roll around and are quite jolly about it
Liam sleeping on his godmother, Mary, at our last MI meeting here (at least for a while)
Joe and Issy feeding fish at the zoo.
My cutie is starting to look like a little boy
Ornery Annika getting my sunglasses.

We finished up our garage sale today and have taken the rest of the stuff to Goodwill. Joe leaves in a week in a half! We are going to trying to get the bulk of our packing done before then so that we don't have a lot to do after he leaves and it is time for me to leave with the kids. Every so often it hits me that we are leaving and it kinda freaks me out. I am going to miss everyone very much.

Going through the house...

Oh my goodness. we have a lot of stuff. Joe has lived here for a little over five years and me a little under five years and we have accumulated a huge amount of stuff. The toys and kids clothes alone could fill up an entire room. It has felt so good to declutter, organize and honestly, just throw some stuff away. Favorite socks that have holes in them now? Throw away! Random McDonalds toy? Throw away! It has been so freeing! We have been getting ready to have a garage sale, so we have had to touch every single thing in our house to see if we want to sell it, give it away, or pack it.

I have to say that the toys were insane. Insane. A dozen + relatives and birthdays and christmas for three kids over the last four years= too much crap. It has been very good to go through it and i think our house will be easier to keep clean because of it.

Joe and the kids have been sick with the stomach flu. Fun. The busiest i have ever been, trying to get stuff ready before he leaves and of course, the stomach flu. I am praying that i dodged the bullet and i am not going to get it this time. I really really hate the flu.

I have some super cute pictures of the kids that i need to download to this computer, but i am going to go to bed soon, so not tonight.

Wyoming, here we come!

Joe interviewed in Wyoming about a week and a half ago (where he took this picture) and they offered him a job, which he accepted this weekend. So in a month (give or take a little) we are packing up our Kansas tushies and moving. Joe is so excited to be doing this. He has been at TGW for six years (today, actually) and is ready to move on and grow. His new job promises huge growth potential and i am just thrilled for him. Sad about moving, because it is never easy to leave friends and family, but just so excited that he found what he has been looking for. God is so good to us!

He has been looking on and off for years and we have been praying and hoping. The week before he sent off this particular resume, i had started two novenas, one to Saint Anthony the miracle worker, and one to Saint Jude, patron saint of lost causes. And not coincidentally, he heard back, interviewed and got the job. Amazing.

We now have the huge task of packing up five years worth of things, and saying goodbye to everyone. But i don't fear that this will be the end of everything we have here. Love conquers all distance. It is only the beginning...

Ballerina in Rain Boots

My Littles

Riding the Lion at the zoo. Issy and Isaac love to get on the sculptures.
They make me so happy : )

So Joe interviewed for a job a thousand miles from here this past weekend. We are currently awaiting a call to let him know if he was offered it or not. I haven't been this nervous since right before Liam was born.

Dream Swatch and LTK Bucket Hat

The knitting is back on! I knit a Dreamswatch Headband from this fantastic bamboo yarn i got. It was so soft. I gifted it to my doula partner and friend. It is totally her.
LTK Bucket Hat for my niece. I tried to make her one for her birthday back in February, but i got non-shrinking yarn and it was hugely too big. I did the toddler size with a newborn depth and it fits Liam really nicely. Doesn't he make a lovely model, even with a big glob of spit up on his shirt?