Diving Mask

New Teeth!

After more sleepless nights than with any of the other children (or do we just experience it that way every time?) Margaret has produced 2 beautiful teeth! She is a decidedly happier baby on the far side of producing them and is fast learning to crawl.

The Dog and her Boy

I love my job, don't get me wrong, but Beah's job is pretty sweet too: Snuggle with Noah, wrestle with Noah, get on the bed with Noah (and no one else!)...

And, she's good at her job too. For example, every night she sleeps with Noah and is a key part of his going to bed each night. With her lying next to or on top of him she can siphon off a lot of his energy in order for him to get to sleep.

Molly Quotes

"Hey dad! Can I join YWAM when I grow up?" -Molly
"Uh, sure!" -dad

"Mommy, will you teach this little rock how to go to sleep?" -Molly

Aren't I Sweet?

The Mud Pit

Today we went to the Mud Pit. It's one of the great features of St. Christopher, but we have never gone as a family until this morning. As part of Generational Impact Camp that's taking place right now at St. Christopher, a whole group of us walked up the beach, across the dunes and through the muddy trail only to end up at a perpedual bog.

As you can see, Elaina jumped right in, but it should be noted that she has been here before.

Noah was happy to trudget through the black mud, but when arriving at the actual pit was much more interested in watching than jumping in. Andrew got to the pit and proceeded to pinch his nose and tell everyone that passed by, "Whew! You stink!"

Molly did some dry heaving before deciding to head back to the beach with mom, and various clean dry people passed Margaret around and enjoyed a brief excuse not to be splashed with the stinking bog.

Molly wasn't the only one her age to fall asleep at the dinner table. There were actually two others passed out on the tables.

An attempted nap on the front porch

A Skip on the Beach

Margaret Sitting Up

Margaret has been sitting up for a few weeks , but she's now at the point where she is very confident and can play happily without falling for pretty much as long as she wants. We try to keep a dog handy for her to fall over on when she gets tired.

"Andrew, Smile!"

Andrew has always loved having his picture taken. So much so that sometimes his smiles completely take over.

7 Months Old

Happy Birthday Molly!!!

Three years old!

Yesterday:
Dad: Molly, guess what tomorrow is!
Molly: (thinking. . . then. . .) Lunch!

Today:
Mom: Molly, guess what today is!
Molly: It's my birthday!!!

Quote of the Day:

"Awe! Come on...! Babies don't headbutt unless they are provoked!" -emily
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Definitions

cool -

Pronunciation: \ˈkül\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English col, from Old English cōl; akin to Old High German kuoli cool, Old English ceald cold

Date: before 12th century

7. slang a: very good : excellent; also : all right b: fashionable, hip

A trip to the mud

Here are some fun shots of Elaina and two of her friends on a recent visit to the beach. We all went out to the point and the tide was out leaving a stripe of nasty pluff mud between the sand and the water. In one of the shots you can see the dolphins which thought the kids were a lot of fun. Oh yeah, there was a lot of participation from our long haired gooldendoodle as well. What a mess! What fun!

Baby Pic

Here's Margaret in her Easter Dress. (Squeeky McGeeky)

slow news day

17 days since the last post and absolutely nothing has happened. I'll let you know when something does...

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew is now 7 years old!
presents to follow...

Contacts?

Hi there! Some of you seem not to have phone numbers or e-mails for us after all of this transition. But, I don't believe in posting such things on the web. So....

Send an e-mail to my soon to be defunct email address: junkmail@stchristopher.org and I will write back with e-mails, address, phones and more information than you can shake a stick at. Although shaking a stick at your monitor could scratch it if you aren't careful and is also a bad example for the kids.

(update: even the e-mail address I gave before doesn't work... so I edited it)

Merry Christmas!