iHeartFaces - "Excited"

My wife showed me her photo for this site called iHeartFaces. She took a picture today that I thought fit the theme well.

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Strawberry Picking!

Strawberry picking is really hard work...

But so worth the effort! :)

I Love his Curious Little Mind

The other morning, after our morning devotion, somehow Caleb and I got on the subject of angels. I asked him if he knew what they were. Of course he didn't. But he does know what soldiers are, and he knows all about swords, shields, and fighting and all that stuff.

Well, I began to tell him about the angels of God... I told him how they were strong and powerful soldiers in God's army and how they could fly very fast and far because of their great wings... and how they fought against the wicked spirits in the world. As I told him all this and more, it was so cool to watch his little eyes come alive with excitement and wonder.

For the rest of the morning, he took a little plastic figure that was supposed to be a wise man in a navitity scene, and pretended it was an angel. It was really cool. I know one day that wonder and awe will be gone, so I'm going to enjoy it now. He's so curious... thats why I really try to entertain all of his questions as good, honest questions, because I know he's learning. And hopefully, he's learning not only a lot about the world, but that his Daddy loves him enough to take time to explain anything to him.

By the way, the photo on my profile is of me reading a Bible story to my boys. We try to read a Bible story and have prayer together every morning. It's really cool now because if I'm slow getting there... Caleb reminds me, "Daddy, we have to have our devotion!" Who can ask for more?

Sometimes they don't see it coming

"Germy Bugs"

Well, it's 3:2o AM and I'm here typing a blog... why? Because of "germy bugs" as Caleb likes to call them. Last night around 3 am, Caleb came running into our room crying because he had thrown up in his bed and had to again. Well, he only threw up once and then seemed to feel a lot better during the day, though he still didn't have much of an appetite. So, I thought he was all better. But then again tonight around 1:30 AM, the same thing again... he came running to our room again crying because he was sick again. So, right now, he's resting on the couch watching Nemo and trying to go back to sleep while I type this blog (in a different room).

I'm pretty familiar with stomach viruses, especially the 24 hour kind. I probably got one once a year when I was growing up. Seriously, I had them on a regular basis. But I've never seen one like this, where you throw up once... go 24 hours nothing... and then all of a sudden you throw up again. (By the way, if you have weak stomach skip down to the next paragraph). And what really concerns me about this is the nature or consistency of his throw up. Not intending to be too gross... but his didn't look like it came from the stomach, it came from deeper than that... like it should have gone the other way if you know what I mean.

I intend to call the Dr.'s office tomorrow to see if something is going around, and if there is anything to be concerned about. I hate throwing up with a passion, so it breaks my heart to see my little boy hurting like this. I really hope none of the rest of us get it, especially little Taite. Things like this are so much easier to handle when you're able to at least partially communicate with your children.

Thanksgiving at Grandmother's

For my entire life, we have always gone to my grandmother's for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter for big family gatherings. Of course, I grew up seeing my grandmother a whole lot more than that, seeing as how I only lived like 300 yards from her. Haha. Well, today Caleb and I took the hour and a half trip back to Grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, little Taite was sick so Andrea decided to just stay here at home with him. I hated they weren't with us, but I know it was better for Taite... he slept most of the day.

Below is a picture of my son, Caleb enjoying some of grandmother's good cooking. Her turkey and dressing is the best I've ever eaten. I wish I had entire dish of it to bring home. I did bring Andrea some food for supper. And some very kind people from our church brought her some turkey for lunch which I thought was very sweet of them.




And well, after doing a lot eating, playing, and enjoying all of the family, we were pretty tired. As you can see from the picture below, Caleb got to enjoy a nice little nap on the ride home. It was a good day. I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving day with family and friends!