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Price Checker

Jen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:06:30 +0000

I created this site called Price Checker so I can track how much I pay for the products I buy. And anyone else can use it, too! Check it out

I have vanquished the picture problem

Jen — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:05:41 +0000

It was a permissions issue. Thanks for your patience. Let the viewing of the amazing and talented Born babies commence!

Dinah and Mommy’s shoes

Jen — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:00:12 +0000

Dinah really loves to play in everyone’s shoes, but especially Mommy’s high heels. This was last December, so she’s almost 2 in these shots.

…And we’re back!

Jen — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:33:17 +0000

To blogging, that is. Hopefully. We’ll see. I’d advise you against any breath-holding.

It’s been a year since we moved to Hannibal, MO from Kentucky and has brought gobs of changes. We’ve been in our first house for a year, existed as a one-car family as a year, had Sophie for a year (we love you, So!), Dan’s been pastoring for a year and teaching Bible at a private middle school for a semester, and I’ve been living without an appendix for about 9 months (I haven’t missed it, in case you were wondering). Crazy, crazy, crazy! Well, my hope is that I’ll be better about keeping this thing updated, especially with pictures of Jujubee1 and Jujubee2. I’m going to go ahead and reward my faithful readers (including those I text to say that I finally updated our blog) with some pictures from last December. That’s right, last December. There are more to come. And I might update our About page. Happy Trails!

Bumbo Fun

Jen — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:52:50 +0000

Here are some pictures of some Bumbo fun we had with Sophie mid-November.

Waking Up, Courtesy of Dinah

Jen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:54:46 +0000

Dinah is walking around repeating “nuh-mah-nuh-mah” over and over again. I thought I’d share that right off the bat.

With this whole light bedrest thing that I’m on because I’d progressed a little when I went in to the OB this week, Dan has been going and getting Dinah out of her crib in the mornings and bringing her back to our bed to cuddle and play for a minute before we all get up. Don’t be fooled: it’s pretty much all playing and exploring for Dinah. She’s too busy to cuddle. And there’s usually some bodily sacrifice involved on the part of mommy and daddy. This morning, she backhanded me in the eye and then sneezed on my face before trying to launch herself off the side of the bed. It’s both a cruel and sweet way to wake up in the morning.

Great Story

Jen — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:45:24 +0000

Glory to God for this very blunt and honest conversion story! I can’t begin to tell you how encouraging it is (and it’ll take you 5 minutes to read, so make a sandwich, sit down, and enjoy!). My prayer for this man is that he would immerse himself in a Bible-believing church who would help him grow in his faith and devotion to Christ through the Word of God.

HT: For His Reknown

Blowing My Nose With Glasses On

Jen — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:43:04 +0000

I have reading glasses. After Dinah was born, I noticed that my vision wasn’t as superb as it once was. This could have had nothing to do with Dinah’s birth and everything to do with me getting older. Dunno. Nonetheless, I went to see Dr. Kelli who gave me a rockin’ prescription and since then, I pretty faithfully wear them for all sight-intensive activities (computer work, reading, knitting, etc).

Fast forward to this week and my lovely sinus infection. Since I haven’t been wearing glasses that long, I’m really unused to blowing my nose with them on my face (I tend to wear my glasses a little lower on my nose). It feels really awkward and like there’s a battle going on on my face. Plus, I can’t stand ANY smudges on my glasses and we buy Puffs with Lotion because we’re spoiled nose-blowers (the only thing better than those tissues are the ones with menthol–delicious!). And I’m blowing my nose constantly. I usually will take off my glasses prior to blowing my nose, but with all of this nose-blowing activity, I think I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t have to anymore, mostly out of necessity and laziness.

This might be the silliest and least useful post ever.

Dan Born Quote of the Day

Jen — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:25:17 +0000

From a conversation last week:

Me: Are you going to help Dinah make me a present [for Mother's Day]?

Dan: I’ll help her make you a present in her diaper.

Ha! (Note: He did get me a present, so don’t send him any nasty-grams.)

Leaky Tide

Jen — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:37:19 +0000

Do not buy liquid detergent whose packaging is smashed/smooshed on the bottom and do not treat liquid detergent as if it were indestructible by banging it around during the transition from shelf to cart, cart to car, and car to laundry room floor (who am I kidding? It sat by the front door for at least a day or two). You will end up with a sticky blue puddle on your laundry room (ours is more of an exaggerated closet) floor that you will notice but will have to wait a week to clean up because you just don’t really have the time/motivation. It will get all over the laundry basket and ironing board foot that you have next to it. It will take you 1/2 a roll of paper towels and 1/4 cup of vinegar to clean up. But your precious baby girl will be a peach and stay playing out of the way the entire time.