“I slept in my own room, in my own crib, last night.
I did really well.
I’m one month and two days old this morning.
I’ve been told I’m really cute.”
"My own room."
Katriel
“Who Can He Be?” 2013
Once again this year our church did a performance depicting Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.
Last year the big four and I were in it.
http://www.dayspringdisciples.blogspot.com/2012/04/who-can-he-be.html
Because of my expecting and delivering Katriel, it was not possible for me to be part of the production this year. Instead, John donned costumes and hit the stage. He first played a townsfolk, then a Roman Solider.
My sister, Kelly, was also part of the production.
He was much more intimidating before he held the newborn. 😉
Or the smiley almost-3-year-old.
Johanna took to the stage, too. Albeit, before the production started. 😉
What can I say? It runs in the family?
She has a role picked out for the future…?
Sitting still
John has often said that one great thing about having a baby is you get more rest. People often balk, “More rest!?” And go on to cite the night time wakings and rockings. But as John points out – babies like to be held. They like to eat, like to sleep, and like to be held. And it is hard to do a lot when you are holding… so – we rest.
I think God meant it that way, really.
But – as the older kids have gotten bigger, he and I seem to have fewer opportunities to hold and rest… There is always someone else interested in the holding.
What a lucky Ducky!
Improvising…
Schooling with a newborn is new for me. I’ve never had a baby in the midst of a school year. Tabitha arrived at the end of Stewart’s kindergarten year, so there was not a lot of pressure there. When Johanna arrived the end of May 2010 we’d already wrapped up the year’s worth of work.
But February is a different story… we’ve completed 27 of our weeks, which is nothing to sneeze at. But there are still a fair number of weeks ahead of us before we can call it done for the year. So we are improvising.
Since each of the kids have completed at LEAST 74% of their language work for the year we can drop down to two-three days a week each. This means I don’t have to keep as tight a schedule and we have time for things like diapers and feedings.
School doesn’t look the same as it did just a few weeks ago. What was normally conducted at the kitchen table is now being conducted, um, anywhere we can pull it off. Today, it was on the couch, with my lap serving as both bassinet and instructor’s desk.
My life is weird… but good!
First bath
Katriel’s cord fell off this morning… so it was BATH NIGHT!
How many Butlers can fit in the bathroom? (One was on the Wii…) 
That Flashing Thing
Meeting Ba and Poppy
So much love…
“This one is going to be MY Buddy.”
Hugs from Auntie Emily and meeting Anna. Katriel plans to catch up with her within the year. 😉
Some time with Nigel. He thinks I am pretty small. 
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