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Bumbo baby
Rosie is finally
holding her head up well enough to use her Bumbo! Depending on the kind of mood
she’s in, I can usually get a good 20 minutes of non-holding baby time! I’m a
little bit of a Bumbo rule breaker though and have put the seat on the kitchen counter
BUT I swear she was being supervised the entire time. Rosie loves being up high
and watching me cook or clean or whatever. The cat however is not happy because
the counter is usually her domain (don’t worry I Lysol the counters a few times
a day) so she spent a good portion of the day sulking. I can’t wait for those
two to become best friends and keep each other entertained.
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Rosie watching me eat yogurt this morning. Her expression is like "Woah, that's not breastmilk! How could you eat that?" |
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My crush on the Doctor
I started watching Doctor
Who on Netflix a few weeks ago. I figured it would keep me from getting bored
during the day when I’m alone with the baby. I liked the ninth Doctor and was disappointed
that he regenerated at the end of the first season but that was until I got to
know the tenth Doctor. What followed was a growing crush on a fictional character
that resulted in me binge-watching 3 seasons of the show. I was sort of obsessed
thinking I could sometimes hear the TARDIS appearing while on walks with Rosie.
Unfortunately, this Doctor also had to regenerate and I’m now trying to get
used to this new Doctor who just seems really geeky. I’d gotten about 20
minutes into the first episode of season 5 before I realized that I needed a
break to mourn the death of my favorite Doctor. I haven’t quite healed yet, but
I think I will start watching the show again soon.
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Dane should dress like this for our next date night. |
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I got 99 problems and the beef is number one
I finally got around
to making my freezer to crockpot stews I’d been planning on doing since before
Rosie was born. Oh well, better late than never. I decided it was time since
large bags of potatoes, carrots and stewing beef were on sale this week. Unfortunately,
they were sold out of the stewing beef when we went grocery shopping this
weekend, so I purchased the root vegetables and planned to go back this week.
But since I have terrible luck, the store was still sold out of the beef when I
went early yesterday morning. I had to pay $1.50 per pound more for the beef from another
store which made the stews so much more expensive than I planned. I’m happy
that I have the stews; I just wish the beef had been available.
*Reading this over
just now, I realize how insignificant my problems really are. You know life is
going well when your biggest worry is the price of freezer to crockpot stews.
Or is it that your life is really boring? Who knows! Either ways I apologize
for blogging about the price of beef.*
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Baby talk
In other Rosie news,
she has really started cooing lots lately. It’s hilarious to watch her because
you can tell that she’s really trying to communicate with you. We were at my
parent’s last night, and my mom stood Rosie up on her lap (yes, I said stood,
she likes to be upright and on her feet) which made her start to oooh, and aahhh
about everything around her (Rosie, not my mom – if my mom was doing that there
would have to be wine involved). It’s amazing to watch her discovering the
world around her. I really hope God blesses us with more children and we get to
see babies discovering the world over and over again.
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Talking babies
Speaking of other
babies, if I got pregnant today, the baby would be due in June. That means
Rosie would be 1 year old or just shy of 1. I think I’d be ok with that which
is kind of a relief. Any sooner than that and I would lose my mind. I don’t
think I’m going to get pregnant since I’m exclusively breastfeeding and all,
but since we are not using birth control it’s something we always need to be
aware of. Unless we decided to abstain
for the next year, and even though I tried to sell the idea to my husband, I
don’t think that is going to happen. It’s a scary thought however, and so when we
said grace before dinner I prayed “…and please don’t let me get pregnant…”, to
which Dane had to add “…but let your will be done…”. I’m happy my husband reminds me to stop trying
to be a control freak and to trust God, but I guess that’s what marriage is all
about, helping each other get closer to God.
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My FBE ( Favorite Book Ever)
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This is definitely a MUST READ! |
Since I haven’t had
the time to go to the library, I re-read my favorite book “Jeanne, Fille du Roy”,
by Suzanne Martel. The book is originally written in French but I think it was
translated into English under the name “The King’s Daughter”. I first read the
novel when I was 9 after my mom recommended it. I had a hard time reading the
end, and I remember my mom reading me the last chapters as I cried. Over the years, I’ve picked up this book over
and over again, and I’m just as impressed with the story every time I read it.
Without giving anything away the story is set in the seventeenth century and,
the main character, Jeanne Chatel, is an orphan raised in a convent who goes to
New France as one of the King’s Daughters. There she marries Simon de Rouville ,
a hunter and builder, who is in need of a wife to raise his two young children
after the murder of his late wife by the Iroquois. The story goes on to tell of
the young woman’s many adventures in the woods of New France, as well as the
blossoming relationship between her and Simon.
Jeanne is gutsy, witty and resourceful making her a great role model for
young girls. There is also a catholic influence in the book, with cameos from
Saint Marguerite de Bourgeoys and Saint Marie de l’Incarnation. One of my favorite lines from the book is when
Jeanne describes a childhood crush as “beautiful like the statue of Saint
Michael” which makes me think they did not have a large frame of reference for
handsome men.
You can purchase the
book in French here and the English version here.
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Define: baptism
Rosie is getting baptized on September 28th
at the same church Dane and I were married in.
Although the ceremony is being done in French, I figure language is a
human thing not a God thing, and Rosie will be baptized regardless of what
language the baptism is done in. We are starting our baptism classes on Monday
and we are meeting the priest briefly after mass on Sunday. I’ve been trying to think about baptism and
what it means to be baptized. I don’t want to go into it blindly, and I want to
understand so I can truly appreciate the significance of it for my daughter. If
you have an explanation, please feel free to send it to me!