Annie K at almost three months!

I know it has been far too long since I updated on the world of mommyhood. It is a mysterious and wonderful world, let me tell you :) For example: it is mysterious because you find out things you never knew like how a 9-week-old can rival her daddy in the sheer volume produced when passing gas. I found this out the hard, and embarrassing I might add, way. I was at the public library, standing in line to check out, when Anne-Kelly, seemingly asleep and unaware in her carseat carrier, toots. And when I say toots I'm really being nice. The word that describes the sound that came out of my child is really more well described by that word that begins with an "f" and ends in "art." So she makes this noise, and the whole library looks toward me. I sheepishly shake my head and say, "I'm sorry, she just doesn't seem to have the whole 'social graces' thing down quite yet." Mortifying, I'm telling you. So that's the mysterious world of child-rearing.

However, like I said above, there are a multitude of WONDERFUL parts. For example: as I write this she is curled up in a precious little ball lying on my chest. She had a tummy-ache earlier, and I am so relieved that she is now sleeping soundly. Anyone who has ever had children knows how terrible you feel when your little one is hurting and you feel like there is nothing you can do to help him or her. That was me about three hours ago. But how wonderful it is to watch her breathe deeply and sleep soundly. She is such an angel. And a lot of people say, "Oh yes, they're angels - when they're sleeping!" But my girl is really an angel all the time, even when she's screaming at the top of her lungs. She is such a blessing from the Lord, and I try to remind myself of that every single day. The Word is true when it says that every good and perfect gift is from above. A couldn't imagine a more good or more perfect gift than Anne-Kelly.

Thank you, Lord.