Look at mama!
Ethan, look at me with your eyes!
Oh well. Isaac, smile for me!
I love that cheesey smile (complete with bottom lip out nose pointed up in the air)!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Recently, this is a typical sight at 6:30pm
Isaac is completely passed out in random places after having his last bottle of the day. He's so tired. His crankyness may be due to the fact that he has a nasty cold now and another tooth about to poke through.
Thoughts on Insecurity
A few weeks ago, I ordered the book, So Long Insecurity, by Beth Moore. On a whim, I ordered 2 and sent one to my mother-in-law, too. I know! What kind of crazy woman sends a book on insecurity to their mother-in-law. The funny thing was that I didn't spend much time thinking about whether or not I should do it BEFORE I already went through the steps to send it to her. It was only when it was too late that I started to think, "Oh no. I hope I didn't just send a message to my mother-in-law that communicated that I thought she had issues with insecurity." So, as you can see, I, myself have a few (or a lot!) of issues with insecurity, as evidenced by my second-guessing in this process. Anyway. . . moving along from there.
My mother-in-law, that many of my readers refer to as "Mom" or "Chris" loved the book and has finished it and she wasn't offended at all! I don't think it took more than a couple of weeks for her to get through the entire thing and she loved it! And, from what I've read of it, I do to.
Everyone has hangups of some kind or another in regard to insecurity, but women seem to have it down to a science. In chapter 3, the idea of a "prominent false positive" is discussed. It's the one thing that you (or I) think would make us more secure in all things. Think of a person you look at and perceive as secure. What is it that they have that you don't? How would you finish this statement?-
"You know, ____fill in the blank with name_____, people who don't know you very well would never be able to imagine that you struggle with insecurity. After all. . . "
What would you say?
. . . you have so many friends.
. . . you have a spouse to take care of you.
. . . you don't have to worry about finances.
And the crazy thing is that person, who has the thing that we think would make us more secure, is still insecure themselves because someone else has something that they don't have that they are sure would solve their problem.
I've been trying to think of what my "prominent false positive" is. I don't know if I am sure what mine is yet. I plan to blog more on this as I work through the last half of the book.
What do you think? Does any of this resonate with you or sound interesting?
My mother-in-law, that many of my readers refer to as "Mom" or "Chris" loved the book and has finished it and she wasn't offended at all! I don't think it took more than a couple of weeks for her to get through the entire thing and she loved it! And, from what I've read of it, I do to.
Everyone has hangups of some kind or another in regard to insecurity, but women seem to have it down to a science. In chapter 3, the idea of a "prominent false positive" is discussed. It's the one thing that you (or I) think would make us more secure in all things. Think of a person you look at and perceive as secure. What is it that they have that you don't? How would you finish this statement?-
"You know, ____fill in the blank with name_____, people who don't know you very well would never be able to imagine that you struggle with insecurity. After all. . . "
What would you say?
. . . you have so many friends.
. . . you have a spouse to take care of you.
. . . you don't have to worry about finances.
And the crazy thing is that person, who has the thing that we think would make us more secure, is still insecure themselves because someone else has something that they don't have that they are sure would solve their problem.
I've been trying to think of what my "prominent false positive" is. I don't know if I am sure what mine is yet. I plan to blog more on this as I work through the last half of the book.
What do you think? Does any of this resonate with you or sound interesting?
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Cookies, Anyone?
I love these cookies! I found the recipe in my Betty Crocker "Cooky Book"
Oatmeal Coconut Crispies
1 cup shortening (I use 1/2 cup crisco and 1/2 cup butter)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar(packed)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup oats
1 cup coconut
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Blend flour, soda , and salt thoroughly, stir into shortening mixture. Blend in oats and coconut. The recipe says to shape into 2 rolls, each about 2" in diameter, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate overnight. Then cut into 1/4" slices. I'm way too impatient for that. I skip all that and move straight to scooping with my cookie scoop and fill it about 3/4 full, put it on the cookie sheet and press down on the top of the cookie to flatten it a little. But you don't even have to do that silly smooshing it down part either.
Bake for about 8 minutes.
I can get about 70 cookies out of this recipe.
Oatmeal Coconut Crispies
1 cup shortening (I use 1/2 cup crisco and 1/2 cup butter)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar(packed)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup oats
1 cup coconut
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening, sugars, eggs and vanilla until fluffy. Blend flour, soda , and salt thoroughly, stir into shortening mixture. Blend in oats and coconut. The recipe says to shape into 2 rolls, each about 2" in diameter, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate overnight. Then cut into 1/4" slices. I'm way too impatient for that. I skip all that and move straight to scooping with my cookie scoop and fill it about 3/4 full, put it on the cookie sheet and press down on the top of the cookie to flatten it a little. But you don't even have to do that silly smooshing it down part either.
Bake for about 8 minutes.
I can get about 70 cookies out of this recipe.
What to Wear
A few weeks ago, I was lamenting to my friend, Catherine, that I didn't have any clothes that worked with my post-baby body. So, she connected me with her sister, Denise. Denise is getting ready to open a boutique in St. Paul and she knows her stuff when it comes to clothes and style. If you've ever seen the show, "What Not to Wear", you know that the hosts, Clinton and Stacy, go through a person's wardrobe, get rid of all the things that don't fit right and aren't flattering and help them shop (with a hefty allowance of money) for things that are going to work for their body type.
That's what Denise is in the process of doing with me(minus the free wardrobe)! She came over this morning and we went through every item of clothing that I own. She helped me put together outfits out of clothes I currently have, told me not to buy anymore black(I have sooooooo many black dresses and tops) and helped me come up with a list of items that I need to round out my wardrobe and talked with me about what colors would work for me. She also helped me feel really good about how I look.
Best of all, she gave me permission to NEVER buy skinny jeans because they don't look good on most people, "and just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't mean you have to do it too"!
Here's an example of my education this morning (accentuating smaller ribcage, dark on the bottom, putting together colors from different side so the color wheel for more "pop!"):
That's what Denise is in the process of doing with me(minus the free wardrobe)! She came over this morning and we went through every item of clothing that I own. She helped me put together outfits out of clothes I currently have, told me not to buy anymore black(I have sooooooo many black dresses and tops) and helped me come up with a list of items that I need to round out my wardrobe and talked with me about what colors would work for me. She also helped me feel really good about how I look.
Best of all, she gave me permission to NEVER buy skinny jeans because they don't look good on most people, "and just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't mean you have to do it too"!
Here's an example of my education this morning (accentuating smaller ribcage, dark on the bottom, putting together colors from different side so the color wheel for more "pop!"):
Anyway, it was lots of fun. I'm not an expert by any means, but I'm not as intimidated by the process anymore!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Isaac's nap strike
I thought I would update this periodically throughout the day to bore you with how little Isaac sleeps:
2:30am- Woke up crying. I left him. Finally he stopped after about 20 minutes.
4:30- Woke up crying again. Cried for about 5 minutes. Went back to sleep.
6:45- Up for the day.
9:05- Laid him down for his morning nap. Cried for 20 Minutes.
9:48- Awake from long, refreshing nap of 23 minutes. Waited a few minutes to see if he would go back to sleep. How naive I am.
1:19-Laid him down for his afternoon nap. Crying now. Asleep at 1:30.
2:23- Awake. He almost slept an hour.
7:00pm- To bed for the night. No crying when we laid him down.
I heard Isaac crying a little bit during the night, but it didn't last long and then he was up for the day at 6:ish.
It's possible he has an ear infection, I guess. It's hard for me to remember to think of these things as reasons for not sleeping well. Isaac does have a cold now.
(check in later for more exciting details)
2:30am- Woke up crying. I left him. Finally he stopped after about 20 minutes.
4:30- Woke up crying again. Cried for about 5 minutes. Went back to sleep.
6:45- Up for the day.
9:05- Laid him down for his morning nap. Cried for 20 Minutes.
9:48- Awake from long, refreshing nap of 23 minutes. Waited a few minutes to see if he would go back to sleep. How naive I am.
1:19-Laid him down for his afternoon nap. Crying now. Asleep at 1:30.
2:23- Awake. He almost slept an hour.
7:00pm- To bed for the night. No crying when we laid him down.
I heard Isaac crying a little bit during the night, but it didn't last long and then he was up for the day at 6:ish.
It's possible he has an ear infection, I guess. It's hard for me to remember to think of these things as reasons for not sleeping well. Isaac does have a cold now.
(check in later for more exciting details)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
It's a good thing babies are cute
Looking like this:
is the one of the reasons he can get away with waking at 4:30 in the morning and not be shipped to Nana's house immediately.
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