Family
Brendan’s Confirmation
On Wednesday, January 11, Brendan, his father and I went to his Confirmation evening of recollection. The evening began with a monastic type of potluck dinner, during which all of the participants remained silent while our pastor read to us about Maria (a holy young girl who lived in Mexico). After dinner, we proceeded to…
Read MorePriestly Role Models
Sedes Sapientiae, ora pro nobis. Our parish has been blessed with a second priest, Fr. Harkins. His presence has inspired my two youngest sons to pretend to be priests and “offer” Mass. They’ve been dressing up, cutting “hosts” from printer paper, ringing their little bell, and using their child-size thurible. The other day, Finnian…
Read MoreBaby Update
At my doctor’s appointment this morning, baby’s heart rate was 145 beats per minute and my “baby belly” measured 23 centimeters which matches up nicely with the baby’s age of 22 weeks and 4 days. I have another appointment in two weeks to check on the baby’s growth and test my anti-factor Xa levels again.…
Read MorePassing on the Blame
A week ago, I went downstairs to start another load of laundry. Upon returning upstairs, I noticed that the living room was no longer clean. I asked those present, “Who destroyed the living room?” Elizabeth quickly informed me, “St. Nicholas destroyed it.”
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Why He Does What He Does
Yesterday, despite the fact that some of us are sick, we decided to head to the beach and finally take our Christmas photo. Prior to leaving the house, I told all of my swimmers that they were not to go in the water. Upon arriving at the beach, I reiterated my instructions. As usual, Patrick’s desire…
Read MoreTesting Vocabulary Patrick Style
Patrick: “Mommy, can you please help me clean my room tomorrow morning.” Me: “Yes.” Patrick: “Good because otherwise I might get ‘roomatism’.” Me: “I don’t think so.” Patrick: “What is rheumatism?” Me: “I think its when you have sore bones.” Patrick: “Yes, if you don’t help me clean my room, then I will have rheumatism…
Read MoreTimely Advice
On Sunday, October 9, my pastor gave me some very timely advice in the confessional. He told me to share the advice with my husband which I obediently did, telling him, “Fr. Saguto told me that I should take some time for myself.” Little did any of us know that my pastor’s advice would be…
Read MoreMelt My Heart
Out of necessity, my husband spent the last few days at home helping with the children. This morning, he returned to work. When Elizabeth woke up, she asked me, “Is Daddy home?” I replied, “No, sweetie, he went to work.” Her response melted my heart, “But I need him.”
Read More9 Weeks
I intended to share the photo below last week, but we have been busy. Last week, my doctor did another ultrasound and I was amazed to see how much this baby had grown in one week. This little one was moving all over the place and the head, arms, and little legs were very obvious.…
Read More8 Weeks
On Wednesday, I went to my first doctor’s appointment. At the recommendation of a friend and her doctor’s office, I went to see a perinatologist. Seeing the perinatologist included having an ultrasound. This isn’t the first ultrasound that I have had with a tiny little baby (I saw Theresa on ultrasound at 6 weeks); however,…
Read MoreA Girl and Her Dog
A couple of weeks ago, as Elizabeth was petting Heidi, I heard her singing, “Oh doggy, there’s something special between you and me.” (adapted from Charlotte’s Web) Elizabeth is definitely correct. Although we are still trying to stop Heidi’s biting (it is pretty bad at times), she tends to be very good with Elizabeth. Heidi is getting better about…
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