
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
We’ve been having a little trouble with obedience here at the Picker house, so I was inspired by Andrea and Elijah to have a special family day to learn more about obedience. I felt a little overwhelmed by the idea at first, but once I started it was really easy to plan activities that [...]

Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Today my sweet little Caleb is two years old! I cannot believe that two years ago today I was holding him for the first time. He was born at 3:43 in the morning after over twenty hours of labor followed by a c-section, but he was worth every second of it. He [...]

Monday, February 18th, 2008
For those of you who may find yourselves attempting to converse with a toddler in the near future, here are Caleb’s translations of our own English words and names:
Ma-ma = “Momma”
Da-da = “Daddy”
Be-ew = “Boo”
Da-dad = “Granddad”
A-na = “Allan”
In-cee = “Lindsay”
Bi-bee = [...]

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I woke up the other morning to find that a toddler has moved into our house! One night I put my sweet baby to bed, and he woke up the next day a very active and very independent little boy. It really happened so fast. It seems like it was just [...]