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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Archive for the ‘Parenthood’ Category

Two Problems

Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS.
BOY #1 [...]

From Disobedience to Donuts

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Mary Beth and I have been struggling to come up with incentives to help Caleb obey. It seemed like whatever punishment or reward we would try, he just wasn’t interested in being obedient.
After thinking on the matter for a while, we decided to come up with a “Behavior Chart.” For every day he [...]

No TV?!?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Mary Beth and I have always tried to carefully limit the amount of TV that Caleb watches, but still too often find ourselves using the TV to give us a break from parenting. I recently read a blog post about some parents who found themselves too far down that road and how they struggled [...]

Just a little post about Caleb . . .

Monday, March 9th, 2009

I have piles of laundry to fold and iron, book-keeping to do, and dishes to wash, but today I want to write about Caleb.
I cannot imagine a cuter kid. He makes us laugh all the time. His favorite things right now include playing soccer with Daddy, listening to “George music” (aka Jack Johnson’s [...]

Needing More Than Coffee?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

So, I now know that I am a grown-up because … brace yourselves … I have begun drinking coffee! Not just drinking coffee, but craving coffee, thinking about drinking coffee. I am 27 years old and have never liked coffee before. I think most people are driven to coffee in college, but [...]