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| I have pictures to show off!  I happened to remember that the girls both have dark velvet dresses right now, and so they wore them to church this morning. I took this picture at home after church.
And here's Carina happily exercising her latest delightful feat: cooing!
Okay, all for now. Later!
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| What I Love About Breastfeeding*It's simple - perfectly designed for baby!
*No prep, no clean-up, nothing to buy (except for a few clothing items  )
*Always the perfect temperature
*Baby never has to wait for a feeding
*Free!
*No bottles or formula to take along on trips
*Supply meets demand
*It feels good! 
*The preferred position - baby on her side - prevents ear infections
*Mommy gets frequent rests throughout the day
*Baby can eat while Mommy sleeps!
*Mommy's immunity gets passed on to baby through her milk - less sickness!
*The milk is always perfectly formulated for baby's age
*Baby gets God-designed milk, rather than formula designed by people with limited understanding
*Deliciously soft baby skin
*Baby's spit-up and BMs don't stink.
*Mommy gets the satisfaction of providing for her baby what nobody else can!
And here's a picture of my breast-fed munchkin!
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| Busy lifeWow, it has been a while. I was thinking the other day that almost nobody has been updating, including me! So here goes.
We have been busy. A couple weekends ago we were in PC with my family. We hadn't been there since Thanksgiving, so it was time. Everything is a little more complicated with a toddler and a baby, including trips especially. We managed though. Of course being with family meant more hands to hold the baby. The girls did pretty well overall.
I am attempting potty training, again. I keep trying every now and then, testing the waters. We are finishing out Day 4, with not much progress. I am doing the diaperless method so that we both know when she goes. Jolynn is fine with sitting on the potty unless she actually has to go, then she resists with all her might. If she could just learn to "let go" on the potty, we'd have it made!  I'll give it a few more days, and if she still isn't progressing I'll let it rest for a while. Any ideas, anyone?
Darrell's sister Trippy is back from Kansas, and that means I get to use her during the day sometimes! She can take care of Jolynn while I get needed work done. It's so nice! Today I did a lot of baking for a bake sale this weekend. I made herb bread, which flopped; carrot cake; chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate peanut butter cake. That was enough work for one day, so thankfully Janet invited us over for supper tonight.
Carina is doing well since I've taken milk out of my diet. She is such a sweet baby when she doesn't have tummy ache. I am enjoying being her mommy now!
Okey-doke, enough of an update for now.
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| Life with TwoWe have been staying quite busy with our two little ones lately. Our little girls are such dears, but it can get a little overwhelming at times during the day when I'm the only parent at home. Help, I'm outnumbered! Lol. We are needing to re-learn things we forgot from when Jolynn was a baby - namely, that the parents need to set the baby's sleep schedule, rather than waiting for the baby to indicate readiness to sleep. Thanks to my remembering that useful bit of information, Carina is finally settling into something of a schedule, which makes things a bit easier for me. In the afternoons when both girls are sleeping I have a few hours of free time. Hooray! I have been feeling productive recently, thanks to that. A few days ago I gave both the girls baths, trimmed their fingernails, cleaned up the kitchen, did a little laundry, and made rice pudding for a dessert for supper. I felt like supermom!  I am needing to work on a baby travel bed I started while waiting for baby, considering we have a trip planned later this month.
Here is a picture of our two little girls. I had been trying to get a good picture of Carina for baby announcements (hence the cute dress) but her expression in this picture is a pretty good example of the not-so-nice expressions I was capturing on the camera. Then of course she spit up on her dress.  This picture I had to keep though.
Here is the picture (from a different photo session!) we are using for birth announcements.
Jolynn is turning 2 tomorrow! We have been so blessed having her in our lives!
Okay, all for now. We are having Jolynn's birthday party this evening, and I need to make & decorate the cake and make ice cream today. So long!
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