Wednesday

In case it isn't obvious, these detailed blog posts are especially for Chris' benefit, as I know he's missing us (as we're missing him). Despite the fact that all the photos of John in this post are of him unclothed, I promise I dressed him this morning and he remained that way almost all day!

I slept only three hours again last night, so I spent today feeling really physically weak and ill. Thankfully, my plan to keep John occupied with a lot of fun, structured activities in order to keep his mood and my mood pleasant is working pretty well. After our slow morning and kids' naps, we went shopping at the dollar store, then went and prayed at a local abortion clinic as part of 40 Days for Life. (There had been two saves today before I got there, praise God!)

Here is John reading The Legend of the Three Trees, a current favorite.



John dancing diaper-clad while I cooked dinner (pancakes again):


At the dollar store, I had purchased some bubble solution and a giant flower shaped wand (that wouldn't stay together). I wish I had better photos of the unadulterated, innocent joy of a two-year-old playing with bubbles after dinner in our lovely 70-degree weather. However, I was nursing Mary one-handed and using the other hand to blow some bubbles real quick, put down my wand, then pick up the camera and snap some pictures.

After working on it for a few days, today Mary rolled over back to front. This photo isn't very exciting, but it's the best I could do taking a photo of her in her Pack N Play from above.

Tonight was a bath night for John.

I brought Mary's swing into the bathroom so she could safely hang out nearby while John bathed.

Please pray that I get more sleep tonight!