pictures

(this is the second post of the day...see below)

Caroline enjoyed sleeping with her Daddy.


Granddaddy brought Nathan an old cell phone...how fun...it even has a holder!


Uncle Sean learned how to hold a newborn.


Aunt Lisa is an old pro.


Nathan had fun with his Uncle Sean and Aunt Lisa.


Lots of Moseleys on the couch watching Blue's Clues.

consequences and songs

As parents, we have the ability/responsibility to make rules and consequences. Sometimes, though, it's just not fun to deliver the consequences. It is a beautiful day today in Warner Robins. We all went for a walk this morning (Caroline strapped onto me in a carrier and Nathan in a stroller). After lunch, I kept thinking that it would be nice to get out a little more. So, we planned to go to the park and delay Nathan's naptime for a little while. While we were getting ready to go, I told Nathan that he shouldn't open the door until I told him to do so and if he did we weren't going to go to the park. He's getting bad about heading out before we're quite ready. Matt in particular really doesn't like when he does that. Well, after getting ready for a little while...yep...he opened the door. So, we didn't get to go to the park. It made me sad because I thought it would be nice to get out. The good thing, though, is that it made Nathan upset that we weren't going. I say that it's good because sometimes Nathan doesn't seem to be too bothered by his consequences. Anyway, the point is that sometimes it's just not fun to have to stick to the consequences that you set up...but it's good to follow through.

On a completely separate note, Nathan really likes to sing. I have recorded some of Nathan's songs (some by request) so that you can all hear them. Each link below will go to a different song:

A New Version of The ABC's

Jesus Loves Me

The Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock

A Nathan Original: Jesus Died On The Cross (see lyrics below)

I've Been Working On The Railroad

Trains Can Take Us Anywhere (the theme song from a video that Nana found)

B-I-N-G-O

In case you can't understand it, here are the lyrics from Nathan's original song titled "Jesus Died On The Cross".

Jesus died on the cross
and he was buried
and he went to life
and he went back to Heaven

life and pictures

Life: Things have been going pretty well around here. Caroline is eating and sleeping well. She seems to have some reflux problems, though. We started her on Zantac on Monday and it appears to help. She sleeps a good bit of the day and most nights has one 5ish hour stretch. That really helps me out a lot! I've been struggling a bit with getting enough sleep, but I'm handling it pretty well. Nathan is doing very well adjusting. He's having a few emotional problems with not having as much attention, but he's not acting out too much (thank goodness!) I think the biggest difficulty at the moment is time...finding time to do things like put up the stuff I bought from Target or sweep the kitchen floor. I'm trying to spend my "free" time playing with Nathan...now that I can get on the floor again. Caroline is starting to be awake a little more during the day, so that takes up a little more of my time. But...since we've started the Zantac, she seems to be more content just hanging out. Maybe drugs are the cure we needed! Previously she was always wanting somebody to hold her or bounce her or something...not just hang out.

Pictures: Here are some pictures I took this morning. Caroline was hanging out contently so I thought I would take my opportunity. (I had a hard time narrowing down the pictures to post...there were several more that I thought about including.) Enjoy!









Note: the first picture was changed after this was originally posted and the second one was cropped

because you asked...

Well, you asked...and I had a couple minutes to deliver...

These are from this past week. They're not the best pictures (I haven't been taking as many as I would like) but they'll show how Caroline looks right now.

good eating

Apparently, Caroline is eating very well. I took her to the doctor's office this morning for them to weigh her. I just wanted to make sure that she's getting enough to eat. You can't really know for sure when you're nursing since there is no way to measure. Plus...she's been doing some spitting up...like everything she just ate. So, I just wanted a little peace of mind. I got it. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. That's up from 6 pounds, 12 ounces last Friday. I would say that she's getting plenty!

In the footsteps of Uncle Sean...

Yesterday, one of the ladies from our Sunday school class brought us some supper. She brought fried chicken from KFC. Nathan has gotten pretty good at getting the meat off of chicken legs. In the middle of working on one last night, Nathan asked for ketchup. So I got him some, and he proceeded to eat all of his chicken with ketchup. Fried chicken.

Nathan is definitely taking after Uncle Sean (somehow, since he's not here to provide the example) in using ketchup on all sorts of food. He eats it on chicken (fried, smoked, etc.), ham, hamburgers, fries, and more. I bet he would want it on steak if he ever had some.

Hopefully he doesn't take after Granddad and start putting ketchup on macaroni and cheese. Ick.