Thank you, Brittani, Amanda & Micah

For Valentines Day, Brittani, Amanda and Micah sent Lolo a new friend along with some Skittles and M&Ms . Thanks, ladies! Lawrence is having some Skittles right now. Eating Skittles is a great way to practice color recognition.

Awake

My husband once told me that I have no 'goin' to bed sense.' He's right.

http://www.quiverfull.com/

Okay, so a classmate of mine told me about this website. She was not happy with it at all. Me, I'm reserving judgement until I read through it. (And I don't have time to read it through.) I also think because I have a cousin with 6 kids, one pair of friends with 5 children and, at one time, went to a church with a couple who had 6, that I am more sensitive to the idea of large families. All these folks to which I refer are repping for the 'same mama, same daddy and yes, on purpose' set. I also think that people can be super ugly to people who have large amounts of children on purpose. They ask crazy questions to these folks which are completely in appropriate. Questions they would not ask of any other parents who are bearing smaller amounts of children. So...here is a website about the idea of having lots of children or a 'quiver full' as they put it. The site name is based on Psalm 127:3, 4, 5. I've included The Message version here:

"Don't you see that children are God's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don't stand a chance against you; you'll sweep them right off your doorstep!"

My classmate was horrified by the concept of birthing children as a means of building a 'Christian Army'. Actually, she was angry. I haven't read the whole site and I don't know if she really did either so, again, I'm reserving judgement. I know there are crack pots on every side of an issue and I am not willing to lump all people with more than 4 kids into the cracked pot category. Its just not cool.

The stuff about birth control will definitely make some folks crazy and make others feel less crazy about what they have suspected for quite some time. Me? I'm going to keep reading and praying. I really enjoy reading stuff like this.

And I will honestly say one more thing, if we had (have?) the time, money, sanity, health and the parenting skills, I'd like to go for four. Right now, I'm 37. And wow, you should hear the opinions tossed at me when I say that? And right now, I only have one child! Dude, get off me for having aspirations for joyful parenting! Anyway.... I feel for couples who are crazy or brave enough to have more children.

One more thing. Why do people hate condoms so much? If you don't want a kid, use one. If you don't want to catch something that will either kill you or plague for life then use them! Sheesh! There is nothing wrong with using a condom and if you give me that crap about sensation and stuff then I'm going to say that with all the freaking nerve endings that God hooked up down there that I just don't see how a tiny piece of latex can inhibit your fun? I just don't get it. Maybe I need to write sex book? I don't know..

Okay, end of rant..

Look at the site and post your opinion if you want to. I think I'm an instigator. And, yes, it's a real word. It's from instigate which means to incite or provoke.

Now, I'll shut up.

Potty On

So I arrived home and what did I find in the bathroom? Pee. Yes, pee in the potty. Not in the adult toilet that flushes but in the small potty that does not flush. There was pee in it. Yep, pee, just sitting there and both the adult and toddler male residents of Casa de Jones were asleep. Hmmmm. Now, at first, I thought, "Why the heck didn't my husband, dump the pee out?!?!!" But then, I hypothesized that maybe he (my husband) left it (the pee) there so I'd know that my son used the potty again!!! How cool is that? Not the part where he, my husband, left pee for me because he really could have just told me in the morning (well it is sort of cool in a warped kind of way) but what I meant was that its cool that my baby used to potty again. That is freakin' cool!

I did not hoot or hollar because Lew and the boy were sleep but it was a good moment. After my proud and happy moment, I dumped the potty.

I'm so proud of my son.

Potty

Hey, so the boy boobooed and peed in the potty on Thursday. So awesome.