Airplane with Daddy

The passed two weeks have been endless. Erilyn is sick. One cranky baby has the ability to put everyone on edge and exhaust the entire family! She's a bit of a drama queen when she's well; but when she's sick, she's a very high maintenance child. My back is sore from carrying her everywhere, and my patience is running thin. Not to mention the fact that I hardly have any patience to begin with. Do you think I used enough italics in this paragraph?!

Fortunately for all of us, the doctor said she should be better in a
few days. Yay! In the meantime, we gave her back her pacifier. There
goes the whole binky funeral concept. Honestly though, I bless that little
device endlessly everyday for saving my sanity...and my family!

Ahh, but this post makes me sound like a maniac. Think what you will.
All you parents out there know what it feels like to have sick children,
and for those of you who also have my level of patience, I'm sure you can
sympathize. Believe me, I'm working on the whole patience thing. Kirk
definitely came through, though. He's been great. Despite how busy he's been starting up his business. Here's to the light at the end of the tunnel!

Valentine's Day

We had such a fun party at Anthon's preschool yesterday! (A day early since he doesn't go to preschool on Thursdays) Erilyn even got to help eat the snacks--all of which she promptly and enthusiastically dipped into the frosting bowl (cheese and crackers included). Anthon loves his preschool and we love him! Can't you all just feel the love?!

Incidentally, if any of you are paying attention to the dates and times on all the posts on my blog so far, you'll notice that they are ALL from today. The reason is because Kirk has given me the day off for Valentine's Day and so I have--unintentionally--spent nearly all day organizing the over 400 pictures from the last three months and starting this blog. Happy Valentine's Day to me! Though when I started out doing this all this morning I did not intend on spending all day doing it, it has been fun--and a little painful--getting it up and running and going through all the great pictures and memories from our Christmas travels. I have such a great husband!

Canadian Christmas 2007

Surrender

After vehemently insisting to people that I'm just fine with my paper planner, thank you very much, and that I actually like writing things out long-hand, I'm surrendering to the latest wave of technilogical peer pressure and starting a blog. Only because I like to write, though. Seriously. That, and I can type faster than I write. And I don't scrapbook.

This begs the question: is technology really actually functional, or just nifty? The answer, of course, is both. The trick is figuring out which form of technology to use and which to oogle. This whole blog, thing, for example, is good for me because it allows me to keep my stories with my pictures without having to spend endless hours scrapbooking. It also gives me a place to be long-winded without inconveniencing anyone. But my general opposition to things that reduce the need for human contact dictates that I also oppose many gadgets that claim to improve human communication. I wonder at cell phones, for example. Having purchased a tracphone for safety reasons while we're travelling to Canada over Christmas, I have to admit, that it's a handy little thing to use to make doctor's appointments etc. while I wait outside to pick up either Kirk or Anthon from school. And for talking to people I can't see in person--like those of you who live light years away from us!--but what about calling local friends, rather than going to see them? I know it takes longer, but, isn't actually being in someone's company preferable?

My thought is yes. There's a fine line, though, between calling to check in, or calling to avoid getting off the couch and actually visiting. Maybe life really is all about balance.