A City Life For Me

January 22-26, 2014.  Our first deputation meeting. It seemed so far away when we scheduled it last November.  Then it seemed as if we would never get healthy enough to go anywhere.  And then panic set in when I realized how much we didn’t have ready – like our display table, video presentation, etc. I got to pack up these kiddos for a “vacation” as Elaine called it.  Cutest items I ever found in a suitcase! We left Wednesday morning in 13” of snow.  The sickness which had traveled through our family several times had finally settled on me – the night before departure.  I felt horrible when I woke up, and I didn’t want to go anywhere.  Ben loaded the car – including a new roof top bag which had to be adjusted – in 5 degree weather.  There was no place to pull up in front of the house to load because all of the snow was plowed into our “spot” by the fire hydrant. All of this combined to make us a little late hitting the road.  Even ...

Yesterday the twins turned 9 months!  I can hardly believe they are that old… until I try to pick them both up together.  It gives me a backache now!  It seems that every day brings a new skill or a new milestone, and I feel very certain that they will be walking soon.  This mommy is definitely NOT ready for that! The picture says it all – she is a fat little girl who is catching up to her brother in weight.  (I weighed them at home, so it may not be completely accurate.)  She is very active – diaper changes are more like diaper wrestles and usually leave me frazzled & frustrated.     Liberty still loves bath time.  We have a blue spoon in the bath toys bucket.  Liberty always seeks that toy out in the tub.  Yesterday she dug through the bucket and came up with the blue spoon – it’s definitely a favorite!  If Nehemiah takes it from her she puts her head down and cries, and usually comes up with a face full of ...

Pictures taken on January 3, 2014 Since the babies are rapidly approaching the nine month mark, I thought I should sit down and write the eight month post.  Everything kinda runs together these days, so I’m glad I wrote out some notes a couple of weeks ago! Liberty is a funny girl.  I get lots of smiles and giggles when we’re at home, but she is pretty cold and unfriendly to anyone else who tries to talk to her.  She is very energetic and curious about her surroundings.  She has learned her way to the bathroom, and if she is ever “missing” I know to find her there.  It has been challenging to remember to put the trash can up and close the toilet lid.  I try to keep the door closed, but Elaine and Nolan are always helping to undo any success in that area!          Liberty is always on the move, and seamlessly goes from crawling to sitting, to standing, to crawling again.  Because of the way she does this,...

On Tuesday I joined my friends Maggy & Joanna at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.  Their girls (Elaine’s friends) are both in Kindergarten this year and they are studying dinosaurs.  We were invited to tag along on their field trip! It probably doesn’t seem big to most of you, but this was a very big adventure for me.  Why?  A couple of reasons.  It seems I have had at least one sick kiddo for quite a while, so we really haven’t been out of the house much.  The twins are much more mobile now and I am “out of practice” at being out of the house with four littles.  But the real reason is that I planned to drive.  To Manhattan.  By myself.  I have lived in Brooklyn for three and a half years, but I have never done any driving in the City.  I was always either with Ben, or I took the train.  I knew the train was an impossibility with the stroller and the twins, so it was drive or stay home. The driving part was...

The twins seem to be growing at light speed.  I am noticing more individual personality traits.  I am learning their likes.  I am seeing their sin natures.  But I am also seeing that they are very much like a miniature Ben and Andrea.  It wasn’t completely apparent to me at first, but Liberty is definitely looking like a Godby, and Nehemiah is a little Ben (not completely sure if he is more Hamilton or Kuenzi, but he is definitely Ben ). We have been putting together our video for our church plant in the Bronx, so I have been searching through a few old pictures (you know… from way back when they came on film and had to be developed!).  I’ve found several that show a striking resemblance to our twinsies. If I didn’t know any different, I would say this was Nehemiah.  It is really Ben.  The hairline, eyes, and the ears sticking out, along with that pointy chin are definitely my little Nehemiah! Same thing – could be Nehemiah’s double!...