Our Adventures: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

food co-op craze

i've joined the bountiful baskets food co-op craze here in the valley.

the basic basket: $15 (all those fruits and veggies)

5 loaves of 9-grain bread: $10

when i posted the clone post, david said that's when he realized pace looks nothing like him. so we dug out my old baby photos and realized pace does actually have a little of me in him! i think he's a perfect mix of the two of us:

i'm 7 mos old in this photo:

(too bad i don't have the jumpsuit anymore...)

4 mos old in this photo:

david says the vacant stare says it all (...ha ha):

david as a baby:

(i don't know what age he was in these photos)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

and you thought cloning wasn't legal...

4 months already

14 lbs 1/2 oz (30 %ile)

24 3/4" (42 %ile)

he's a little shrimp, but sticking to his growth curve just fine. i know the "percentiles" don't mean much. this kid is totally proportionate, nurses like a champ, and sleeps a good 9 hours at night. he has rolls on his thighs, a cute little belly, and rolls for wrists. and i L-O-V-E that gummy little mouth!

we love this little guy--melt downs and all! his pouty face was too cute--i made him keep crying so i could get some good shots. bad mom, right?!

viktor frankl

love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. no one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. by his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. by making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.

nelson mandela

our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. we ask ourselves: who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? actually, who are you not to be? you are a child of god. your playing small does not serve the world. there's nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel secure around you. we are born to make manifest the glory of god that is in us. it's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. and as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. as we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.