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Chicco KeyFit3 30 Infant Car Seat in Fuego

BOB Stroller Strides Single Fitness Stroller in Red

Moby Wrap in Black

Fisher-Price Itsy Bitsy Bouncer

Earth’s Best Infant Formula

Medela BPA-Free Breast Milk 5-Ounce Bottles

Philips AVENT BPA-Free 4-Ounce Bottles

Aden + Anais Star Bright Swaddle Blankets

BabySoy Signature Soft Blanket

Graco Sweet Slumber Sound Machine

Medela Tender Care Lanolin

“Eats on Feets” and “Human Milk 4 Human Babies” (Donor Breastmilk Programmes)

I will update this and things may change- feel free to ask about any baby products that we use. These are just some of the items that we have used or continue to use most frequently. We obviously also use hand-me-downs and secondhand clothing, blankets, etc. We were blessed with many of these things at our baby shower. Unfortunately, despite desperately trying my hardest to succeed, I was unable to exclusively breastfeed longer than 7 weeks due to Raynaud’s Phenomenon of the nipples, so we had to use organic formula and 7-12 ounces of donor breastmilk up until Lucas was 24 weeks old. But since then, we have been blessed with several donor milky mommas who have donated to Lucas, and he has not needed formula!  We used disposable diapers and wipes until Lucas was 3 months old, but are now using cloth! When convenient, I wear Lucas in the Moby wrap or the Boba 3G; I love babywearing! Lucas slept on me in the rocking chair during the day until he was 4.5-5 months old; otherwise, he has pretty much always slept in his crib at night- we just could not get him to sleep soundly in the co-sleeper, because he would wake up to any sound I made. You could call me a “crispy” mom, but I’m no “crunchy granola” momma. We just do our best to love our son! <3

in the Bible, the same Greek word for “child” is used when Jesus/ John the Baptist are in the womb as when children come to see and talk to Jesus?

Pardon me I went back to the 1800’s.

Not that I’ve ever lived through the  1800’s, I’m not a ghost I just read and watch that period of time.

Imagine though if time travel existed?! Doctor Who or Marty Mcfly as my accomplice? hmmm..

I think this might be the most bonkers post I’ve ever posted!

BESTIE DAY:

A few years ago I was in Tokyo on Valentine’s day with the husby and while there, I learned that Valentine’s day is just the beginning of a cluster of holidays! A trifecta of confectionary-as-symbol-of-affection-or-ambivalence holidays begins on Valentine’s day, when the girls give chocolate to the boys they like (YEAH GIRL POWER!). This chocolate giving is followed by a month (A WHOLE MONTH!) of suspense, because it is not until March 14^th, Marshmallow day,  that the male receivers of chocolate can tell the girls whether they like them or not. They let the ladies know by giving them either marshmallows, which means, “Girl, I like you,” or some sweet thing that is not marshmallows, say, cookies, which mean politely, “no thanks.” Really it’s a long time to wait, but marshmallows or cookies, it’s a win/win, because if he’s not into you, you still get some cookies or something. A month later there is a holiday, which is not quite as clear to me, Licorice day, where all the single people (the people who didn’t get marshmallows) are celebrated with licorice. I might have screwed all of these details up, as this is cobbled together from people I met in Japan, but that’s sort of the general vibe.  As far as I am concerned, the more holidays to celebrate the better, which brings me to bestie day…

I understand that google says june 8^th is best friends day, that’s fine.  Those people at google can high five each other on june 8^th- but what if you are in school? and what if your school’s not in session on june 8^th!  What if your bestie is at summer camp? Or on a teen tour?

So I say Dec. 7^th is Bestie day.  Why? Because it’s today!  No time like the present to thank your bestie for being the best.

Since it’s the first bestie day, and there aren’t any traditions yet, I decided to think of a few we could all try:

1. First of all, write all of your besties and let them know it’s bestie day, in case they forgot or didn’t know.   You want to make sure they are on board for a reciprocal celebration. This is a two way street, am I right foks?

2.  Give your bestie a treat. A cookie or a book, or a lotto ticket with your lucky numbers (don’t be stingy).  Something to let them know you care.

3.  Send a picture of a baby panda to your bestie. Everyone loves baby pandas, even goths and steam-punks.  lets face it, baby pandas are the original goths, and they have an old-timey  look any steam-punk would love. They are born with tiny paws that are only an inch wide! Just an inch! So small!!!

4. If you live in a city where there is an American girl store, take your bestie there, if not just flip through the catalog. (don’t judge)

5.  Last of all, and most importantly,  don’t forget to thank your bestie, and appreciate them for making your life a better one.

Have the best bestie day ever.

- zooey

i can’t believe i just put two and two together

God caused adam to fall into a deep sleep:

our of adam’s side, his rib, He made eve, adam’s bride.

Jesus died. 

He was stabbed in his side. his ribs.

our of Jesus, came His bride.