Misc::

:: Aubrey likes to blow raspberries on my belly, which is both funny and obnoxious (I hate having my belly button touched). She also thinks the terms "belly" and "baby" are interchangeable. If she points to your belly and says, "Baby," please don't be offended or assume she thinks you need to work on your ab muscles; she really just doesn't understand.

:: I am still very tired and some days it's downright discouraging. This morning I woke up and wondered how I could keep going. God is faithful, though, and inevitably I realize an hour or two later that not only am I still going, but He is giving me the grace to be productive and cheerful as I go.

:: Last night Daniel kept waking us both up because he was hot. This was a first for the summer. At one point, he stood up, yanked the blanket and comforter completely off the bed, and said, "Why on earth is all of this on the bed in July?!?!" I laughed and reminded him that we were both using the blankets just the night before, when it was a frigid 45* or so.

:: We started a cell group for young families last week and will have our second meeting tonight. I'm really looking forward to hearing what the "older" parents who will be sharing with us have to say. I also just love getting together with other people.

:: I have frozen strawberries and blueberries in my freezer that need to be made into jam. Does anyone want to motivate me?

:: If this baby is a girl, she will almost definitely be Claire. But I'm still hung up on middle names. I'd prefer something that's more than 2 syllables in order to not get stuck in a rut (the other kids all have 2 syllable middle names), but I'm not interested in the obvious choice: Elizabeth. And then, what if the baby's a boy? I finally looked all the way through the baby name book the other night hoping for inspiration.

Nothing.