Egg Recipes

We are taking Bradley classes this time with our pregnancy in order to prepare for a natural child birth. One of the things they tell you to do is to eat 2 eggs a day. I am not the biggest egg person and eating them the same way all the time gets really old. So, I found a site online that has recipes for Bed & Breakfast brunch type meals. The ones we have tried we like. I have also been choosing the ones that I can make the night before - and just pop in the oven in the mornings. It has made Clay and my mornings go much better. Hope you enjoy some of these recipes. If you have any great recipes with eggs - let us know!

Bed & Breakfast Inns Online - Recipes

Micah on the Baby

'Mommy am I going to have two babies like Ellie Bellie' (a family from our church just had twins.)

'No, Micah the doctor said that there is just one baby.'

'Why?'

'Well because God only put one baby in mommy.'

'That mommy and daddy took my baby brother and now you only have one baby sister in your tummy.'

Micah starts to cry.


So, I am sure you are wondering what she is talking about when she says that the mommy and daddy took her baby brother. Let me explain. About three months ago my dad broke his ankle and had to have surgery on his leg. When we walked up to the hospital to see him in the ER, Micah said 'Yeah lets go get a baby.' We explained to her that it was not time to go get a baby and that it was inside mommy growing. We told her that it would be a long time until the baby was ready to come out. We thought she understood. After we visited with my dad, she asked to go see the babies. We told her we could just go look and see if there were any new babies. When we got to the nursery window, there was a new little baby boy that was a Mexican, with a head full of black hair, being bathed by his father. He looked very sweet, so we stood there for awhile and talked to the girls about how the baby's daddy was giving it a bath. Then they put the baby down in a bed right in front of the window. Micah's first response, 'oh no - his bottom is hurt.' We then tried to explain to her that he was okay, that he was just a boy, and little boys have different parts. After a few more minutes, the baby's father comes around to the viewing side to take pictures of his son through the window. We tell him congratulations and have Micah tell him congratulations too. Then we leave. A few days after that Micah started talking about how she was going to have a little brother. We never thought much of it - until a couple weeks later she tells Clay and I that we need to go get her baby brother from the doctor's. We told her that the baby was still in my tummy. She kept persisting that we needed to go get her baby brother from the doctor, her baby that had black hair. Then we understood that she somehow thought we were picking out our new baby when we looked through the window. So we tried to explain to her that that was not her brother, that mommy still had her baby, and it would be awhile until we had it. We also told her that the little boy that we saw at the hospital had a mommy and daddy who loved it and he went home with them. Then she started crying, 'THEY TOOK MY BABY BROTHER.' So Clay and I hope that she will not always be traumatized by the idea that we gave away her brother.

A Conversation with an 18 1/2 month old

"Gabriella, do you want to go to the store with Mommy?"

"YES! No WAY!(Which when said in a high shrill and with a big smile means that's exactly what she wants.) Goats and Cows."

"Do you think we are going to go buy goats and cows?"

"Yeah!"

"No, I'm sorry but we are not going to buy goats and cows."

"Why?"(At this point I am thinking, 'Aren't you too young to be asking me that question.')

"We don't have a place to put goats and cows. They can't live in our house or in our yard."

" I WANT DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!"

"Do you think Daddy is going to buy you goats and cows?"

"NO WAY!" (Said in a high shrill and with a big smile.)

Powerful Story of Jesus' Transforming Power Through Reading of the Holy Word

You gotta love Paul Washer.

Mommy is Proud

At lunch today Gabriella was being a toot and refusing to eat by herself. After throwing a bit of a fit, she said 'yucky poo-poo. I potty.' I checked her diaper and it was wet - but not dirty. I debated taking her to the potty because I thought she was trying to get out of eating. But at the same time, I really want to encourage any interest she has in using the potty because I want her to get potty trained soon so that when baby comes I will only have one in diapers, and the sooner she gets going potty down - the less likely she will have a backslide as she gets adjusted to baby. So, I went ahead and took her. Of course, as soon as I set her on the potty the phone rang. Micah ran and grabbed a book for Gabriella. Gabriella sat on the potty looking at it - and she peed! This was like the 3rd time she has managed to pee on the potty. She kept sitting there while she was looking at her book, and then she pooped! This is the second time for her to poop on the potty - but the first time for her to do both during one sitting - and with her asking to get on the potty. So, of course we were going to do the poo-poo dance after she finished. Micah had to jump on the potty and go pee - so that we could also celebrate her accomplishments. We did our potty song and dance in the hall. Then it was time to battle out eating at the table. But even though a battle followed - I am so excited that she is taking more and more of an interest in going potty. I hope that she will learn quickly and be done with it. They just woke up for nap, so I need to go get them both up and I guess put panties on both of them.

Our Two Girls

Slipping Modesty in Our Culture.

I found a great article on the lack of modesty in our culture and the grim reality that men - and especially young boys are facing.

I know dealing with this issue of the lack of modesty and the temptations that boys/men face is one of our biggest concerns regarding raising a son if the Lord so chooses to give us one.

The following quotes were found on Guarding the Landmarks Blog


Whether girls who dress immodestly realize it or not, they are provoking men—young and old—to ungodly thoughts and committing with these men adultery of the heart.

A man today can see more flesh just taking a walk on a sunny afternoon than his grandfather could see in a Playboy magazine fifty years ago: The porn of yesterday has become the norm today. - read more

My Mommy Loves Me

Clay and I were at a class tonight. When we got home our baby sitter shared that they were sitting at the table having a snack when Micah said, 'My mommy loves me because she feeds me and tucks me in at night.'

I thought it was very sweet that she said that. I am also so thankful that she knows she is a loved child. I pray that she will be able to take that sense of love and security and begin to understand how great God loves her.