Warning: Graphic Material

Toward the end of the church service yesterday Titus, nervously wiggling, excused himself to go to the bathroom. I waited to hear his calls which end every "big job." Not hearing any for a suspicious amount of time, I checked in on the boy. Poop smeared his leg and globs landed on his pants, the floor, and potty seat.

I panic and call for him to not move. After depositing Henry with a friend in the service, I gather my wits about me again. As I'm tackling this mommy job and begin cleaning Titus up, he says, "Well, I won't make that mistake again."

Katie And Titus and Henry

I sat down to upload our Reformation Day pictures (Halloween to some), but they have disappeared. I hope to find them some day, but since I haven't posted pictures of the kids in forever, I'll share some more recent ones.

Katie and Titus love to crawl into the crib to relieve Henry's loneliness. I'm not an advocate of extended crib or playpen use, but sometimes a mom has to get some things done. Everyone appreciates it when I take the time for a shower, and they really like it when I make meals.


We dogsat Matt's parents' dog, Maddie (they insist they didn't name the dog after their favorite son, but we know better. Sorry to break it to you this way, brothers.) for two weeks this summer. To our great satisfaction, even though Maddie is one of the best dogs we've ever known, Katie was glad to see her go. This picture was taken within the first day or two of Maddie's visit while Katie still thought dogs were great.

This was taken before Henry could crawl properly. It wasn't until we went to my brother's house where they have carpeting that he got the hang of crawling. In this picture he is scooting himself about our wood floors via army crawl.


Here's our first born son practicing his winner's pose while playing his uncle's wii (I totally want one of these.) Titus is a chip off the old block and LOVES!!!! video games.

I'm throwing this picture in just because I love Henry's cool guy look.