Steve and Jenny Valentine

I have found since becoming a stay at home mom I struggle more with comparisons than I ever remember before having kids.  There's something about being home and raising my children that has brought out this need to compare myself to others {more} than ever before.  I find looking on facebook, other people's blogs and even chatting with my fellow mommy friends, that I don't measure up as a mom.  I don't have all the creative ideas for teaching my child how to learn her ABC's/counting/etc, I'm not sure what sensory play is really is good for, I can't say I even know how to potty train a child since mine doesn't seem to go consistently in the toilet, I lack a sense of what my child(ren) should be learning at each new phase they enter and I certainly don't have time to read the books that are recommended and piling up on my night stand about parenting and discipline.  It's a good day when I have 20 minutes in the Word of God, which I view as much hig...

Isaac turned five months old while we were on our summer vacation.  He is getting to be a pretty hefty little fella!  The week we got back we actually went to the doctor (because he took a fall off the changing table-he's fine!) and while we were there they weighed him.  He is 14 pounds, 7 ounces. Over the past month, he began eating solids.  Started first with banana, avacado and oatmeal.  We were excited to see that he started off eating better than Karis (it took us several months to get her to like eating food!)  He gets excited when you put the bib on him while he's in his highchair because he knows he's about to eat some food! He is rolling over (still hasn't mastered the back to belly roll) He likes laying on his tummy for extended periods of time He giggles and smiles A LOT! He went on his first long road trip (our family vacation to TN) He discovered his toes He is getting better at sleeping through the night and we're close to being comple...