Here comes Trouble

So last month I was watching my little guy content to roll around and watch the world from a distance, this month.... he's officially into everything. I'm pretty sure we should have made his middle name "trouble" which totally would have worked, as it is a Coldplay song. And wouldn't it be cool to go to school and have people ask what your middle name is? You could answer proudly, "trouble" and people would be like... no really? And you would be like, "no that's really my name". Maybe I'll look into it.

But I digress. I cannot leave him unsupervised for 5 seconds... it's scary, and awesome.

A bathroom tale

I just had to share this hilarious story I read:

Traveling down the interstate and needing to use the restroom,
I stopped at a rest area and headed to the restroom.


I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
"Hi, how are you?"

I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom and I don't know what got into me,
But I answered, somewhat embarrassed,
"Doin' just fine!"

And the other person says:
"So what are you up to?"

What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say:
"Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!"?

At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question.
"Can I come over?"

Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation.. I tell them
"No..I'm a little busy right now!"

Then I hear the person say nervously...
"Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions "

A letter to Ms. Palin

Dear Bristol,

I have never really been a fan of your mother. But I have never let that reflect poorly on my opinion of you. When you had a baby at such a young age, I was happy with your decision. When you graduated from high school despite that obstacle, I was ecstatic. But yesterday I couldn't have been more proud of you as I watched your PSA about teen pregnancy.

Way to take your situation and use it for the good of others. I am sure that couldn't have been a decision your mom was super on board with, but I'm really impressed with your ability to be your own woman and take control of your situation. That is what makes an intelligent woman. So thank you for restoring my faith in Palins everywhere. Do you think YOU could run for vice president?

The messsiest kitchen

I wish there was a contest for "Messiest Kitchen in America" and whoever won would get a maid service for a month. I would totally enter, I have no shame. I'll go one better and say that I would not only enter, I would most likely win.

Time to go clean my kitchen.

p.s. This isn't my actual kitchen, no mine is much much much worse. I just felt that since I wasn't actually entering a contest that I wouldn't show you just how bad it actually is.

Being content in the now

Someday I will....

*Be a great, well-balanced housekeeper

*Have a gym membership

*Be a wonderful cook

*Be able to bless people with my time through service

*Go to Disneyland

*Own my own home

*Minister in music again

*Finish my children's scrapbooks

*Have my own wheels

*Catch up on all my correspondence

*Be completely done with all my laundry

*Have it all together

But for now, I'm just a pregnant mom with two toddlers.

As easy as it is for me to be dissappointed in myself, sometimes you just have to look at these faces and remember that what you're doing is more important than all the "someday" stuff.

The big announcement

So it is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the anticipation of the newest member of the Warkentin, well... tribe I guess now. We were more than a little surprised to find out 6 weeks ago about this new little one. We had been waiting to announce it until it was safe, but after a very big scare yesterday and the reassurance that God is ultimately in control we are happy to announce that we have a healthy baby due in late October.

This is a surprise and a blessing and we are excited (and really really overwhelmed). We have always wanted 3 kids, that was the ultimate plan. Both Tim and I had such gaps in age with our siblings that we wanted our kids to be more close... I guess we just weren't planning on them being THIS close. But fortunately for us, God is in control of our family planning (no matter how hard we try to control it ourselves.)

So, from here on out, get ready to read lots of blogs about pregnancy complaints and the fear and anxiety of taking on 3 kids!