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My baby boyPosted by Rachel on January 28th, 2008

Here’s Antonio in the Red Sox outfit that his Grandpa Eyre got for him:

And some of him from today:

My darling girlyPosted by Rachel on January 28th, 2008

Even though she’s quite a handful, Kyrie makes me smile every day with the cute little things she does & says. She’s been talking up a storm for a while now, but now she’s really working on pronunciation and getting a lot better and more understandable. She’s such a big girl and doesn’t even need my help to go potty anymore. She dresses herself a million times a day, usually in outfits that clash quite horribly—but she still looks cute in whatever she wears. She makes up little songs and sings them all the time. She saw figure skating on TV the other day, and now she spins around in circles in the living room and tells me that she’s ice skating. (Rick got a video of it, and somehow I lost the video…grrr).

Anyway, here are a couple pictures of my sweetie.

Kyrie at ChurchPosted by Rick on January 28th, 2008

Rachel wasn’t feeling well yesterday, so I took Kyrie to church. During the Agnus Dei, Kyrie surprised me. Now, we’ve never really discussed who the “Lamb of God” is or what a “sin” is. But as I was singing “Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,” Kyrie starts saying (very loudly, I might add), “MY SIN! MY SIN!” I laugh a little bit and get her to quiet down, and she starts repeating over and over, “Jesus takes my sin away!” I asked her if she knew what a sin was, and she said, “Naughty.”

I am not sure how she connected the Lamb of God to Jesus, but kids continually amaze me.

As we’re leaving church, she started talking about “baptize and baby brother, the water?”

So I started telling her about baptistm, and I tried to teach her how to make a sphragis with holy water (which she does without the water). She dipped her finger in the water, slowly raised it towards her head, and promptly stuck it in her mouth. That grossed me out a bit, but I tried to get her to do it again. The second (and third and fourth) time, she stuck her finger in the water, and then brushed her hair back on both sides. I think that’s gonna need some work.

Videos of my kids…and a lizardPosted by Rachel on January 23rd, 2008

Moby Wraps are lots of funPosted by Rachel on January 23rd, 2008

This is my new favorite hold with the Moby…Antonio likes it too. Usually I tuck in his arms and pull the front panel up for extra support, but in the picture it’s the classic “Joey Hold.” I also put him in this hold facing me and I love it.

This looks interestingPosted by Rick on January 23rd, 2008

Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Do not question authority

Kyrie’s first haircutPosted by Rachel on January 21st, 2008

Before:

After:

I’m not writing this because I’m a Ron Paul fan…Posted by Rick on January 21st, 2008

I’m writing this more because it has caused me to lose a little respect for the Internet Monk. Over the last few days, I’ve been stewing over this post. Now I don’t really care that he’s not supporting Ron Paul anymore. That’s beside the point. I’m not even a registered Republican, so my primary vote will probably be going to Barack Obama. It’s not about Ron Paul; it’s about Michael Spencer.

I’ve known about the newsletter comments for many years, and I don’t really care about politics all that much. So how this is so surprising to someone that’s probably had the Internet for a long time is beyond me. Paul repudiated the comments as soon as they were brought to his attention. This has been in the dust for a long time. This story was all over the news ten years ago in Texas. I mean, c’mon. Paul gave a full explanation then. Why should he have to give another explanation? His explanation is already out there. Why give credence to this stuff? Why waste his time talking about this distraction?

He’s not considered a racist in Texas, where people actually know him. Even the NAACP president in Austin, who has known Paul for 20 years, thinks this is a smear campaign. But Michael Spencer, a teacher at a small Christian school nowhere close to Texas, knows more about Ron Paul’s views on race. In the words of Homer Simpson, “TV said that? Then it must be true.”

What makes me so sad about Spencer’s post is that Spencer is making judgments about a man based on what he’s heard in the media from people that don’t really care for Paul. Does Spencer know how much authority Paul had over the newsletter’s publication? Does he know what actions were taken? And why is it not enough that Paul has apologized repeatedly over the years and still taken full moral responsibility for his staffer’s comments? Why are black leaders in Texas, who actually know Ron Paul personally, less authoritative than the liberal white media?

If I was one of these black leaders, I think I would feel like I was a victim of racism (but not by Ron Paul).

Of the staffer, Spencer writes, “To continue to associate with the persons who wrote ANY of the articles- which I suspect may be the case- is simply unacceptable.” Why the assumption? Why is there no charity? Spencer asks for a full explanation. The full explanation has been out there for years. What do you expect Paul to do? Get his story told in the media while they’re roasting him? Hahahahaha. How would that benefit the media?

I’m sad because I expect more from the monk. He’s usually a pretty humble guy. I think he would be willing to say he makes mistakes. I think he made a mistake on this one. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem open to dialogue on this one (he turned off comments and said he wouldn’t respond to emails). I understand that he doesn’t want to deal with Ron Paul fanatics. I get it. But I had to say something. Just calling it like I see it. Am I wrong here?

I take too many pictures…so sue mePosted by Rachel on January 18th, 2008

I like this one because Kyrie just put her arm around my neck like that and said she wanted to get a picture of us.

Yep, he’s wearing a Mets cap in this one!

Kyrie dressed herself…

After a nice bubble bath:

Starting to fill out his diaper:

He’s getting so big!Posted by Rachel on January 15th, 2008