blog? what blog?

apparently it takes having a sick kid at home and doing absolutely nothing all day to get me to blog. we have had a super busy first half of 2009. this has included:

• a trip to mexico
• buying our first home
• liam and i starting to work at our fellowship in the afternoons
• me increasing my commitments to LLL

the new house is great and spacious. we have had many, many house guests already. i am glad that we can be a place for people to visit, relax, and recharge.

liam is 20.5 months old and incredibly amazing. he wins hearts and makes friends where ever we go. he loves his friends of all ages - but mimi is definitely his best friend. it is always a better day when we can spend time with her and missy. he loves tractors, trucks, airplanes, and all construction equipment. his gender identity seems pretty solidly "boy". he is combining words into sentences:

• more wabi! (this means more ice)
• there you go
• help, mommy
  
• i can help you
• water too hot
• daddy car all gone
• daddy at work
• drink water
• other side

well, you get the point. i have stopped listing the words he knows. it's a lot. it makes everything so much easier. especially today, when he is sick. he is able to tell me when he is hot, thirsty, what he wants to eat (ice and soup) and when, and what hurts (his hair [he probably means head] and his tummy).

liam's illness is what really prompted this blog today. i am so grateful that colin and i have chosen to structure and prioritize our life the way we have. this morning when liam awoke at 6am with a fever, all we had to do was focus on making him comfortable. i got him some ice water and ibuprophen, then followed his lead on the rest of the day. he wanted to nurse around 7:30, and we ended up sleeping until colin came home for lunch at 11. housework is abandoned for the day while liam and i snuggle on the couch watching movies about tractors and farm animals. we will clean later, run errands later, cook real food later. this down time together has to do as much good for him as the ice and ibuprophen.

others who choose a different family structure are forced to miss work, possibly argue about who has to take care of the sick kiddo, who did it last time, whose time is more important, etc. this path is not always easy, but i wouldn't trade it for anything. thanks, colin, for supporting our family in so many ways.