http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1478870,girl-killed-dads-car-0316.article

This article sadly is about a couple from my old church.  I've known the little girl's mom and the mom's family since I was a little kid, and they are great people.  This is such a horrible, sad thing to happen.  Please pray for the family.

 Happy 2009!!! 

Here's a little something I wrote on my facebook and thought I would share here, too.  Just for fun!

Rated MA: Violence

Many people have claimed that children turn to violent behavior based on the video games they play or the things they watch on TV. I claim that violence is promoted much earlier than that, as early as the 1st year of life. Naomi recently got a book of nursery rhymes for Christmas, and I was a little disturbed by what parents are filling the minds of their little kids with...see below :o)

"There was an old woman"
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread,
THEN WHIPPED THEM ALL SOUNDLY and put them to bed.

"Goosey Gooesy Gander"
Goosey Goosey Gander, whither shall I wander?
Upstairs and downstairs and in my lady's chamber.
There I met an old man who would not say his prayers,
I TOOK HIM BY THE LEFT LEG AND THREW HIM DOWN THE STAIRS. (Is this what the Bible says to do to people who won't pray???)

"The Queen of Hearts"
The Queen of Hearts
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day.
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole the tarts,
And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts
Called for the tarts,
AND BEAT THE KNAVE FULL SORE.
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd steal no more.

What?!

Not to mention the other depressing and somewhat frightening themes that are common to many familiar nursery rhymes.

"Little Miss Muffet"
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And FRIGHTENED MISS MUFFET AWAY.

"Rock-a-bye Baby"
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top.
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
DOWN WILL COME BABY, CRADLE AND ALL.

"Old Mother Hubbard"
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,
To get her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare,
AND SO THE POOR DOG HAD NONE. (Poor, poor dog...how depressing is this???)

"Jack and Jill"
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
JACK FELL DOWN AND BROKE HIS CROWN
AND JILL CAME TUMBLING AFTER.

"Humpty Dumpty"
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL.
All the King's horses and all the King's men,
COULDN'T PUT HUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN.

This is just a small sample of the filth invading the minds of a our young, innocent little babies. Are they just cute little rhymes or are they violent propaganda to corrupt children when they are the most permeable? You decide.

:o)

I think I'm going to take a xanga hiatus.  I don't really have much time these days to blog.  Plus, facebook has become my new, time-consuming addiction.  Who knows if it will last long or not?  I probably won't post anything again until I have something interesting to post.  We'll see. 

I leave all my faithful blog readers with this:

And this:

And, finally, this:

1 year ago

6 months ago

A few nights ago

This has without a doubt been the best year of my life, and I am so thankful to God for my beautiful, amazing, funny, crazy, sweet, one-year-old baby girl!  (Her birthday is the 20th, but we have a big day planned tomorrow, so I wanted to post this now.)  I love you sooo much, Naomi Grace!  Happy 1st Birthday!

This little girl has all of a sudden learned to do so many new things.  She can crawl now and pull herself up on things like this toy box.  She loves to open and close the lid, and take out and put away her toys.

She also has her very own purse!  It has paper, a cell phone, keys, a toy, a wallet and a brush.  What a big girl!

These are Naomi's cousins (Tom's brother's kids).  Ashley (left) is turning 3 tomorrow.  Caitlin (center) will be 2 in February (we share the same birthday!).  Naomi is going to be 1 on Thursday!  It's too bad they live kinda far away and Naomi doesn't get to see them too often, because the girls have so much fun when they're together.  Although getting the 3 of them to pose for a picture and all look at the camera at the same time is virtually impossible!

I guess the Donovan gene must be dominant, because there is no doubt these two are related!  I love the expression on Caitlin's face!

My baby girl is doing new things every day.  And it seems like all of a sudden she is growing up so quickly.  Since she can crawl and stand herself up and walk, now she is going to need a more watchful eye on her all the time.  We are transitioning her from formula to whole milk and are down to 2 bottles a day, and probably just 1 within the next week.  She is starting to eat table food and wants to eat what Mommy is eating all the time.  Naomi loves pizza!  It's so fun to watch all the changes and new things, but it seems like it's all happening so fast!