Little G Video

PJ and I were having some fun video-ing Gunnar. I've never posted a video, so just wanting to try it out. Enjoy!

Milk

It's getting more intense, people. That is nursing! Supplements galore! I'm on a daily regimen of the products seen here: Oatmeal, beer, brewer's yeast, lecithin, cod liver oil and more milk plus. This is all to keep my milk supply up so that I can keep nursing as long as possible.

The other day I picked up two growlers of beer from a local brewery. The manager brought them out and said something like: "someone's gonna have fun." To which I responded, "yeah, it's actually to help with nursing..." That was kind enough, right? I could have definitely been more dramatic, but wanted to spare the nice man. He then responded by saying how much trouble his wife had nursing and how she gave up after only a few days...so all formula for that baby. He said to keep up the good work.

I'm not gonna lie, this made me feel pretty good about myself. But really, it is kind of ridiculous to take all this. I almost feel like I need a daily check-off list. I suppose it's worth it though-I really do enjoy nursing my little guy.

A.W. Tozer's: The Pursuit of God

PJ and I have been reading and enjoying this book. We have had it on our hearts to start a community group in our home and last night was the first one! It was so refreshing to have our home filled with guests and to fellowship with one another. I hope others enjoyed it as much as we did and feel encouraged in their relationships with Christ. Here are just a few excerpts from chapter 1 that I really liked. Feel free to comment!

"The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him." pg. 12

"Religion, so far as it is genuine, is in essense the response of created personalities to the creating personality, God." pg. 13

"We have almost forgotten that God is a person and, as such, can be cultivated as any person can...God is a person, and in the deep of His mighty nature He thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires, and suffers as any other person may. In making Himself known to us He stays by the familiar pattern of personality. He communicates with us through the avenues of our minds, our wills and our emotions. The continuous and un-embarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the throbbing heart of New Testament religion." pg. 13-14

"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present of there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people. He waits to be wanted..." pg. 17

"When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God full revelation. In the and lies our great woe. If we omit the and we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing." pg. 18

I'm Tired...

I'm too tired to blog....

don't take this the wrong way. I want to and think I will continue. But this whole mom thing is such a job! I think living in Anchorage makes it harder though. It's so much work to just get out and do one thing like the grocery store. Today was the first day I put Gunnar in the child seat of the cart rather than moby-ing him. This meant putting him in his snowsuit in the car, before getting out. Once in the store and situated...and let me tell you, being"situated" takes time in and of itself....we started our quest. He was content for about 10, maybe 15 minutes. At which point, he started squirming, whining and I knew if I didn't do something soon, it would be a full on meltdown. So, the rest of the trip was consumed by trying to multi-task-giving him toys, bottle, etc etc...meanwhile pushing the cart, picking up groceries, trying to maintain a "I'm cool guys-totally in control" mom look. After getting through checkout, I tried to make sure everything that came out of the diaper bag ended up back in, that Gunnar was appropriately clothed for the winter cold and that keys were in hand. After getting the snowsuit off, all the groceries unloaded and putting him in his carseat with monkey and pacy-we were on our way home. Unfortunately, he screamed the whole way back. I'll spare the details of getting into the house with a screaming baby, cold temps, lots of groceries and probable lurking moose. It's hard...and this was just a fraction of the day. Can anyone relate???

"Hilltop Ski Area will be closed today Tuesday 1-17-2012."

After the long process of getting out the door in winter wonderland conditions with a 5 month old....AND succeeding to get my mom's hamburger soup in the crockpot-I proudly drove into our local ski area yesterday afternoon. Sadly, I found the title of this entry posted outside the main doors to the lodge. Apparently if it's less than negative ten degrees, they close the mountain. Wish I would of known...

Oh well. My faithful friends, John and Stacia came over instead. We made a fire, ate junk food and played with Gunnar until PJ got home from work. Then PJ and John went outside to chop some wood (because that's what you do in Alaska). We then all enjoyed that yummy hamburger concoction and played "Ticket to Ride." Ended up being a warm, cozy and fun....below freezing night together;)

To ski or not to ski?

It's -10 outside. Bright sun shining. Frost on trees. A winter wonderland. But I just got a pair of free downhill skiis, have a free ticket to ride and free lessons-all thanks to my friend, Stacia. I know the fire will be here when I get home. Hopefully I can get something warm cooking in the crockpot. I should really get out there. Right???

Does anyone look at this anymore?

I haven't blogged in SO very long. I don't feel like I've done much of anything I used to do in so long. But now, Gunnar is sleeping....FINALLY. I hope and pray this continues. He is already 5 months old! This is one of my favorite pictures of Gunnar with the Petersen men. I think he'll fit in well;)