The Swarrell Life

So I had an interesting thing happen the other day. A friend of ours calls me and says that she is stuck in a meeting and could I pick up her boys, since they go to the same day care provider. So I said sure, since it was not a big deal. I know the boys and they love Trinity. So I go and pick them up and drive them less than a mile home. We then keep ourselves entertained watching Trinity play around and then it is time to feed. So I told them about how a friend of theirs, who is six, fed Trinity while we were at their house and I asked if they wanted to feed her. Payton, the younger boy, says that he'd like to. So we prop up some pillows and away we go! Trinity is the easiest feeder, so it's not a big deal. Spencer took a turn feeding too! While they weren't feeding, they played with Trinity's toys...hmmm. I guess fun doesn't have an age limit! These boys sure enjoy being around Trinity! It's fun to think that she'll have them around to take care of her as ...

Bear with me because I am going to skip around a little bit on this. I read a few blogs and ran across some interesting stuff today. I don't have time to write much about it, but I'll try to distill my core reactions to the postings. Ready? Here goes... 1. Father Stephen had this to say about righteous anger: Strangely, I find our century (and the ones preceding it) not overburdened with love, but rather riddled with those who believe their hatreds to be justified. God save me from the man who believes Himself just. I do not stand a chance before him. Rather, number me with the harlots and the publicans - number me with the worst of sinners. Within that refuse of humanity I may find mercy and a heart kind enough to pray for a man as wicked as myself. Strangely I have been thinking about anger and "tough love" lately. If tough love makes you feel good and justified, then it wasn't love. The same with righteous anger. If it makes you feel better to vent it, then it...

No really, I can. I had a dream the other night, and I saw this in my future: Hat tip to Andrew over at the Daily Dish

We took Trinity to the doctor for her 2 month checkup and she weighed in at 10lbs 10oz and 22 inches long! She's a MONSTER! Okay, maybe not a monster, but she sure has grown like crazy. She also had her first immunizations, four of them in total. She had one given orally and then three given on shot form. It was a little hard to watch, but these things can help her stay healthy, so that makes it a little easier. It sure was hard on mommy though, those hormones kick in and there's no much you can do about it. So Trinity was a little bit fussy last night when we tried to feed her, but all in all she is such great baby that it's hard to fault her for much. As people keep telling me, she'll never be as perfect as she is right now. True that. But check out the phone pics below, she doesn't even look the same. This is the day after she was born... This is two days old... This is about three weeks old... Just under two months, how you like me now? This yesterday, at almost...

A friend of ours just had a baby! As some of you may or may not know, Sky was a student from OHSU who was here for a few weeks working with Eric and Autumn at the hospital. He and his wife just had a baby girl, Paige Isabella, weighing in at 7 pounds 11 ounces. On another good note, Trinity slept for almost 6 hours last night...woohoo! And because everyone likes pictures of babies, here's the new addition:

Or, maybe you didn't. Either way, here comes the video! I love video cameras! This makes things so much easier. The only problem is my meandering commentary that rarely makes sense. I should really keep quiet during a video shoot. Here's the video of my amazing little daughter.

That's what I'll be in if I add the wrong pictures to the blog...but I'm going to risk it because I know that YOU want pictures of Trinity. She's 9 weeks old now...WOW! It's so incredible to have a baby. I know that everyone says that it changes everything, but there's just no knowing how much it changes and in what ways. I don't even know how I am changing, but I know that I am so happy to be a dad. This is fun stuff, even the late nights! That's all the words I have tonight, so without further ado: Does this diaper make my butt look big? My ladies...'nuff said This one will haunt her well into her teens...