It's a two entry blog kind of day!

If the whole credit card thing wasn't enough...

My kids wouldn't take naps!!! Aaargghhh...on a typical day if this were to happen, I would have ignored them until they A. fell asleep or B. were in their room for the amount of time I wanted them to sleep. For some reason (which I'll elaborate on more later), I checked on them. I decided I'd let Evan stay up (naps are less frequent for him these days) and have some one on one time with Bob (the Builder).

Then on to Anna's room. What was that foul smell? Anna was in her crib with all kinds of "stuff" ALL over herself and her crib. Eeewwwy! I forgot to mention that her nickname is Princess Poopy Pants. So I picked her up to change her, but I felt some resistance. Anna had grabbed the cord from the baby monitor and it was tightly wrapped around her neck! Holy Crap! My baby could have died.

And then I thought about that book. That book Melonie and Stacy had me read. That book that I was skeptical of the entire time I read it, but thought "hmmm...maybe". The book is "The Message". It's about an LDS man who had an out of body/near death experience and then wrote about the experiences he could remember. There was a lot about family in the Spirit World/Paradise looking after us here, giving us thoughts and ideas to help us a long our way. And that all though their deaths may have been tragic and hard for us, they were for a reason and they were okay with it. So, maybe, just maybe, Grams or G'pa Chiapelli or Daniel or someone was looking out for my Anna today. Right now, I hope that it is true because if it had been a typical day, I would have let herself cry to sleep. Maybe, just maybe...

The Message is a quick read and thought provoking, a "What if it is true...?" kind of book. If you haven't all ready, give it a try.

On to much better news...Rob was summoned for jury duty and I hope he can't "get out of it" because of his next trip to Japan. I'd much rather him be here then there.

Jared received the Fairness award in his class this month for the Character Counts program. Of course, he didn't tell me! His teacher realizes kids are like that, so she e-mailed me. There he is--bottom row, first on the left side. And I will hold this against him at home!!!