{"id":1666,"date":"2013-12-13T06:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T06:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2013-12-13T06:20:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T06:20:28","slug":"an-attempt-at-an-abe-centric-post-and-a-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/13\/an-attempt-at-an-abe-centric-post-and-a-video\/","title":{"rendered":"An attempt at an Abe-centric post–and a video!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was trying Abe’s patience yet again this afternoon, obsessing over the question, “Am I or am I not a narcissist?” (the fact that this question consumes me on an almost daily basis seems to point to the rather unfortunate, albeit clear, answer…), he did mention that he doesn’t show up much in my blog.<\/p>\n

AGHHH!! SO I REALLY AM ONE!!! My sweet husband, who has never said a negative thing about anyone, did not answer my question directly, but instead mildly noted his absence in my posts.<\/p>\n

So today, instead of recording the details of my life that feel important to me (such as the fact that I am going to bed in the same outfit I wore yesterday, last night, and all day today, with the only difference being that from last night on I have not enjoyed the support of a bra), today I am determined to focus on the love of my life, my husband.<\/p>\n

He is a wonderful dad, a perfect husband, and is in every way a superior human being to myself; it is therefore extremely unfortunate that he doesn’t show up more in this chronicle of our life. This blog would be a cheerier, holier, funnier place with more Abe and less Lily.<\/p>\n

I give you this video of his evening with the girls. They set up an obstacle course, and by the time this video was filmed, the girls had run the course at least three times. Mary was all giggles, squeals, and smiles for rounds 1-3, but in the video she was a wee bit tired and more easily frustrated. My favorite part is at minute 4:14, where you can hear Abe direct Lydia to put a pillow under Mary’s perch so Mary doesn’t plummet and hurt herself. He and I think so differently, sometimes…Anyway, here it is:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BcDbnDf1RUg&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

And here are the pictures from my day. I wish I had pictures from Abe’s, but in lieu of photographic evidence, here’s what he did, as far as I know: He went to work. He came home. He listened to me talk his ear off about myself. He watched the kids. He cleaned the house. He worked on his computer. He listened to me play the piano and provided great feedback. And right now he’s exhausted, so here I go posting my pictures for real, now:<\/p>\n

\"Lydia<\/a>
Lydia insisted on wearing her owl costume today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"She<\/a>
She also wore an apron I decorated when I was little. (We rolled, cut out, and baked the rest of Monday’s cookie dough today.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Mary<\/a>
Mary was a little clingy today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mary<\/a>
Mary sat with Lydia at the kid table for the first time today. This delighted both girls to no end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Before<\/a>
Before I took the girls outside, Mary was having trouble balancing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Can<\/a>
Can you see the beginnings of the snow fort Abe helped them start building? They LOVE it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Before<\/a>
Before her nap, Lydia took a look at my feet and furrowed her brow. Then she said, “Actually, Mama, can I have one of your striped socks?” I acquiesced and handed over both for good measure. Minutes later she emerged from her bedroom with both of my socks on. She wore them for the rest of the day. In the video, you can see them dragging (until she pulls them off at the end of the clip).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Abe<\/a>
Abe pretended to be an elephant before setting up the obstacle course. Here are the girls running away from the big, scary elephant.\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was trying Abe’s patience yet again this afternoon, obsessing over the question, “Am I or am I not a narcissist?” (the fact that this question consumes me on an almost daily basis seems to point to the rather unfortunate, albeit clear, answer…), he did mention that he doesn’t show up much in my … Continue reading An attempt at an Abe-centric post–and a video!!!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,40,58,63,67,69,77,87,93,95,108,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abe-pics","category-book-of-mormon","category-floor-time-with-my-children","category-lydia-pics","category-mary-pics","category-naps","category-old-testament","category-piano-practice","category-reading-to-my-children","category-school-work","category-scriptures","category-time-outside","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}