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More Photos!

August 30, 2010

In case you were unaware, there are tons of photos of our life in our Picasa Album.  Not just Theo, though I admit he is the smallest addition to the clan, and therefore getting a lot of camera time these days. Some folks have been commenting on facebook asking for photos.  So, there’s a way [...]

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Sleep, Theodore, and Billy Reuben.

August 27, 2010

I don’t know who Billy is, and why he is so passionate about corned beef on marbled rye, but we’ve been talking a lot about him lately. (aside for my single male readers: bilirubin–pronounced Billy Reuben–is an indicator in the blood of babies for jaundice.  Jaundice is where your baby starts to look like Bert [...]

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401.

August 25, 2010

Yesterday’s post linking to the photo of Theodore was post number 400 here at benandjacq.com.  400 posts to get from LB’s birth to Theodore’s.  (not counting picture posts at our original site.) God has been so faithful to us, and as we stand looking toward the next 400 posts, as a family of 4 with [...]

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A Picture of the Boy.

August 24, 2010

I know, you want a picture.  A blog post less than 20 minutes after the birth of my child isn’t even enough for you people.  I mean, really. So I put a picture up.  I’m working on getting some others, but he either looks like an alien, a cast member from “ConeHeads,” or a reptile. [...]

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Theodore Brooks Meredith.

August 24, 2010

Theo. Loved By God.  That’s what your first name means, little guy.  Some folks are going to tell you it means “lover of God.”  And that’s a great secondary meaning.  But 1 John 4:10 says “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to [...]

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

August 16, 2010

I’ve just rounded the corner out of my third decade, and I’ve hit a strange crisis.  Up until this point I’ve always known what I want to be when I grow up: a missionary.  I want to get paid to share the gospel.  The gospel is preeminent, foundational.  The paycheck has always been secondary. So [...]

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The Funniest Thing Our Son has Accomplished.

August 15, 2010

My son will never make Last Comic Standing (though with Felipe Esparza winning the whole thing, maybe he should.  Team Johnagin all the way.)  His latest act is sort of the opposite of “stand up,” but still pretty hilarious.  Enjoy. (video embedded, in case you are all up in a feed reader at the moment.)

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We’re Leaving Staff.

August 6, 2010

Jacqueline had just found out we were pregnant with LB a few months earlier.  Then it happened.  Due probably to a combination of poor communication and wishful thinking on our part, some folks who we thought were going to give a total of $10,000 in the month of October, 2007 ended up giving us a [...]

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Lay in the Floor. Laugh at the Wall.

August 4, 2010

My son likes to mess with the spring-style door stop on the wall between our rooms when he gets up in the morning.  It’s near the top of his to-do list every day. 6:35 AM: “boinggg.  boyoiinng…. boyoyoyoing.” It helps me to remember that no matter how hard, messy, and difficult life is–he’s concerned about [...]

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If Pregnancy Were a Baseball Game…

July 29, 2010

If pregnancy were a nine-inning affair as opposed to a nine-month affair, we’d be stretching our legs about to start the top of the ninth. I am at best a utility infielder when it comes to pregnancy.  You can expect me to make one or two great plays, heading off a craving at midnight with [...]

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