tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post7877296742929149159..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Summer in the CityElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-63162326449495201982014-06-10T14:34:04.321+04:002014-06-10T14:34:04.321+04:00I'm confused too, but Annie sees my FB posts, ...I'm confused too, but Annie sees my FB posts, so maybe she was thinking a different David incident. ;)<br /><br />About Monnie-well, we're all "fearfully and wonderfully" made, but there's that whole personality thing, and also the sinful nature. When a baby is born, he/she is nothing less than perfect (especially to a parent), as I'm sure is true of ALL of Annie's brood...but Monnie might be more of a handful than the others. Am I right, Annie?<br /><br />David had a fairly mild disposition until recently...oh, he had a mind of his own, but not too many tantrums. Now he's approaching 2 and is acting his age! Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-56637113544178202952014-06-10T14:22:07.691+04:002014-06-10T14:22:07.691+04:00I'm so confused by this comment - I don't ...I'm so confused by this comment - I don't think Elizabeth/Liz was talking about David misbehaving in this post.<br />What do you mean by "her state of perfection" is so much harder? How can a more perfect child be more difficult?Jessica W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13346907257802513699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-39098984748466871302014-06-10T14:20:38.350+04:002014-06-10T14:20:38.350+04:00Hmm nope not the same couple then. Not this time,...Hmm nope not the same couple then. Not this time, anyway. :)Jessica W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13346907257802513699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-47545978159042741482014-06-10T02:02:04.616+04:002014-06-10T02:02:04.616+04:00My older children didn't give ma a moments tro...My older children didn't give ma a moments trouble. If I told them to sit somewhere (just sat them somewhere) - they wouldn't move. They would walk when I wanted them to walk, play when I wanted them to play, sit in a playpen to corral their blocks and toys-with-many-pieces. They didn't experiment with food, or insist on doing things themselves (or scream). They didn't think it was fun to test me to see if I mean business. They never once caused me a bit of trouble in church. Sitting on my lap and looking at the priest came naturally. Monnie is smart, sweet, engaging and energetic - she is PERFECT, but her state of perfection is SO much HARDER than Aidan' s and Lydia's. If I didn't have her, I wouldn't imagine what you were talking about much of the time. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-50240176452077893052014-06-09T22:51:43.186+04:002014-06-09T22:51:43.186+04:00Hmmm, now I'm curious as to who yours was! I d...Hmmm, now I'm curious as to who yours was! I did have a friend get married to an Australian recently! :) The bride-to-be from Sunday was Belarusian (okay, that's really hard to spell), but other than that they're pretty Russian. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-34934311545373420902014-06-09T14:05:42.960+04:002014-06-09T14:05:42.960+04:00So....I've been reading your blog for a few ye...So....I've been reading your blog for a few years now...pre-wedding at least, since I lived in Ukraine for a time. I only know one family in St. Pete, except a month or so ago, I met another young woman.<br />Yesterday, I happened to see pictures from an "engagement blessing" at church....Quite possibly it's the same one!! Here are some vague identifying details - one of them is a foreigner. Both have last names that do not sound Russian, even though one of them IS. Would this have been the same couple?? <br />If so, small world!Jessica W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13346907257802513699noreply@blogger.com