tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post7902867511169557354..comments2024-03-27T02:08:24.116-05:00Comments on The Chronicles of Ruthie Hart: How do you connect with your spouse?Ruthie Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15210045144412040802noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-30914064761702240772013-04-26T10:31:21.671-05:002013-04-26T10:31:21.671-05:00Hehe love this! Especially the P.S! Date nights ar...Hehe love this! Especially the P.S! Date nights are so important. I love every chance we get to have a date night. :) Oh and that "Somee card" LOL! That made me laugh. It's so true. Leon doesn't get up with the baby at all. I don't really see a point in it considering he has nothing to feel her with! ;) Love ya girl!Heather Leigh_A beautiful ministryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414341991185558294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-19019410366548914872013-04-25T21:41:09.557-05:002013-04-25T21:41:09.557-05:00Ahhhh married life before a baby. What was that ag...Ahhhh married life before a baby. What was that again?! My din is two tomorrow so it's hard to remember already. Before we had our son we always played games or watched mars hill sermons... <br /><br />I'm going to be totally honest. It's really hard to connect and get any alone time what so ever when you have a baby. You are exhausted, everything hurts, and the last thing you want to do is make an effort to do anything but sleep. But it gets easier. Friends and family help and you try to get date nights whenever you can. Even if that means on a Thursday at 3pm for a movie and a quick lunch. :) <br /><br />As long as you make an effort, it will work. And a baby brings you together like you can't believe. Candice Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18249498304190119555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-42652081416902067072013-04-25T12:42:17.937-05:002013-04-25T12:42:17.937-05:00i think it's definitely important to reconnect...i think it's definitely important to reconnect every once in a while. We do have a TV in our room, but I like it that way because my husband stays up later than I do, so this way at least he's in bed with me when I fall asleep and not downstairs on the couch!<br />You will soon find that with the new baby, there will definitely be some adjusting to be had in order to spend time with Jon again. But as long as you can keep that a priority I think you'll be fine. the first few months are hectic but once you are into a routine it will be so much easier!<br />We have two kids who are 9 & 6 and we do not have the TV on at dinnertime - it's just too much of a distraction with it. This way, we are able to pray before our meal, and discuss our days and anything exciting/troubling/interesting that happened. With the TV on, nobody wants to pay attention to each other!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958603279204195992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-29010841233551355872013-04-25T11:34:21.745-05:002013-04-25T11:34:21.745-05:00haha! love the p.s.
we reconnect with date nights...haha! love the p.s. <br />we reconnect with date nights. they are a MUST with a baby. love ya! Heather @ Finding Beauty in the Ordinary https://www.blogger.com/profile/12628343816645289457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-87162926798857704832013-04-25T11:31:47.188-05:002013-04-25T11:31:47.188-05:00Haha! In love that he IMd you from the same house ...Haha! In love that he IMd you from the same house to play a game. I can NEVER get work done when Micah is home because of his antics.The Arizona Russumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03452814866169647549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-60065182063008314602013-04-25T10:26:28.507-05:002013-04-25T10:26:28.507-05:00You guys are the cutest, but I definitely agree, i...You guys are the cutest, but I definitely agree, it's nice not to have the TV on! My husband would be fine just not having a TV at all (I always joke that he would love to be Amish) but lately we've had the TV off at night and it is so much more relaxing :)Jane {In The Pink & Green}https://www.blogger.com/profile/08916073136271415491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-88687363811771529472013-04-25T10:08:18.851-05:002013-04-25T10:08:18.851-05:00Love this post so much. We started doing the "...Love this post so much. We started doing the "no tv" during dinner thing a couple weeks ago and I have loved every minute of it. The nights are staying lighter longer and walking Rocky together at night is one of my favorite things. Such a good reminder to take tv out of our lives a bit..completely agree with you! Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699293636698337811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-54825215745500241792013-04-25T10:02:46.657-05:002013-04-25T10:02:46.657-05:00Loved this post, Ruthie!! Very encouraging! We hav...Loved this post, Ruthie!! Very encouraging! We have an almost 1-year old and another due in September and keeping our marriage in check is a main priority of mine. We are strict with bedtime and then in the evenings we will take a nonsexual bath together (haha, if that makes sense!), read (currently reading The Love Dare) and talk about our days. We are guilty of falling asleep to the TV though (it's in our room, something I'm considering changing but I think if we didn't have it my husband would stay up later than me watching TV downstairs and I'd go to bed. Now at least I can fall asleep next to him). Anyways, thanks for the encouragement!! We love games too but I forgot about them lately!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797935067074705329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-11615409998080385752013-04-25T10:01:51.876-05:002013-04-25T10:01:51.876-05:00We LOVE playing games together too! Sometimes it c...We LOVE playing games together too! Sometimes it can be hard with just two people, but improvising always works. We even asked for the "nice" set of vintage style games from Target for our wedding...love me some chinese checkers, yahtzee, scrabble, sorry, and uno!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520465374105359641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-36016254371276547872013-04-25T09:54:39.420-05:002013-04-25T09:54:39.420-05:00We have been eating at our dining table as well. ...We have been eating at our dining table as well. It's amazing what a difference it makes. I find, like yall, there are times where we have kept the conversation going well past the end of the meal.<br /><br />As the mom of a 17 month old, I can asure you that by being aware of wanting to keep that connection going after the birth of your son, you will.I'maNolaGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786300671737277489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-55668207136503703392013-04-25T09:38:54.778-05:002013-04-25T09:38:54.778-05:00haha love the ps... so funny! I'm sooooo in to...haha love the ps... so funny! I'm sooooo in to games, but Scott isn't :( I'm hoping to ease him into playing with me. I get so much joy from doing little things like that.Brooke Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18183805899538462165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-14433643619696184792013-04-25T09:38:41.071-05:002013-04-25T09:38:41.071-05:00Thank you for this post! My husband and I are suc...Thank you for this post! My husband and I are such TV junkies. We keep saying we need to get rid of it and focus more on each other and our little man. Love all your games you two play!rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00163093138359545777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-36370445815483208352013-04-25T09:29:27.319-05:002013-04-25T09:29:27.319-05:00Just saying, I would love to sleep like my husband...Just saying, I would love to sleep like my husband while I'm pregnant too! No middle of the night waking up just to roll over or make several trips to the bathroom :) I think it still applies! I was also JUST talking to my husband about how tv really keeps us from connecting...he views watching tv together as "quality time"....not so much. Hoping we can make some changes here soon! Thanks for the encouragement!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687846139356744209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854389253351284318.post-24135334683536386102013-04-25T09:06:49.996-05:002013-04-25T09:06:49.996-05:00We love marbles, too! Especially when we need to ...We love marbles, too! Especially when we need to reconnect. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com