Good Morning

This morning was so precious...I was laying in bed with Isabelle when Dylan came in to snuggle with us. He started hugging Isabelle and kept saying in the baby talk voice that we all do, "I love you Isabelle". And then told me how much he loves her.

Then I went to get Cadence up and I was greeted with "I wuf you, mommy". What a great morning of love. :)

The kids have been saying some fun things:
-Cadence and I were doing animal sounds in the car today, she would say a animal and I would make the noise. It went something like this, dog, cow, tiger, mickey mouse. :) I told her I wasn't sure what sound he made.

-The other day he went to play with our neighbors but they were sick. When he came back to our house I asked if he had asked them if they needed anything. He answered that he thinks "they needed some vitamin seeds"

-Dylan prayed for the family tonight at bed, he also thanked God that He was taking care of Lincoln.

-Our tangerines are starting to get ripe on our tree in the front yard. Dylan told me today that it was a good thing we had food growing in our yard just in case the grocery store ran out of stuff, then we would have things to eat.

-Dylan asked if God was bigger than the sea.

Isabelle - 4 months

My friend Camilla let me borrow her good camera to take some pictures of Isabelle. I needed some close ups of her hands, feet & head for a picture thing that I have of all the kids. It captures so much of the details...oh, to have a nice camera of my own. :)

Music to my ears

It recorded a little quiet but hopefully you can hear her.

Can you recognize the song?

Jesus Loves Me

So precious!

I read this on someone else's blog today...

Grief may be a thing we all have in common, but it looks different on everyone.

It isn’t just death we have to grieve. It’s life, it’s loss, it’s change. And when you wonder why it has to be so hard sometimes…it has to hurt so bad…the thing you have to remember is that it can turn on a dime.

But that’s how you stay alive…when it hurts so much you can’t breathe, that’s how you survive. And you remember that one day, somehow, impossibly, it won’t feel this way. It won’t hurt this much.

Grief comes in its own time for everyone, in its own way. So the best we can do, the best anyone can do is try for honesty. The really hard thing, the very worst part of grief is that you can’t control it. The best we can do is to let ourselves feel it when it comes. And let it go when we can. No, the very worst part is that the very minute you think you’re past it, it starts all over again. And always… EVERY TIME… it takes your breath away.

Big Eater

I was looking thru my pictures and forgot I had taken this...we went out to breakfast a few weeks ago. Mark had gotten up to use the restroom when our food arrived. As soon as the plates were down on the table, Cadence moved to Mark's spot and started to eat his food. I think the plate of food was as big as she is.

Birthday Party

Cadence and Dylan both had their birthdays over this last week. We had a party last weekend, it was pirate themed with a treasure hunt with the kids. I think all the kids had a good time...a bunch of water fun, a good bbq lunch, homemade cupcakes (thank you rochelle), lots of great gifts and way too much sugar!

how great is this picture of Maggie, holding the squirt gun upside down with all the water running out :)

Dr Visit

Cadence had her 2 year check up today she is 27 pounds and 35 inches tall putting her in at 76% for her height and 37% for her weight.

She got a little bored while waiting for the doctor...so this is what she did for entertainment. :)