Easter...

Two years ago, while Jay was in Iraq, Amy came to visit with Finn, Virginia, and a second trimester's worth of Isabelle.  I'd put together little baskets for the kids and had an Easter egg hunt in the front yard.  The sun couldn't have shined brighter or more hopeful--That Easter I found out I was pregnant with August. 

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows, like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,

It is well, It is well, with my soul.

My sin, O the bliss of this glorious tho't,

My sin not in part but the whole

Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more.

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,

Oh my soul! -H.G.Spafford

On this Easter, I am reminded that from the darkness comes light--from death comes life. 

Little Fred...

Everyone says Bradley looks like her granddad Fred--If they don't say she looks like Fred, then they say she looks like Frank.  Well--It took a lot of work to get her here, and I'd like a little credit--just a little.

Maybe? 

Seven Months...



The Bald and the Beautiful



Nothing like Schizophrenic VA weather--Sleeveless one day and hoodie the next.



"Can you see my teeth?"



Is April almost over?

Bradley and I just got home from a trip to Kentucky, and she had a blast playing with her cousins!  Although the road trip was exhausting, it was nice to spend time with family, eat BBQ, and watch some classics with my dad!

We've got a situation...

A few minutes after I laid B down for her morning nap, I flipped on the monitor just in time to catch my little jailbird trying to make her break.  Time to lower the crib.

"Uh oh"

"No nap! No nap! No nap!"

Teething Sleeplessness...

The last couple weeks have been filled with new foods, snot, cranky nights, army crawling, more snot, and a fat lip.  But, we have a tooth--with a second sure to follow!  I wouldn't trade a day...

 

 

"Roar"