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So, it’s a she, not a he – but photos of Sophie almost always make me think of this quote.
Things around here have been phenomenally crazy for the last few weeks. I can’t believe that it’s been nearly two whole weeks since I last posted.
We have so far:
Visited with my brother (Caleb) and his girlfriend, Alison who came home for a week.
Visited with my brother (Jared) who came home from college two times during the last couple of weeks.
Visited with my sister (Anna) and her family, who came home to participate in all the visiting (see above) and celebrate our mom’s and Bessie’s (my niece, Anna’s daughter) birthdays – (see below).
Started raising cockatiels with my brother (Zion).
Met my uncle from Chicago at a local(ish) campground.
Camped.
Hiked.
Fished. (Okay, only a little, but as my uncle says… “Fishing requires patience, but fishing with children requires the patience of an angel).
Uploaded and edited roughly 1400 photographs.
Celebrated my mom’s 49th birthday.
Celebrated my sister-in-law’s 46th birthday.
Celebrated my niece’s 3rd birthday.
Celebrated Easter Sunday.
Changed 224 diapers.
Had/have a bad cold and a case of hives (mine!).
Attended a play.
Prepared roughly 42 meals.
Washed around 746 loads of laundry.
Washed 300 loads of dishes in the dishwasher.
Had a picnic.
Did major grocery shopping twice.
Took a mass family picture involving 20 individual and wiggly people.
Played at the park.
Juggled three fussy babies.
Figured taxes. Repeatedly.
Bought two cars.
Cleaned up approximately 29 spills.
Visited the Science Center.
Put out four oven fires.
Had two tires repaired.
Potty trained a two year old.
Mopped the floor. Once.
Learned of two separate and potentially serious car accidents involving my parents and my brother.
Photographed most of the above.
One of the hard parts of having babies close together is that the older baby is exactly that, a baby, and yet she is often left to fend for herself…
{green ~ our bathroom fern}
For some reason, I love color weeks. I haven’t participated in one in a long time, but now seems like a good time, since we’ve hunkered down to recover from Truxton’s arrival.
Emily, of shining egg is hosting a green week, in (hopeful) celebration of the end of winter, and the coming of spring.
Since I am still camping on the couch for the most part, my photos will be relegated to things around the inside of my house, but I will be browsing the list of participants to get a hint of the spring which I hope is starting to show up outside. Kinsley and Sophie have already been enjoying this activity with Trux and Mama. Who knows, maybe Sophie could learn her colors through color weeks?
Reflecting on the miracle that God gave us participation in, enjoying our growing little family which suddenly seems so much more complete, and wondering how we ever did without any of these amazing creatures.
The evening of our first full day home. Such cozy sweetness! It soon became this…
The incredible sweetness of sleeping babies is pretty hard to beat! I mean, check out all the little details…
Pure bliss, I tell you.
We all really love this hat. I think Aunt Anna made it with Mizzou colors in mind, but the girls saw the bumble bee potential right away.
Sophie’s hippo seems to have a burning desire to wear the hat, if Sophie is to be believed.
I have decided that hats are my favorite article of clothing for any baby. The rest can be optional, as long as there’s a great hat in the mix.
