Asleep

Tonight I watched H fall asleep. He was sweet smelling and clean from his bath and very sleepy. Usually after some snuggling in the rocking chair and a goodnight prayer he gets tucked into bed and left to let the sand man do his work. Tonight I stayed longer to smooth my finger across his hairline, he loved it. His eyes were so heavy he couldn't keep them open. Once he managed to flutter them open just for a moment - enough for him to see that I was still there and I saw a sleepy smile spread across his face. Sweet dreams my firstborn.

A good read

A personal tradition this time of the year is to read Unafraid by Francine Rivers (my favorite author). It's a short book about Mary that helps lead my heart back to the tenderness of the season. Mary, the mother of Jesus, who were you? A very young woman of uncommon faith. The unlikely chosen to birth God's plan for reconciliation to His creation. Thank you precious Father for perusing undeserving me.

Merry Christmas . . . see you in court

The boys were tucked in their beds this afternoon snoozing their nap-time zzzzzs. So far, no one had thrown-up and there had been no major coughing fits for the day (amazing!). I sat down next to EH for a bit to flip through the mail in anticipation of Christmas cards. One, two letters and then I saw it . . . something about the words "Jury Commissioner" in the upper left hand corner made my insides cringe. I suppose I shouldn't feel dread but rather pride in the fact that I've been called upon to serve my county . . . maybe it will come later. Rather I feel inadequate to step into the shoes of justice defender. I'll be "phoning-in" the end of January. In the meantime, I'll be filling out the qualification questionnaire so that I'm not guilty of a crime.

The big mall

We took a trip to an indoor mall yesterday. H has had little opportunity to explore the wonders of 100+ stores with all the Christmas glitz and glimmer glowing. He was fascinated to say the least! As we approached an escalator H viewed it with a bit of fearful fascination. On our way down he awkwardly clung to my hand/arm, tried to grasp onto the side as it slid past him and maneuver his feet so he would stand on one step rather than two. I prepped him to jump at the end to get off and he did wonderful. While waiting for Grandma to make a purchase we found another escalator and went up and down, up and down, up and down again. As we were leaving the mall, without any hesitation, he declared the escalators were his favorite!

Move over Rachel Ray. . . I have just discovered the joy of whacking a garlic clove with the side of your knife to get the peels off. Aahhh, the power hiding in the heel of your hand!

H is singing his very first memorized cartoon theme song these days. It's the theme to Wonder Pets - one of his favorites! EH's trying to find the lyrics for me so I can try to memorize it too (we'll post them when we locate them cause they're adorable!). H tried and tried to get me to sing it right today but the poor boy doesn't know what he's up against. I have the great ability to remember about 5% of the words to any song - then I just hum the rest or repeat what I do know.


Little e took three steps last Friday! In the week since, he's been practicing off and on. He took four steps by E yesterday. It's wonderful fun to see how excited he gets over it. He has a total of four teeth up top now and there are two more (for a total of four) trying to break through on the bottom. I sure do hope he gets a teething break after these ones are through - he's had to work sooo hard and long for each one.

P.S. H has taking 3 naps this week!