I am so thankful to be "mommy" to these little boys.

2007 was indeed a year of blessings. undeserved, unmerited.

i am thankful today--even though school is out and my kids are making me a little crazy!

someone to hold you up

halloween

i must confess i love halloween. candy. neighbors and friends. dressing up in fun costumes. candy. shuffling through the crispy leaves in the chilly twilight. it's the good stuff.

whew

this little one really keeps me on my toes! he is crawling at 100mph! he is consistently taking more steps...i think he is just waiting until he can RUN!

why do we live here?

so...last weekend we were in VT and NH for a friend's wedding. both david and toby were in the wedding so the pressure was on to make sure david was on his best manners. we knew toby would be great.

while we drove through the rolling mountains of Vermont and southern New Hampshire we kept looking at each other and asking, "why do we live in Indiana?"

oh NO!

someone left the TV on...and now Joshua is saying, "BARNEY." there will be some swift de-programming...i can't believe this has happened!

and a tooth update...yesterday, toby lost his first tooth! hooray! i have never seen a kid so proud. he ran into our room this morning with his handmade gift certificate for ice cream..."mommy, the tooth fairy came!" i love this age!

loose teeth and two brothers

so last night i found toby in the bathroom upstairs sitting in the sink on the vanity gazing into to the mirror in deep thought. we spent the evening talking about his very loose tooth and smoothing over worries that he will never be able to eat again and that all of his teeth will fall out at once. so when i asked him what he was thinking about i thought he would say something along those lines instead he said..."i was just thinking about things, about how much i love joshua and going to get him in africa and how sad i was when he was sick and i couldn't play with him." so tender, so sweet. lord, protect my son's heart, make it always soft to you. we were kinda worried about how toby would do with a brother...all the attention diverted, divided, shared...but he is so thankful and crazy about joshua...it's incredible. several times this week as i have been picking up toys and papers, i have found drawings of two stick figures...one with a giant head and one with a slightly smaller head with the names of two brothers underneath.

i am so thankful for my family and the lengths God took to bring us all together.