People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help others heal, love them without an agenda. ~Mike McHargue

Two weeks ago I decided that we all, but especially tiny P, needed a little break from doctors… we were at the nephrologist for a check up, and we are just starting to figure out what kind of kidney issues our girl has. They decided that they needed blood work, and right then I decided…

How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved.~Brennan Manning

A Summer haircut… he was a little sad, because he was trying to “grow rapunzel hair” but he has gotten over it. Telling me a story about curious george… Who doesn’t love to paint? Eyeing some fish at the fish store… This one wants a hamster. But the mama does not… The baby was cold,…

Tiny P’s room has been more of a work in progress… Since she was sleeping in our room for a while longer, we took our time getting it done. We knew the color palette we wanted…pink and gray. And I had been gathering accessories. And last weekend, the day after we celebrated our tiny P…

Uh oh, mommy, that baby crying!! I sink he needs noodles! ~ tiny P, hearing a baby cry in a doctor waiting room. Oooh, hash brown!! Yummy! ~ tiny P, after she found a bit of hash brown tucked into the crook of her arm after breakfast, and popping it in her mouth. Look at…

Baby J didn’t want his room to be too different, so the only thing we changed was his dresser (and he went to a twin bed)… the boy gets stressed out by change, and it turns out a new house is change enough for this boy. We took down those very fetching curtains, and painted…

Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plain! America, America, God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.