A shadow of ourselves......Is that mysterious?

Please pray for our safe travels this weekend. Pray for Rob to be safe at home also. We'll be in Springfield for a couple of weeks. Don't you worry though....You'll just get pictures and stories from my parent's house.

Our Friends

We went to the Park today with the Thousand Kid family, I I like to refer to them. These are 2 of the 1,000. Ella and Elijah. Miles didn't make it into a picture with Lily or Ian....sorry. My blog...so you have to have Ian or Lily in the frame. :(

Wednesday

Desparation Paci.

Scary Period. Medium: Sidewalk Chalk

Ian isn't big on drawing, to my dismay, but while we were out last night he did a couple brilliant interpretations. The second image is called "Scary Ladder". It's part of his "scary" period. There was a series of many "scary" images.

The third image is called "Elephant with a whole lot of legs". As you can see the elephant has a whole lot of legs.

In Da Club

We go outside just about everyday and play in the clubhouse. We take turns who owns it and the other person has to go down and knock to get in. We come up and are very cordial to each other...sometimes sharing a pot of tea, other times having a birthday party.

Just another day....

We have to be creative by the time the afternoon rolls around.

I promise this will be my ony outwardly boring post.

This stems from Katie's comment on seeing Ian as a Big Brother....

Having Lily is such a pure joy that I can't really express. When you have your first kid, you are overcome by this crazy, strong love. I did know that that love would be none less with the second, but what I didn't know is how much it would increase my love for both of them. I can sit and watch Lily and remember to appreciate the little funny or awful things that babies do and more specifically, what Ian did also when he was little. It's so much more relaxed and hilariously funny with her. Then watching Ian interact and think the same things are funny and sweet is just about more than a mom's heart can bear. I am convinced that this is the closest we can get, on earth, to experiencing the perfect Love that God has for us and that HE is. I understand why we are left without this knowledge and feelings....I think we would all explode or implode or something.

The decision to have children is the greatest thing that God put on my heart to do. Being at home with them everyday and seeing these moments that won't come around again, in short hind sight, is the best decision I've made. God has blessed my life in so many ways with my family that I couldn't name them all. Here's a few recent ones though...

....husband who cooks
....ian who has a gentle heart when it comes to me and lily
....lily who makes me laugh everyday, mostly directly after I want to start spanking at a very young age.
....Ian who won't let me start spanking his sister at a very young age.
....husband who respects and believes in me.
....brother who is healthy (with OCD)
....sister who is strong
....mom who gives me an example of a wife and mother to strive to be like.
....dad who is a gentleman (with OCD) and would do anything I ask of him.
....nieces and nephews that love my babies
....nephew who takes care of his mother.
....the most talented nieces ever.
....cats that don't hurt my kids, but protect them from our dog
....dog that ...... nevermind
....in-laws that treat me as their own daughter and sister.
....mom and dad that lets me give orders and work them to death in sweat shops that I make at various life stages, in my home.
....husband who is very patient and never raises his voice.
....husband who gets me a drink when I'm sitting and don't want to move
....son who gets me a drink when I'm sitting and don't want to move.
....daughter who makes me get up from where I'm sitting to carry her around for no reason.


Is everyone soooo jealous now?