Tired

I just re-read the last post. I must have been really tired to write so poorly! I meant every stammering sentence, though.

Saturday, Eric was on call. He had to leave before we were awake and didn't get home until noon on Sunday. He had had no sleep so he went upstairs to nap. Saturday was hard for me. Aedyn had to go to time-out 3 times for hitting or bitting Justice and that little one hardly napped all day.I put Aedyn to bed in the clothes he had worn all day even though there was pizza sauce on the shirt (pepperoni pizza. no veggies, no fruit. poor kid) and just kicked the toys toward the toy box in some effort to clean up. I was crying by the time Eric called to say good night.

So you can see how special it was to be reminded how great my life is. Because it is, even when my kids are cranky and my house is a mess and my husband comes home too tired to speak.

Grateful

I sometimes have really good prayer time during Justice's middle-of-the-night feedings. Sometimes I can't stay awake enough to think clearly. But in the early-early hours of Sunday I was overwhelmed by how good my life is. My husband in an example of selflessness and his love is a great treasure to me. I really ENJOY him. My boys are a joy. Right now Aedyn is climbing into my lap for kisses. while I'm typing he's sitting in the dinning-room chair next to mine and blowing on the purple cosmos Eric brought home for me yesterday. Aedyn blows on them just to see the petals dance. Yesterday Justice pulled his mouth away while nursing and smiled at me! Then he nursed some more. Eric has a stable job. We bought a modest house and can afford the mortgage.

Our World Vision magazine came yesterday (our sponsered child, Maria, lives in Brazil). My heart is daily engaged with orphans and the poor (weather I want to love them so much or not. sometimes this is very painful. but a privalage.) Aedyn sat with me looked at the pictures of kids praying over their one daily meal and I we prayed for them. I pray for Aedyn's shepherd's heart.

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Bruce (Feb.3)

Justice smiled just in time for the picture. He's wearing my dad's sweater, first worn 64 years ago. Happy Birthday, "Duce!" (Aedyn's pronunciation of grandpa bruce)

Tia Hannah is here and Aedyn took a nap on her lap yesterday. He NEVER does that. She's pretty special.

Exciting, but not what you were expecting

You probably want to see some new pics of Justice and Aedyn, now that J is 6 weeks old; well, that's not what I'm here to post! But I will tell you he is doing fine and that Tia Hannita will be visiting here this evening, so we may get time to put up some pics of the boys. But in the mean time, here is a photo of a freshly laid egg (less than 1 hour)—our very first!

Inauguration Day and One-Month Old Justice

We're watching inauguration coverage on CNN online (no TV here) and Aedyn keeps calling out in excitement, "Obama!" We didn't teach him to, he's been observing the crowd. Justice is sleeping. His cold rebounded last evening and I had to hold him upright during the night so he could breath. As promised, here is the balding baby. You can compare to the with-hair photos in the previous post. Please notice the BEAUTIFUL quilt he's resting on. Hannah made that! I love the colors (matches the living room furniture and the green walls in the boys' rooms) and I LOVE that Tia made that for Justice River. Aedyn wanted a picture of his hair, too. He has gorgeous hair, thick and a bit long; great eyelashes, too. Click on Hannah's name to see the quilt she made for Aedyn. It's an "I-Spy" quilt. Very neat. Aedyn loves it.

Justice is content in eric's arms and he and Aedyn are watching a counting movie on netflix. Two loaves of honey wheat bread are in the oven, the chickens are taking a nap in their house (as they do every afternoon) and I'm finally sending out a few baby announcement cards. We are happy and, as the boys' colds are now clearing up, healthy.
The pictures are all from last week. I'll get some pics of J's retirement-home style balding ; we are so captivated by him!

Just a few pics to keep you satisfied . . .