Some Pictures I Like

Princess Dance

The girls love to dress up as princesses and go to the ball. This time they were lucky enough to have a prince around to dance with. My brother Seth lives with us and is much adored by the girls, especially when he reads to them in funny voices, chases them around, or in this case, plays prince.

My Boys

More Baby

Clark is getting bigger, and dare we say cuter? He's 10 pounds now, and quite the charmer:

A common Clark pose

Giving you the stink-eye

Just cute

Big Trip

For my first outing without the baby, I drove the car by myself to the library and dropped off our dvd's. During those 5 minutes I felt surprisingly empty-haanded.

10 Days of Clark

He's still new if you can count his age in days instead of weeks. Clark was born on the 7th, and we are so happy to have this cuddly little fellow in our home. Here are some happenings of the past 10 days:

Dressed and ready to go to the hospital

Clark arrives! Check out those sweet hats!


But who does he look like?!

Camille and Grace meet their new brother... still getting used to him

Grandma came to help and meet her new grandson

A pacifier as big as his face


Uncle Scott

Uncle Seth

Sleepy Dad

Coloring Easter eggs with Grandma's help

Finding eggs- very diplomatically, the girls almost always decided to take turns "finding" the eggs

All the kids- and Clark in his Easter basket with eggs

Meeting Grandpa

Meeting Uncle Dennis

First time at the park

Finally some real fun- Aunt Rachel comes to play! Camille and Grace rejoice

First day at the beach

We're tired and happy and feeling extremely blessed.

Dreams and Aspirations

The other day while we were cooking dinner, Grace was thinking hard. When I asked her what she was thinking about she said, "Mom, I wish that I could do things like you."
"Like what things?"
"Like, when you get dressed in the morning, you get dressed all by yourself, and I wish that I could do that," she said.
"What other things do you wish you could do like me?"
"Well, you go places by yourself, like the park, and I wish that I could go to the park with you."
I told her that I liked going to the park with her too. And that I could teach her how to put her clothes on by herself (she's getting much better at this now.)

Then Camille, who had been thinking hard too said, "Sometimes I wish that I could be all alone." She often says this- she likes to go in her room and be by herself. I told her that if she wanted alone time that she could be alone. Then Grace said, "I wish that I could be alone too." Camille told me that she was going to be alone right then, and I said okay, and Grace said that she wanted to go be alone too, and then said, "Do you want to come too Camille?!"

I'm so so thankful for my family. It's fun to see the girls grow up. I love to see their understanding of the world, and their love for each other and our family and all of the things around them. Lately when they play with their toys they talk about how each toy is excited to meet their new baby brother. "Oh! I'm so excited to meet your new baby brother, said Mother cat". We're excited too. What a blessing to be a mother.