mamma ... I think my cousin wants to eat me

Blessing Day

Jack received a beautiful blessing from his dad this morning.

Half Smiles

Jack is just starting to smile at people. Whenever we grab the camera though, he stops. Here are some lazy half smile attempts...

Jack Pictures

I have received multiple requests from certain family members living overseas to post some pictures of Jack...

Confessions of a Tired Mom ...

The poor kids are having to deal with having a constantly tired mom these days. Rachel had a lady say to her, "I bet your mom never gets angry" ... to which Rachel replied, "She only gets angry when she is tired. She is always tired though.".

A few days ago I told Tessa that I was up a lot in the night and I needed to take a nap. She said she would quietly play on the computer while I rested. It took forever to get Jack to sleep and when I was finally ready to lay down Tessa walked in and said she was done on the computer. I told her that I still needed to sleep and sent her out to find something else to do. She left and shut the door behind her. After I woke up, I opened my bedroom door to find her sitting on the step right outside my door. She had just quietly waited for me to sleep. It broke my heart!

Grace is suddenly the middle child and is really trying my patience. The other night we were butting heads and I took her into her room to get dressed for bed and told her that if she didn't start being nice to me that I'd put her to bed. She opened her pajama drawer and pulled out her t-shirt that says I LOVE MOM on it and said, "I won't be wearing this one tonight!"