Family

A friend of Nana and Papa's came today and took some pictures of our family. :) It's tough to get 4 small children to look at the camera- much less actually smile! But we captured the moment, I think. I am so blessed by all of these people. It's really fun being together, and always makes me wish that it could be more often.

Carolyn and Emily have gotten along amazingly well. They both seem to just click with each other and love playing together. I'm so happy that they have each other. Just 10 weeks apart, and they are into all the same stuff and have had a ball playing princess and dressup and hide and scream games. :)

Nora and Jake have gotten along well too, for toddlers. They're not really interested in the same things (Jake is all about TRUCKS, CARS, AND TRAINS) and Nora pretty much just wants whatever her sister has- and of course, to be within sight of the Lovey at all times (her security object).

I'm grateful to have captured this moment in our family's history. No matter when or even "if" God blesses us with another face in pictures like these- a family is an ever changing, ever growing thing, and the days are like jeweled beads on a string, each one slipping off, never to return again. Even though we had to bribe the girls with Smarties and even though no one's exactly smiling and looking at the camera... this is "us." Our family of four- such abundant blessing and joy.

Of course tonight may not be so joyful... we think Nora has an ear infection... it's sort of her MO whenever we fly anywhere. She's already sort of prone to them, and the pressure changes in the airplane tend to bring them on. She's been super fussy and a bit feverish this afternoon, so now she's taking some amoxicillin and we're hoping it clears up. But undoubtedly it will be a disrupted night of sleep tonight, so I'd better go take advantage of the rare quiet moment! Good night!