There's a New Kid in Town!

Danny got glasses! Turns out his vision was so bad that if he were an adult, he would have flunked his driving exam. Neither Eric nor I realized how bad it was and now that he has glasses, he is telling us all of the things he used to not be able to read. He loves being able to see! Of course, after Danny got home, Sophie insisted that she wear glasses, too.


Handsome Dan. Doesn't he look good!?

Too Long On The Phone

So, yesterday I was chatting with a friend on the phone, Eliza was sleeping, Sophie was....well....Sophie was quiet....and she was in my bedroom/bathroom. But, I was having a good conversation, so I let her go. I was on the phone for about 15 minutes. I hung up and out of my room walks Sophie with a guilty look. She looks like she has a dirty face, but upon closer inspection, I see that she has put on makeup. She had foundation on her cheeks, mascara (she actually got it on her eye lashes-and smeared across her nose), eye shadow, and lip gloss. The lip gloss was applied the most liberally to her eye brows, cheeks, lips, and chin. It was very cute and I had a hard time not laughing, but I firmly told her not to play with Mommy's makeup. And then I wiped it all of with a wet wipe. Only then did I think, "Oh, I should have taken a picture." Sorry. You'll have to imagine how funny she looked. :)

Cute Pics

Eliza taking a cat nap (well, me, too) the Sunday before Christmas. You may see that she has a red mark right under her right ear. The pediatrician said it was a hemo....something and would go away around age 2. And the date on the picture is wrong. Gotta change that.

Had I sent a Christmas card/birth announcement, this is the picture you would have seen. Yeah, shoulda coulda woulda. I'm lucky I got the picture taken at all. Hey, I got something done when the boys had a snow day after all! Eliza will be 4 mo. on Feb. 2, so I think this counts as a 4 mo. picture.

School....

School...to be or not to be, that is the question. We have yet to have a full week of school since Christmas break. Storm after storm after storm. Wind, ice, snow, more wind. It is crazy!!!

The other night I woke up at 3a (normal in my world) and noticed how cold it was in our house. Looking at the thermostat, I saw it was 57 degrees in our house when it was supposed to be 65 degrees. I notified Eric (the resident repairman) and he braved the cold to find out the snow had drifted over our furnace's exhaust pipe (that isn't what it's really called, but I don't know the right name). Anyway, when that happens, the furnace automatically shuts off. Nice.

Today the boys got up and having had very little or no school the past two days, Danny had to check to see if there was a delay. What he discovered instead was that the normally scheduled early out for today had been changed to a full day. The boys were not pleased.

I'm procrastinating unloading the groceries-we go through almost a gallon of milk a day, cleaning up the house, and getting supper started. But oh how I love that short time of day when everything is quiet because both girls are sleeping. Too bad there is no time for a nap. :)

Finally....

Finally, a couple of pics for you. The first is all of us at the apple orchard/pumpkin patch. This year Caleb was careful not to get a piece of corn stuck in his nose! :) Eliza was two weeks old on that outing! And then we have Eliza right after a bath. She is growing quickly and doing well. I'm getting a little more sleep and every little bit helps! This morning I went jogging for the first time since before I got pregnant. It was a little rough, but I made it! We'll see how I feel tomorrow. :) It's a great Sunday afternoon....relaxing....reading....snoozing (well, hoping to snooze). Looking forward to the holidays.....

The results are in...

Eliza had another appointment today to get weighed and she came in at a solid 8lb, 12 oz, which is 3 oz above her birth weight and 8 oz more than she weighed four days ago. Praise God! What a relief to all of us here on the home front. She obviously has started to pack on the pounds (or ounces, to be specific) and our doc said we didn't have to come back until her 2 mo. appointment. Thank you to all of you who were praying. God gave us a resounding "YES" in answer to all of you warriors!

I know, I know, more pictures would be appreciated. Hey, life with four is busy and I'm tired!

Prayer Request

Please pray for Eliza. She still is not back up to her birth weight. Not good. The doctor doesn't really know why she isn't gaining weight. It's causing her mother some extra stress....also not good.

Pray for wisdom, peace, and that she'll put on weight!