I am TWO. (next week) And got spunk like you can't imagine.

I am three and enjoy making faces at the camera.

I am two months and will smile and coo at anyone who makes eye contact with me!

(Except for big sister, because I'm worried she is going to squish me with all her enthusiasm.)

Action on Corona street last weekend: this SUV making a u-turn in our street got bumped from behind by a car and flipped right over! Kinda crazy. No one was hurt.

Enjoying the "show" of the SUV being righted.

They are so sweet to baby NM. I love these three.

Winters last stand

March and April are tough months (for me) in the Colorado Rockies. One day you think, Spring is here! And the next it will snow. Yesterday it was 65 and deliciously warm. Today I was grumpy all day as winter returned with snow all day and temps in the 30's. Peaks and valleys. In nature, in life. Since the first day of Spring is in a week, but I know I won't taste it fully until May, here are my winter musings. I actually wrote these in December.

Summer seems like a
dream that you can scarce recall
frozen by the snow

Lawn chairs hibernate
and look forlorn under their
cold, white bed covers

Manufactured Heat
stirs, clanks, revs, hums its warm song
into your winter.

Fondly recalling
the heat and sun, respecting
the cold and the dark.

Round the corner

Still round the corner there may wait
a new road or a secret gate.
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day shall come at last that I
shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Consistent. Faith.

Well, it may be safe to say that NM is sleeping 11-12 hours now. We've been going strong on that schedule now for about a week! (So, in answer to the letting your 7 wk old cry it out from my earlier post...) I can't believe it. I prayed and prayed while she was in my womb that she would be a great sleeper and I'm always amazed at how God answers my prayers. I am realizing more and more His provision simultaneously with my own lack of faith. I lack faith when I worry about what tomorrow will bring or what will the next season of my life be like or will my children and husband remain healthy or will we have enough money to live on. . .

Lillies of the valley and birds of the air. Remember, remember His promises.

Have Faith, my children. Have Faith, their mother. Be at peace for I will exceed your expectations and my Love is greater than you are able to conceive.

Last Night

• I got five hours of uninterrupted sleep!

• NM slept from 7:30 pm until 3:15 am, was given her passy and slept again until 6:15 am!!!

• That is eleven hours between feedings!

• Woo Hoo!!!