Brothers of the heart...

Nathan & Drew happy as can be, brothers of the heart we'll always be; We thought life with us together was great, and now we have our sister Hannah to celebrate.

Mommy with her babies.


It's funny how capturing these moments makes the frustrations of the little things during the day seem so insignificant.
Yes, the days are long, the words are sometimes short, the meals are cold, but those smiles, laughs, and hugs are so warm and sweet.


 

Parenting in these "birth years" (0-5) is definitely the most difficult, but also very rewarding when the evidence of previous teachings appear.

We just have to remember those small nuggets and keep perservering.

What are three of Mommy's favorite things?

Baking a birthday cake with Nathan on Christmas eve.

Hannah - almost 6 weeks old (below)














and new books for the boys (thank you Maga!) Richard Scarry is one of the BEST!

Good Morning...

Two fingers, two blankets, two bears. This is Drew waking up on Christmas morning. Christy ran downstairs and grabbed the camera and captured this sweet moment.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Family & Friends!
Love Paul, Christy, Nathan, Drew, & Hannah

One month... and counting

Our sweet little Hannah has just celebrated one month here... can you tell she's enjoying life? Oh, the joys of being a newborn. Pampered all day long, held, fed, rocked, kissed, wiped, fed, burped, held, sleep, fed, held, sleep...

She may be our best sleeper of the three (the boys are great sleepers) since she has lots of banging, sirens, crashing, beeping, growling, laughing, noises constantly in the background from her brothers.

We are very thankful & blessed to have such an easy going little girl.

The gift that keeps on giving... and Advent

Thanks to a wonderul Maga, who gave the train table to Nathan (family) 2 years ago, Drew (21 months) is now enjoying the table alongside his big brother. Engineers in the making.

As we eagerly await the return of Jesus, we share in the Advent and teach the boys of the time of our Savior's birth. It's wonderfully exciting to share the experience of opening the tiny numbered boxes each day to be surprised with who arrives at the manger scene. We alternate days, and of course each one asks (or points) multiple times to open the Advent calendar.

Smile, or sleep tight...

Two weeks. Happy baby.