Love

What a night! You may notice that I am posting at 5:16 a.m. I am going back to bed as soon as Xander is ready. Zach has been up most of the night as well, very feverish. When he has been asleep, it has been in my bed, and I have been on the floor because he is so hot. If I am not, he curls up right next to me, which is precious, but also difficult to sleep.

So when Xander woke up at 4:30 and I came downstairs, Zach followed soon after. I fed Xander and then we all were sitting in the big recliner. Zach was amusing Xander. Then Zach said to me, "I love Xander as much as God loves you." I certainly wouldn't trade that for sleep. Lord, let him grow in his understanding of your love for him, but let him always love Xander that way as well.

4-year-olds love to wrestle

I don't want to hear from anyone that we haven't posted in a month. We've been a little busy, and it is easier for Chris to post from his phone directly to facebook. So check out updates there.

In my attempt to re-engage with the blog, I offer this little story.

Yesterday I got a call from our Bible study's children's supervisor explaining that the boys in Zach's group are getting a little rough, and some of the other children are a little intimidated. She is a mom of boys, so is not shocked by this behavior, but says they need to curb the enthusiasm a little bit. She was calling some of the moms just letting us know what is going on.

This morning Zach and I talked about his class. I asked if they liked to rough-house, and when I interpreted that as "wrestle", he announced "O, we 4-year-olds like to wrestle." It was just so funny that he said that on his own. We talked about needing to be a little more gentle because of some of the smaller kids in his group. He replied, "But we 4-year-olds love to wrestle." I love that he has been 4 for 2 1/2 weeks, but has already embraced the age. My buddy is a character for sure.

Xander's first laugh

Liza was making Xander laugh yesterday and I was able to catch it on video with my iPhone. It was so very cute!

2 months to 3 months

Last month Liza decided to start taking pictures of Xander each month on the couch so we can see his growth. Here he is at 2 months.

And here he is at 3 months.

And here is one of his big smiles.

A whole new bunny

This is a picture of Isabella, Zach and Xander. It is also a picture of Zach's bunny that he has sucked on (rather than his thumb) since he was very little. His aunt named it "disgusto bunny" and that name has stuck.

Tonight we were out doing errands and the kids were having a philosophical conversation about what it would be like if there was a blanket the size of the whole world, or, for instance, they had a stuffed animal the size of our van. Then Zach said, quite earnestly, "Daddy, I wish I could get a whole new bunny, but this time he would have 8 arms!" We had a good laugh.

Happy 3 month birthday Xander!

"I'm taking time to pray"

Last Friday at dinner, Isabella said, "Today I decided to take some time to pray." We asked her when she did this and she said, "Well, today was the the last one going around the track and was by myself, so I thought this would be a good time to pray, so I did." I asked what she was praying for and she said lots of things and different people. I thought it was remarkable that she would be thinking about that even at school and that she would do something like that on her own. She is a very sweet little girl. :-)

Snow!

Here are three videos put together from our day of snow last week. The kids really had a great time playing out in it while it lasted.

Cuties

Here are a couple of cute pictures.

The Chase

A couple of Saturday's ago, the kids were running around the kitchen singing, so I jumped in the mix with the camera. On the second time around, the dog started chasing me in the line. You can see Zach looking back at the dog as we are going around, all the time still singing.