Monday, August 28, 2006

"Hug 'til you hit the rug" is the name of this game.




















































Man, I just love that top picture. It perfectly captures the sweet friendship that Kate and Lily have as twins. Moments like these make me truly laugh. I mean TRULY laugh. The most surprising thing to me about being a twin toddler mom is the fact that I can vascilate between sheer exhaustion and frustration to utter happiness and amazement within the same hour. The girls are drawing near to the "terrible twos" where they can completely destroy a room in 15 minutes flat. We're talking complete destruction... from finding any stray knives left on the counter, to sucking the toothpaste straight from the tube, to mixing the cats food and water together, to shaking all the coke cans so they are ready to fizz, to putting all "trash"(ie their toothbrushes and other useful items) in the kitchen trash can, to finding and eating yesterdays green beans from behind the highchair, and jumping as high as they can off the couch. And then, in the middle of the craziness...they start doing something as captivating as this awesome hug...and somehow they are the sweetest angels God ever made...and I am the most blessed woman on earth!

Sunday, August 20, 2006

A view into the future??

Friday, August 11, 2006

Precious playmates

These are Lily and Kate's first girlfriends. Ella and Emma are twins adopted the month after them. Laura Joy was adopted the month before. Their mommies and I all walked through this adoption journey together swapping prayers and dreams and stories. Now we are walking through "how to be a mommy" together as we settle into our new families. It is so amazing to see our beautiful girls playing together. I hope they will always be close.













from left - Emma, Lily, Kate, Laura Joy, Ella















Laura Joy, Kate, Lily (Laura Joy is 5 days younger)













Lily, Emma, Kate, Ella (Ella and Emma are 4 months younger)

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Triplets??














Which one of these is not like the other?