My best friend's baby

Here she is! Emma Grace. Isn't she gorgeous?! Check out those eyes! They are currently still blue even though you can't tell in the pictures. I went on a 24 hour excursion up to Philadelphia so I could hold her and love on her in person. It just made me want more. I wish so much that she lived closer.

Below, Kate (left) and Lily (named after Emma Grace's mother) enjoy gifts sent to them by their Aunt Lily. (Notice the skirt over Lily's outfit...she insists on wearing a skirt every morning these days.)

"I'm so glad to be yours"

There are days when I still can't believe the blessing I have received in adopting twins. (Granted, there are days when I think we are crazy as well, but that is another post...) It is becoming more joyous each day to watch them learn to interact and love one another. Like this week, they have started telling each other jokes. Lily will say some phrase to Kate (which is unintelligible for the most part to me) and Kate will say part of it back to her and they both laugh uncontrolably. Usually it is the same joke over and over... they have about 3 of them. They have also started arguing. One will say an unintelligible phrase that includes the words, "no,no sister" and the other one will respond back quickly and sharply with an equally unintelligible phrase that also includes "no, no sister." And then it is over as quickly as it started. They also love to chase and wrestle each other. It is always Lily chasing and tackling. Kate loves to be the one pursued. Even though they are so different from each other, I can't imagine one without the other. I hope that they will always love each other the way they do now.


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I had to delete the song since I couldn't figure out how to keep it from playing all the time. It was "I'm so glad to be yours" by Hunter Payne...great song!

A different Christmas

As Phil and I pulled into Mississippi for our Christmas vacation, we feel ill with a raging strep throat infection. For three days, we could hardly get out of bed and felt awful. Thankfully, my parents were there to take care of Lily and Kate. Sooo... we ended up with interesting views of Christmas this year.














Christmas from my perspective... Here is the ceiling fan I stared at for 3 days.














Here is Phil's view of the ceiling fan.













Here is Lily and Kate's memories of Christmas...LOTS of individual grandparent time.














...more undivided grandparent attention

...more undivided grandparent attention

Phil and I rallying back 24 hours after our Christmas Eve in the ER, antibiotics and pain killers.

Finally...getting to be together with the girls again.