Just Because

Knox--Dec2006

We see this same look on Janey Kate's face so often!

Here She Comes

Just a walking down the street...ok...not really, but she did take 3 steps before falling.

Just Fits

One of the things I have often thought about since Janey Kate was born, is how my kids always seem to "just fit."

Newborns, all curled up, just fit all snug and warm on my chest.
They grow a bit and start to stretch out and yet, they still just fit.
They start to sit up and ride on my hip and they just fit.
They become toddlers and run around but they crawl up on my lap and that little head still just fits right below the chin.
Next thing you know, they are getting busier and busier but they curl up beside you and tuck in that head and they just fit as they listen to a story.
Taller and taller they grow, but they walk up for a hug and their head still just fits right between the shoulder and your neck...

but yesterday, yesterday, my Lizzy stands in front of me and what do I find...she no longer fits...not even tucked under my nose....



I was out walking tonight and had my ipod on shuffle and Home by Nicol Sponberg came on. I have thought about the line "What is it like to sleep on the chest of the King of heaven and earth" quite a bit while holding Janey Kate curled up on my chest and been comforted by the thought of Knox curled up on the Father's chest and knowing there is no better place. Tonight, though, it hit me. We always fit. We always fit right there on the Father's chest where we find grace, hope, truth, comfort, and eternal life. We can't grow too tall. We can't move too far away. We can't become too independent. We always "just fit."

Things to Remember

A Conversation with Creed

me: I love you!
creed: I love you too!
me: Are you my favorite 3 yr old?
creed: Yes! I am!
me: will you give me a kiss?
creed: No, I cannot!
me: why not?
creed: I gave you one last night when I was borned.

Creed feeding Janey Kate a bottle for the first time, pleased as punch, and saying she was his best girl.

Janey Kate sitting herself up for the first, second and third time. The priceless look on her face when she realized what she had done.

Janey Kate crawling for the first time.

My almost 14 year old, Anne Michal, telling me that she can't wait until her baby sister can share a room with her.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Janey Kate is 3 Months

Lat Sunday Janey Kate turned 3 months and I snapped a few of her wearing her first smocked dress. It is one I made for Emma.







I didn't get to take her bunny pictures until the next day. I love babies in overalls!

Janey Kate Laughs!

Chicken Pot Pie: The Continuing Story

So my picky eater cleans his plate (and then wolfs down a PB&J because he is still hungry but no way is eating another serving) and my not-so-picky 13 year old picks out all the peas and leaves them behind. I find myself telling my mom that there was a time that she liked peas. She liked them until we started listening to Sandra Boyton's Rhinocerous Tap CD and the song O, Lonely Peas that goes a little like this:

Dinner is over. I like what I ate,

Except for the peas, which are still on my plate.

O, Lonely Peas, so green, so round, and so small.

O, Lonely Peas, there’s no on who loves you at all…

I guess when you are two and are singing about how no one likes peas at all then you take it so seriously that you hate them too.

While we are on the topic of Rhinocerous Tap, I might as well add that we listened to this CD a lot when Anne Michal was two and Elizabeth was a baby. They song Bad, Bad Babies was a humorous way we all dealt with Elizabeth's incessant crying. Here is a tidbit of those lyrics:

I’m five years old, so you can take it from me -

These babies are never what you want them to be.

They whine and they bite, they chew on your toys,

And oh, do they make the most terrible noise!

Bad babies, they yell and they cry.

Bad, bad babies – you never know why.

They never ever do the things that they should.

Oh, bad babies, why can’t you be good?

I know; it sounds terrible doesn't it? It helped us laugh and cope. In reality, I remember people would ask me if she was a good baby. Some of my standard answers were "She'd like to be good. Really she would" and "She isn't bad, just high maintenance."

The two year old turned pea traitor

And she looks way too sweet to be high maintenance.

And nope, my babies look nothing alike. not.at.all.

(Janey Kate)

Happy Two Months Janey Kate!!

Surprisingly(said tongue in cheek), she wasn't really in the mood to have her picture taken.

Wait! There is a smile.

Trying to eat the bunny. It was quite humorous.
A close-u.p
Starting to rebel.
Maybe a little rest...

Her one month picture for comparison.

Searching for a Smile

There it is!!

Janey Kate's First Refashion + Bonus

I really wanted Janey Kate to have a red and white dress to wear for Christmas and didn't want to shop for one or buy one so I took a read and white striped 18 month t-shirt and cut it off under the arms and attached it to a onesie.


Making this cute little dress on a still cuter little girl. And the best part of all was that I didn't have to do any hemming or any finishing of edges!


Then I copied off a friend and made Creed a puppy dog shirt. After all, he did inform me the other day of the following: I love babies. I also love puppies!!