Wordless Wednesday

Out of The Mouth of Babes

Jack talking about Knox:

It is so hard to be here without him.

Happy 7th Birthday Jack

I had some down time holding a sleeping baby so I got a bit picture happy. So here is a walk down Jack Lane.


Jack was born at 12:08 on a Monday morning(jan6, 2004) and taken quickly to the NICU because he had fluid on his lungs and was breathing rapidly. It was nothing serious and he was the healthiest baby in the NICU which was rather humbling. Because of that I don't have many just born pictures but he must have been around 8 weeks here which I am totally basing on the fact that liz is sitting on my mom's couch and we went home for my sister's wedding when he was that old. ;-)







A few more baby pictures. He was a good baby. Very easy going and settled into a good routine very easily though I am not sure he had much choice with 3 older siblings close in age!


Right before his first birthday!
First time as a big brother holding Knox shortly before your second birthday. He was a great big brother to him!

Playing in Kansas.


Big brother x2 holding Creed.
A very handsome young man at 6.


Big brother x3 holding Janey Kate. He was (and is) very excited to have a baby sister.


On to the 7th birthday pictures!!










Elizabeth made his centerpiece, crown and card.


I am 7!

Creed anxiously awaiting cake!

Creed full of cake!
Ending the day with some sparklers. Thanks Thomassons!

Wordless Wednesday

Baby Stretches

Is there anything cuter than a baby waking up?








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October, November, December 2010 Book Log

108. The Eumenides by Aeschylus

109. Oedipus the King by Sophocles

110. The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

111. The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry

112. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

113. The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid

114. Cross Fire by James Patterson

115. Church Planter: The Man, The Message, The Mission by Darrin Patrick

116. Jonathan Edwards on Beauty by Owen Strachan

117. Leaders That Last by Dave Kraft

118. Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester

119. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson

120. Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power and The Only Hope that Matters by Timothy Keller

2010 was a good year in books, though I still bought more books than I read. Looking forward to 2011. Happy New Year!

Janey Kate is One Month Old

I can't believe it has been a month already(5weeks now really). She passed the 4 week mark on Christmas Day and I had to clarify with Jon that it had really been 4 weeks and not just 3. Time is already flying with this sweet girl. I remember saying with Creed that #6 was just as amazing as the first 5 and I can say the same about #7. If anything there is more to marvel over than less. I get to do this again rather than I have to do this again. I actually wrote the following the other day but it seemed fitting to post it with her one month picture.

I keep looking at Janey Kate and being amazed. It seems silly when I have done this a time or two before but it seemed different. My body seemed so broken while I was pregnant with all the back and leg pain I experienced that it just amazes me to have this whole being, so tiny, and well-knit together. I feel so blessed.

It reminds me of how when I look at Creed I am amazed to see his beautiful smiling, ever joyful face. I was so sad while pregnant with him and full of grief and sleepless nights, I was just sure he'd be the most melancholy kid ever but instead God blessed me with the life of the party that brings a smile to the face of every path he crosses. I feel so blessed.

Just a reminder that God works his own wonderful plans in spite of my brokenness. I am dependent on Him not Him on me. My children are His before they are mine. Ultimately, they are under His loving care which far exceeds mine.
Posing with her bunny that is going to gauge her growth. She wasn't very happy about it. ;-)