Another Pictures-and-an-Update Post

I'm trying to be better about pictures.

Here you can kind of tell how blonde Ryder's hair is. And yes, he does actually have some hair!

I just loved how tiny his feet looked poking out of the bottom of this sleeper! It reminded me of this ultrasound picture....

Craig got to take the two older kids to church while I stayed home and took a much-needed nap.
But I did at least help him get the kids dressed before he left. And it turns out that we clean up pretty good, if I may say so myself! So then I had to take pictures.

I love Kendra's smile here!

As for me, I'm doing pretty well these days. I spent way too much time hanging out with friends yesterday, but loved every minute of it. Next time I should maybe schedule in some time for meals, though. For now, I'll just call it a "weight loss plan" instead of worrying whether I'm incapable of taking care of myself. The kids all got fed, at least. That counts for something, right? And speaking of food, my visiting teachers are being angels and bringing me dinners. I love the "dinners for women who just had babies" thing in our church. I was thinking about it, and I could count about eight different women I've brought meals to, and probably twelve that have brought me meals over the course of my three children being born. What a great way of serving each other! I know that I will always be grateful to the people who helped me out, and I love getting a chance to return the favor to someone else. It's a marvelous system.

Another marvelous system is the "We saw some snowflakes, cancel everything!!!" system here in Virginia. They have the same system in Seattle. And I love it! It's the reason that Craig gets to come home early today. I see hot cocoa by the fireplace in my very near future.

I think that's about it on my end of things. If you're in Manassas and one of the people I haven't seen yet, then would you please invite yourself over? I'm afraid of going anywhere in the snow, but if you're braver and/or better at driving in the snow than I am, then you are totally welcome to come hang out here! My kids aren't even sick any more, I promise!

Over and out!