Saturdays at home...

George is such a big boy...

Abigail's all wrapped up in Oma's quilt.

















We are so blessed to have a warm roof over our head on this blustery Saturday. With windchills in the teens, I am thankful to be inside my cozy home. As of current, my husband and GSP are outside on their nightly run, braving the brisk freeze.

We have recovered from the land of respiratory funk, passed through A's sleepless and deafening nights, and have settled if only for the past few days into calm. G's ears are great---after a visit to the otolaryngologist, his tubes look great and are working well! Praise for that! Matt's Granny has been gravely ill but has yet pulled through again to remain with us here. Not sure what she and God talked about, but she is apparently not ready to go. We hope to see her later in March during Spring Break, and hopefully her great-grandtwins can give her some much needed lovin'.

We have made a few changes in our lives lately that impact us greatly. On top of living through RSV, we had more biggies. First on my mind, the twins ceased nursing. G weaned himself (which was surprising) and A followed my lead. They transitioned well to full-time soymilk and I have my body back to myself!! I will miss nursing (we made it to 17 mo, over my original goal of 12 mo), but it was time for us to move on. They are independent little toddlers now, growing like crazy. In fact G weighed in a 26.2 lbs and A weighed in at 22.4 lbs; he is at least 3 inches taller (what we could tell through the wiggling) than she! We packed up the last of her 9 mo. clothes and she wears 12 mo. clothes though the legs are a bit long. She has a long waist and short legs like her mama! G wears 12-18 mo. clothes consistently and physically looks just like his daddy.

Second major change is we sold my Camry, which was a tearful day for me! Why do we get so attached to material things? Ridiculous!! We replaced it with an '05 Volvo wagon which will be GREAT for roadtrips. Matt laughed at my comment the next morning..."Guess I really am a mom now." Ha! I love my new grocery-getter!

Third major change is canceling cable. Our bill went up to $90 per month...do you know how much I could buy with $90 extra every month?? Matt hooked up the antenna on the house and we haven't looked back. Bummer is we had to get rid of our faves like DVR, Food Network, PBS Kids, and Noggin. Good news is our budget is better for it and we can catch shows from the internet on our TV using our new HDMI cable attached to the computer, which is really cool! The twins love watching Sesame Street on the big TV.

We are happy to be the land of calm for the next few weeks prior to the South/Central Texas Tour. We pray comfort for Granny/Oma and thanks for the blessings God has bestowed upon us.


a few sweet pics Nana took while they were here...
this was after G&A had to have an impromptu bath in the sink due to more "baby ruth" appearances