Children are a Gift

Reorganizing the closet

We love time with Daddy

It has been a hot week in Minnesota, but the boys have enjoyed being outside when it is actually warm enough to swim. On days when it is a little cooler or windy, they really don't enjoy the water very much. We spent lots of time outside this week and many days in the water. The boys also turned another month older...19 months already! They are babbling all the time and showing their independence a little more. Still completely opposite in terms of their personalities, but they definitely enjoy each other's company and know when the other one is not around.

I rarely post very serious things on this blog because the intent is more for friends and relatives to be able to follow the boys in their daily and weekly adventures as they grow. This week, however, I was reminded of how special the boys are and how much I should cherish them when a friend that I know from high school lost her two day old baby girl. Certainly it is not always easy to find new things for them to do each day and ways to challenge them to grow and develop. They are little sponges that watch so much of what we do. Hearing them laugh, watching them point at birds and airplanes in the sky, and listening to them play in their cribs at night makes it worth the messes they can make at dinner and the screaming fits they can have over something that seems so small. Children are a gift from God and I am thankful for each day I can spend with Luke and Liam.