my sweet baby!

chatting with dd... such a BIG boy!

a little something in anticipation for the birthday this week!

rearranging...

this not having a camera thing is disarming. i keep forgetting to post (or send pics from the phone) because i don't have any pictures to share! i am hoping to hear back this week about the camera, and what is going on with it.

a friend took nora after school today, and it was just me and jamey. and no schedule! it was nice! (however, on the way to school, we stopped by several police stations work on getting our car registered. i couldn't remember who did the checks needed on what day and at what time! my kids were like, "another police station?"...) dropped nora off, realized we couldn't get the required check done, and took jamey up to the prosthetics place in mass. to get his bar adjusted. the feet are not at equal angles out (for his club feet, they are supposed to face about 70* out, and one shoe was about 5* off), and i think he's grown, so the width of the bar needed adjusted.

the guy there was sweet and a chatter... and talked over my child having a temper tantrum and trying to rip out my earrings and hair. and even said, "it was such a pleasure". i wanted to say, "were you in the same room i was?". anyway... then, we stopped at this grocery store on the island i have been meaning to check out. i am in love! it was so nice!

THEN! i got a two hour nap! nora got home and was telling me about school. the way she described a situation that happened, it felt like there was more to the story and i wasn't getting the whole truth. she kept saying she did nothing, but still wasn't allowed to do something because of what happened. i tried several lines of questioning. finally, she told me, "that's all there is to tell. i am done talking about this. trust me". and hugged me. it was so sweet! and i trusted her (but verified by calling the teacher, who had no idea the situation i even referenced and said nothing was wrong! my child was exuding guilt for no reason!)

also, about said child... i write this with trepidation. but, most nights (say, 6/7) we have dry unders! it's so nice!! and i am so proud!

jamey can sing the whole last verse to "it is well with my soul". it is so precious! he retains so much info that he can repeat verbatim! love it. speaking of that, a friend was over yesterday... i had a 5, 4, 3 and 2 year old in my house!, and she read a book to the kids. nora grabbed the same book and "read" it from memory... thinking she did it the same way as hannah! it was funny!

about having the kids yesterday! their mom had to go out of town for a funeral, and i had the two kids, who were absolute joys! (and good birth control!) but, it made me think... here's a mom that i sew with and know from Bible study. she's wonderful. we have only really been hanging out since january. she's also a military wife. and needed something. and i could do something.

i thought about so many times some of my best friends don't live near me any more (not that i don't love the new friends i make!), but these are the ones i have been friends with for years. decades for some. and keep in touch with over the phone. and sometimes visits. and would love to drop everything and do something when their child has surgery, they go into labor, their husband leaves for deployment, they have a bad day, etc... but, i am not there, and someone else is filling that void. but i am here. God has put me here in these friends' lives. and they are also not near some of their best friends. but we, as military wives especially, can be best friends by proxy. we can fill those needs and help each other out, because our bestest friends can't.

again, my rambling. this is what happens when i don't post very often... hope you enjoyed it and hope that last bit makes sense!!

james has his true two year appointment next week (and nora a school physical!), but as of today, he is 33 inches and 26.5 pounds...