t w o.

two.

two sweet hearts.

two smiles.

two giggles.

two warm snuggles.

two sets of cute jammies.

two kisses.

two blessings. 

two sets of little piggies.

two.

i know the love that is planted by having a child, and i now know the love that grows when you add a second. i can only imagine the greatness of having more littles running around this place. Lord, i praise you for these two lives + pray there are more to come! my cup runneth over + over.

^^^ this hand holding was not prompted. i set them up together at his request + he went from there.

taking stock || part 3 + some pictures of my cute toddler (what's new?)

^^^i mean, total exuberance. hot chocolate for all my friends! 

This is a fun little post that's been floating around for a while now, here are parts ONE & TWO, and now for round three!

Making: moves towards our future.

Cooking: fun fact...  i don't cook. well i do, but not often + by not often i mean 4-5 times a yearish. i have a few meals i've got nailed, but otherwise chris is so great at cooking, he usually does it!

Drinking: water 
Reading: books with abel 

Wanting: beautiful things for our home, a new camera lens + computer

Looking: on pinterest

Playing: with lucy the bubble blower

Wasting: electricity leaving twinkle lights plugged in, because they're magic

Sewing: this questions should be dropped from the list

Wishing: my dad was still here

Enjoying: my family

Waiting: on april

Liking: the show: about a boy

Wondering: what genders all my pregnant friend's babies will be!

Loving: people.

Hoping: my bubble doesn't burst, because my life really is as good as it seems right now + i don't deserve it 

Marvelling: at my blessings. how? + thank you a million times.

Needing: not a thing

Smelling: fresh bathed babies

Wearing: stripes

Following: the Lord

Noticing: the hum of electronics. make. them. stop.

Knowing: i am loved.

Thinking: about hawaii

Bookmarking: photo ideas

Opening: the shower curtain to bath toys... every single time

Giggling: at a husband who keeps me smiling

Feeling: blessed

lucy girl.

at 4 months this sweet thing is darling as pie. chunking up like it's her job, kicking, rolling, bubble blowing, laughing, smiling constantly, dancing with + laughing at abel, sitting great in her bumbo, thumb sucking, finger eating, and chattingggggg loudly. she is the very sweetest thing + i can't believe she's ours. i mean, one sweet little (abel) was like winning the lottery, but now TWO?! jackpot. thank you Lord in Heaven for these precious angels. protect them, bless them + continue teaching me how to love them well, every single day. amen.

abel prays.

a blog post lost in my phone from december 18th, documented now.

abel said his first prayer tonight & I cried.

we typically pray before each meal together, whether it be at the dining table, around the coffee table, standing in the kitchen or otherwise. it's just a practice that we try and keep. well starting a couple weeks ago, whenever we'd sit to eat, before we had a chance to, abel would reach out for hands. this alone made us feel like we had done something right. we still haven't found a church we love attending & then we found one we liked enough but dropping abel off at child care was not my favorite thing or his & then we had Lucy, and on and on... I beat myself up over this sometimes because I generally just don't feel at the top of my spiritual game right now & wish that i could be a million different people all at once, never fall victim to distraction or miss a beat, but I'm human I guess & I am where I am right now. So when your toddler reaches for hands at dinner without any prompting from you, it feels like you've done at least one thing right this year & are on track to raise a nice little human. well tonight, around my moms coffee table, over homemade chicken noodle soup, abel reached for hands & with heads bowed, he then prayed his very first prayer. it was mostly a lot of gibberish and "cracker" somewhere along the way, but that food was blessed and my heart was on the floor, having leapt from my chest with delight. 

happy new year!

**images via pinterest**

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