The Daily Grind

Even though we are traveling, daily life must go on and does! Here are some of the latest "daily" things we are doing. First, though, having only each other to play with has brought Elie and Jadon closer than ever. The picture above is a great example of some of their combined creativity:o)! When you're little and you're cooped up in a hotel room for most of the day, why not decorate each other?!

Of course, part of daily life is grooming... something that has become quite the ordeal with our little Elie. Not only does she not want to take showers anymore, she hates having her hair done. She has been insisting on getting her hair cut for probably two months now. Finally, after days of tears, screaming and fits over brushing her hair, we gave in.


Ahh, much better! She wants it even shorter... something Bryce and I aren't quite ready for. But she's got an appointment with Nonnie's hair dresser, for after Christmas, and she and Nonnie have a date together... we figure this gives us a few weeks to get used to the idea:o)

Other daily things seen in our ever changing home... Elie hard at work over her lessons. She is quite the little scholar:o), loves to have Mommy or Daddy involved in everything she does and adores getting her picture taken too.
What a gorgeous little creature! (course I'm a bit bias:o)! Jadon is becoming the clown! If he can't play with his sister he enjoys swimming in the bath, bullying Simmea (he's really just trying to show his affection, but Simmea's not always aware of that fact:o), playing cars with baby Jesus (the Christmas toys we brought out), and romping in the snow. He is becoming increasingly hard to get a picture of. Quite the opposite of Elie! This one was taken as I surprised him. Jadon is also becoming very social now. This is a new side to his personality. He is usually very shy with new people or people he doesn't see very often (aside from my mom (his Nonnie)!), but these days, he'll play with just about anyone... Here we are waiting for a table at Cracker Barrel when he found another little boy about his age. They played with cars, lining them up and "shooting" them across the floor until our name was called.
Even as their lives are changing nearly daily, they are doing so well, and thriving in the dailiness of life. We are so proud and pleased with our little family:o). And so humbled at how God takes care of these two precious babies!