True Love

Isaac and I met each other 16 years ago and have been married for 12 years. He swears it was love at first sight, and while it took me longer to be convinced, we have been best friends for a long time. When we first got married our love was new and exciting and fun. People told us our love would change and grow, but I wasn't sure I wanted it to because it seemed so perfect already. However, over the years our love has become deeper and more lasting, and still perfect. (Don't get me wrong, we've had rough patches, disagreements, and - gasp- we've gone to bed angry! ) We've had many adventures together, including the 5 children that we are blessed with, which means many sleepless nights. In the beginning I thought true love was romantic dinners, flowers every Friday, and lying out on a blanket looking at stars. It's not, it's a kiss on the cheek and a closed door because he's taking care of the baby so I can sleep!

9 Months!

My little twin baby boys are 9 months old today. They have been a lot of work, but so much fun! I read somewhere that twins are twice the work, but double the joy. I believe it. Last night I was feeding them their dinner and they both stopped eating and turned and looked at each other and just stared. I couldn't tell if they were happy to see each other, or mad to be sharing their food. Whatever it was, it was the best staring contest I've ever witnessed.

Joshua has two teeth that sprouted on the same day. I think he stole one of Joseph's because he is still toothless. Joshua also is an expert crawler now which means I've once again discovered my house isn't as child proof as I thought (and why is dirt a more appealing food than actual food?). Joseph has the army crawl down and is on the very verge of crawling. It's been interesting watching them develop. They do everything their own way on their own time. For instance, Joshua never did army crawl, he just got up on all fours and rocked for about a month before he finally figured out how to go forward, while Joseph has been rolling, inchworming (he does a beautiful downward facing dog), sliding on his face, and now scooting on his belly to get around. He just started rocking on all fours two days ago. They both started out differently, but will eventually get to the same place. It's been fascinating.

Perspective

We've stayed home for Christmas ever since Trevor was 3. It just became too much trouble getting everyone and everything packed and ready. Then we often go to see family for the New Year. Well, this time, the family we visited was full of tension and drama, and it was a little stressful to be there. We ended up having to leave early so Isaac could officiate at a funeral for a dear lady in our ward at church. In the car trip home, and while sitting for the service I thought a lot about what is really important in our lives. There are lots of hurt feelings and resentment over things that in 30 years probably won't matter. I saw the face of the widower who had to say goodbye to his wife of 40 years and was hit with a big dose of perspective.