Three and Two

As of about 26 minutes ago, David Cortland is officially two years old! Of course, he’s been acting like a stereotypical two-year-old for weeks, now—probably even months—but now he’s finally got the number to go with it.

In some ways, it feels like only yesterday that we were in the hospital in Noblesville, waiting for him to come out and then finally bonding with him, once he did. In other ways, it seems like an Eternity ago and we can’t even believe it’s been a mere two years.

Whatever the case, we’re incredibly grateful for our beautiful, little two-year-old and all the joy he brings into our lives. Happy birthday, David!

Scheduling

With Church at 11:00 this year, we generally get home at around 2:45 and start on a very late lunch. (Yes, the kids get snacks on the way there, and David gets another in nursery.) So needless to say, even the earliest we can get done with lunch is already into naptime. This past Sunday, Leah never went down—nor even bothered to get re-dressed after her Spaghetti-Os!—and David napped very shortly, so we had some playtime left between his waking up and extended family coming over, at 5:30—and Daddy actually thought to get the camera!

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Finger Painting

There something about the death of a child that really makes you reevaluate your priorities. Even if you think you’ve been doing pretty well, up to that point, you start to genuinely take stock of things and make a point of spending time on the essential things, instead of just the important ones (or even the unimportant ones).

Case in point: last night, Mommy told Daddy that when he got off work, we would be finger painting, as a family. Daddy was absolutely ecstatic. We’re together as a family every single day, but how often do we actually do something really special, like that? As it happened, circumstance rendered the session a bit later than expected—we actually did it, after supper—but wow, did we have a great time just being together, a family like our Father in Heaven intended. ☺

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