the laundry is quietly murmuring a sweet song in the distance, and i am thankful for the peaceful break from the day. both boys are temporarily asleep and the sun is begining to go down, causing a big red portrait to glow against the living room wall.
dinner is already planned (grilled salmon on a bed of spinach and mixed greens with fresh louisiana strawberries and goat cheese). at the begining of the month i planned all of february's menus, instead of just a week at a time. tonight's festivities include a trip to snap to run and lift weights, and hopefully, finally getting around to watching fred claus, though a new movie did come in from netflix, so wesley may prefer to watch it instead. today has included suprizing wesley with breakfast, a trip to the grocery store - where i got groceries plus the last of my valentine's day gifts, assorted errands run, and one of several valentine's day cards made. i hear knox asking politely to get out of bed, so i will go and help him to encourage his polite-ness.

Kuyper

baby pictures of kuyper are up here.

so, for an update

well, baby kuyper has been with us a week now. he is so darling. really. some babies are kinda ugly when they first come out, but he was always cute. he kinda looked like a monkey at first, and still does on occasion, but a cute one. he makes the cutest faces. he is soooo tiny! i forgot how tiny newborns are! mostly, he just eats and sleeps, with some pooping mixed in. however, the past couple of nights have been hard, especially last night, as he did not want to sleep - only eat. and last time with knox i could just sleep when he decided to sleep, but things are a lot different the second go-round. we are still adjusting to life with 2 children. i am learning that knox's schedule wasn't just for knox's sake, but for my own, as well. so, i am having to re-learn how to live without a schedule, or at least figure out this new schedule. i really have not figured out in the least how this is going to work. but, i assume it will. i see millions of people who have more than one child, and somehow they do it, so somehow i will, too. i think last night kuyper mainly had his day & night a bit confused, b/c he slept all day yesterday while he was being passed around at thanksgiving lunch. so, to compensate, today i will be making sure that kuyper stays awake for extended periods of time during the day so that he'll be sleepy tonight. he's asleep now, and should be waking up soon for a feeding. knox is still down for his morning nap, thus i have 2 seconds to type this update. please pray for us all. i hope you all are well, too.