smiling through the snot

As vulgar as the title sounds, it is true. We are learning to 'smile through the snot... the sleeplessness... the sickness... the teething... the whining ...the 10-17 hour days (for dave) and the surprises of frozen pipes, floods and 6 loads of laundry in one day (due to illness)'.

but here we are... on the last day of dave's long stretch of work... he's hoping to get a few hours of family time in along with all of the work that comes with life. There is joy in the ordinary, and even in the painful if we remember that Christ is our all and we are to be fully satisfied in HIM not in our circumstances, possessions, position, or other things of importance. Because of course these other things are important, and i will not ignore that, but they are not to be all satisfying and all consuming. :)


Here is my sweet baby, teething... she is NOT smiling through her pain, but hey, we can't a 4 month old to be a saint. haha. misery would be well defined by 'a young infant in tears of pain'. Mercy is doing a very good job of making me believe she is in utter distress. poor thing!

and then she laughs. ha! what a funny baby. tears and laughter in the same breath.

that is a bit of our life these days. now i understnad why people 'fly the cold white north' for the month of january!!! hahaha. it isn't a very nice month. but the sky is blue, and it looks absolutely GORGEOUS outside!!! praise the LORD!!