{lately.}

^^ morning bible reading.

sutton sound "his verse" and

this one from psalm was so

fitting for what was ahead of

us that day.

willows butterflies came out of their

cocoons! it was fascinating to see

the whole process! i'm just proud

(& shocked) that they are alive!

^^ brave daddy and willow heading in to the neurosurgeons office.

we were all a little sick to our stomachs but we made a great team. ;)

she listened against the door and then ran when she thought she heard someone coming in. she was HILARIOUS during the appt.

as soon as the nurse practitioner

came in she says, "you GOTTA

smell my daddy's hand!".

what the heck??

she was super proud of her bracelet and so excited to pick out a toy after

she was done. she picked

a thor action figure. :)

^^ that afternoon a HUGE box was

on our doorstep.

my friend lauren that lives too

far away in pensacola had sent

a box full of

willows favorite things and i

cried and cried at the way

my girl was loved.

willow said "momma you sure are making a lot of happy tears!".

it was such perfect timing and

so unexpected.

thank you, toooooooo!!!

(what we call eachother. haha.)

sutton even got some happies that

he LOVES!

^^ beautiful afternoon in the backyard.

i moved their thomas roller coaster

outside so they could keep going down

the hill. they had so much fun

and of course sutton had to make it

more exciting by going backwards. ha!

^^ since sutton goes to bed so early,

just willow and I had a little supper date

and then went to see children of the world choir perform.

it was so so so good.

while they were singing,

willow whispered to me that her job when she grows up is to

find mommys and daddys

for kids that don't have any.

geeeeeeez.

it was so neat afterwards because she got to interact with the kids and it really

connected with her that there are REAL

kids her age that don't have what a lot

of kids have. it really stirred

something in her heart and she's been

talking about ways she can help make

a big difference. :)

^^ she loves pushing her babies

in the little carts. and i only

got the skin ripped from the back of my

ankles once. ha!

i showed sutton his lovie from the nicu

and showed him how i put it in my shirt so he could snuggle with it and smell momma and he played with it in his

shirt for the rest of the day. :)

her neck/head/legs have been hurting her a good bit so massages happen

a lot and seem to really help.

i sent this pic of sutton and i to nana and she asked if my pain was bad because she could see it in my eyes.

it meant so much to me that my momma

knows me and can see past a smile. :)

sutton looooves to sing (willow too) and we took turns performing on stage.

he really is good!

^^ willow reading to sutton. she only skipped 10 pages. ;)

but seriously. how do i stop?

truth. some days. haha.

my friend leigh came to help me bake and cut out 500+ tiny cookies to put on

top of the february cuppycakes!

i'm so excited!

twinning with my girl. :)