She's like Daisy Head Maisy, but with a fake rose...and her name's Willow. But otherwise, it's sort of almost like it.






















Just try to resist the power of the cuteness. The cute force is strong with this child.





















The kids finally got to play in the snow rather than on the ice. Luke has wanted to throw a snowball since last summer. Thanks for the needless 2 hour school delay!

Echo...

I'm glad we have this blog to write to each other, Jason.

I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a...

How does something like this happen?
(Coolest thing in Keensburg, Illinois)

Soundtrack for your life

open your favorite mp3 player or music player on shuffle and hit play. Whatever order the songs are go with the following categories:

Laura's
Opening credits:
One Thing - Pillar
(Unfortunately this one doesn't make any sense.)

Waking up:
My Way - limp bizkit
("it's my way, my way
or the highway someday you'll see things my way", I wasn't like that as a kid, but I am now to my great shame. Maybe it should be under Fight Song.)

1st Day of School:
The Day Before You - Matthew West
Weird, that's a love song, one too early.

Falling in Love:
Funkytown - Lipps, Inc
(Oh, that's too funny. Those were my vows.)

Fight Song:
Psalm 40 - Toby Mac
(Well, that's disappointing. Please see Waking Up.)

Breaking Up:
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
("Oh, and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind" I guess it works. I'll take a U2 song where ever I can get it.)

Life:
Hero - Superchick
(Hmmm, I like the chorus since I'm a bit obsessed with superheroes, but the rest of the song is too depressing.)

Getting Back Together:
This is Your Life - Switchfoot
("this is your life and today is all you've got now" Really? This song may talk me out of getting back together.)

Wedding:
When It's Love - Van Halen
("When it's love, baby
You can feel it, yeah
We'll make it last forever" That would have been perfect...ten years earlier.)

Birth of a Child:
His Cheeseburger - Veggie Tales
(You can't make this stuff up. That really came up.)

Death Scene:
Overdue - Tree 63
(Only the title applies)

Funeral Song:
Alien - Third Day
(That makes no sense. Don't play that one.)

Ending Credits:
Sooner or Later - Switchfoot
("I'm a believer, help me believe" That songs not bad, but not a very good summary.)

Jason's

Opening credits:
The Cliffs of Insanity - Princess Bride Soundtrack
(set the tone)

Waking up:
Sail Away - Enya
(hmmm, how'd that get in there)

1st Day of School:
The Things We Did Last Summer - Frank Sinatra
(not bad)

Falling in Love:
New World - Toby Mac
(falling in love to a narnia song? hmmm)

Fight Song:
Fade to Black - Metallica
(cool, that's intense)

Breaking Up:
You Really Got Me Now - Van Halen
(you got me so I don't know what I'm doing)

Life:
Wallace Courts Murron - Braveheart Soundtrack
(I don't know what to do with this one)

Getting Back Together:
Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
(fitting)

Wedding:
Bullet-time - Matrix Soundtrack
(no idea)

Birth of a Child:
Drink With Me - Les Miserables
(pay no attention to this one)

Death Scene:
How Great - David Crowder Band
(don't take this the wrong way)

Funeral Song:
Rock on the Radio - Firehouse
(yikes, wussy band)

Ending Credits:
Shock Me - Kiss
(foreboding)

10 songs

Got this idea from David Crowder's blog.

Get your favorite MP3 player or computer music player. Set to shuffle. Hit play. List the first 10 songs that come up. No cheating. Here's my list:

A Foggy Day - Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra
Javert's Suicide - Les Miserables 10th Anniversary
Letter to Sarah - Michael W. Smith
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
The Biz vs The Nuge - The Beastie Boys
Rolling Stone - Out of Eden
Redemption (Theme from Rocky II) - Bill Conti
Slow & Low - The Beastie Boys
Saved - Third Day
Lion - Rebecca St. James

The many hats we wear

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Willow and ice

As of February 3, Willow is 6 months old. She had her checkup on the 11th. She is 26 inches long and weighs 15 and half pounds. She is the smallest of the crew coming in a pound less than Abby at 6 months and almost 2 1/2 pounds less than Luke at 6 months. Luke was 2 1/2 inches taller too. It's going to be fun watching how different they all are. Willow seems to be physically the slowest of the three as well. She is just now sitting on her own and when she falls, she falls hard. There's no bracing the fall. She has no desire to roll around. I think she will love crawling when she gets to that point, but for now rolling around on the floor seems demeaning to her. She is also the clingiest, I mean most social of the three. When we are interacting with her, she has a face of pure delight. Her smiles are the biggest, most joyful smiles I've ever seen. But if she feels she is not getting the personal attention she needs, she will fill the house with screams that could make the Black Canary envious. As most of you know, she hates most people who don't live with her, but I think that may be getting somewhat better. She actually played with her Grandma Mary. And more recently, she let Jordy and Michelle Cundiff hold her. She also has the most unique baby voice of the three. It's sort of horse sounding, but I love it.


Here's the ice part:

Yeehaw...