We had a “Head Shaving Party” down at church tonight….just our way of showing some love to Pastor Al. His hair has been going rather quickly with this round of chemo, so I coordinated a gathering at church tonight. Would you believe almost 2 dozen men & boys are sporting new do’s tonight? All on about 6 hours notice….I was thrilled with the turnout & Pastor Al seemed to enjoy it, too & of course, appreciate it. I’ve never cut so much hair in one night & my calves are telling me about standing so long — don’t know how the professionals do it all day long!!

Chris is running sound for the musical at school this weekend, so he didn’t make it down to church, but we’ll get him clean-shaven in the morning. All our boys got clipped though – yes, even Ben & he looks sooooooooooooooooo much better! Al couldn’t believe I was shaving him – he bellowed across the Fellowship Hall, “How can you do that to him? It’s taken him his ENTIRE life to grow that!?!” True, but he really does look better. His long locks were falling out so fast…a lot like Al’s.

Ben didn’t seem to enjoy it much, but I think most of that was the fact he was so hot & there was a lot of noise at the time. Oh yea, he was hungry, too. Once we were done & home, he was set & happy as a lark!

Check out the before & after shots of each…. Rob definately wins the prize for longest hair cut: 5 inches – no kidding! Tom for sweetest smile & Ben for loudest scream – clearly no contest there!

15 weeks
16 weeks
16 weeks with his favorite sister
17 weeks

Well, for whatever reason, our blog system has been on the fritz lately, so it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, hence the multiple posts tonight — I’m trying to get caught up, just in case whatever happened last time happens again.

As you can imagine, Ben is growing so fast! He’s 17 weeks already!! He’ll be 4 months on Sunday…just really doesn’t hardly seem possible. Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

He’s been kind of out of sorts the last week or so, battling congestion, cough, cold, runny nose & a fever, but seems to deal with it all fairly well — sleeps & cuddles Mommy. Changes the routine, but I’ll take those cuddles any time I can get them. Won’t be long & he’ll be as big as Rob….seems he was this small just yesteryear.

Jaclyn leads calendar time.

Hurry, Mom, the bus is coming!!

Flowers and Racing Flags on cupcakes leave no room for mistakes as to which ones are going where!
I know it’s been six years & all, but I still marvel at the fact that there are two of them and how wonderful it truly is to be “doubley” blessed. I still remember the shock & surprise that came with learning of our pregnancy & then the udder amazement that came with learning there were twins on their way. They have brought laughter and joy to our lives every day since.

If you’ve followed this blog from its inception, you know how our lives have been consumed by ripping out & starting over on an upstairs bathroom. How appropriate then, that the kids & I made Chris a toilet birthday cake!? He took one looked & did his best to suppress a smile while saying, “funny lady.” Needless to say, he was a bit frazzled as he had spent the morning at Lowe’s trying to get the door we had picked out only to find they no longer carry that door – or any door that size. Great fun!

The good news, though is that he got the next smaller size & he & dad were able to get it in. So we now have a bathroom with a door! The toilet & sink are both functional, as are lights near each. We’re waiting on a new shower drain to arrive as the one that came with our shower was missing a piece (or something else was wrong – sorry, I’m not all that literate when it comes to bathroom construction). At any rate, after a few telephone conversations, Chris finally emailed a picture to the company & they said, you’re right, something’s wrong, we’ll send another drain. So, once it arrives, he’ll get that & the shower door installed. Then it will be just the finishing work…talk about a long time coming! He has done a wonderful job, though. Tom summed it up the other day when I heard him say, “Aaahhh, this is a small little room, but it sure is a nice one!” I couldn’t agree more!

Jaclyn took our family on a new adventure this weekend. We ventured into the world of “Girl Stuff”! She very much enjoyed ‘dance camp’ after school two days this week and then performed at the high school basketball game Saturday night. For only having two 45 minute practices, I’d have to say the girls did very well. Nothing too intense to say the least, but they sure had fun as they danced before a packed house!