Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday David and Jonathan!

we had a very LOW key birthday for the boys...

BUT they did love the cake!

 

Love these faces!

 

Jonathan Daniel!

 

David Ezekiel!

 

 

David was all for the party!

Bring it on!

 

Jonathan....not so much!

 

 

 

But then.....

Taste and See....

it is good!

 

 

 

Levi trying to get some high 5's!

 

 

 

Life here is seemingly non-stop....

it seems like the days just melt into each other

for the most part the boys are doing really really well

they are eating, sleeping and playing great!

the language is probably the one issue that we are

working on the most....  just trying to understand

what they want when they grunt and wine...

we have taught them some signs for things like

please, more and all done.

 

it is funny to watch them change on a dime from

wining for something to saying please...

I tell them "what do you say" and they do the sign for please and

say "peas"! 

So sweet!

 

the days go by so quickly....

I usually get up by 5:00-5:30am to have time with the Lord

and then the big boys get up by 6:15...

then it is packing lunches, then making breakfast and getting little ones

dressed and up for the day, then get things cleaned up and head to the living room

for a little play time with the boys.... have a morning snack and then

start to prepare for lunch..... feed them all and then get them down for an

afternoon nap, after they go down I get to eat lunch  myself...and then clean up

and maybe do a few loads of laundry and then get ready for the big boys to

come home!....get the little ones up and do it all again for the last meal of the day!

David and Jonathan go to bed at 7, Levi at 8 and Sam and Jacob at 9...

then....if I am lucky...and don't fall asleep on the couch... I go to bed at 9:30 or at the latest

10pm...... and get up the next day and do it all over again!

I remember this season very clearly from when Sam and Jacob were little.... the only

difference is that I only had 1 other child...well...teenager.. Matthew was 15 when the boys were 2.

It is definitely an adjustment....and it definitely has changed things up in this house....

BUT it is all for good!  We know that God plans all things and this is not outside of His plans.

We are so thankful for all of our children! 

We give thanks for all that God has done for us in and through the growing of our family.

While we would never have imagined our lives to look this way 20 years ago when we first met,

we are more than blessed to be following Him in all of it!

 

Psalm 119:30-32

I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I have set my heart on your laws.
 I hold fast to your statutes, Lord;
    do not let me be put to shame.
 I run in the path of your commands,    for you have broadened my understanding.

 

We wish you all the joy, peace and hope that comes in the birth of our Savior!

Merry Christmas!

 

love,

the Hebbe Family!