Oh to wake up smiling every day. Most babies have that advantage. Or at least, both Audrey and Alex have been prone to do so. Of course, Alex doesn't always wake up with a smile anymore. In fact, today he actually wanted to stay in bed. But he wasn't too bad about it. He didn't have much of a choice considering that he had a 7:45 am doctor's appointment. AND we had to be there at 7:30 am. But I digress... Audrey is a happy baby. I feel so bad sometimes because I think I neglect her. It just seems as if Alex needs more of my time - or attention - then she does. Now when she becomes super mobile then I will have a real dilemma on my hands. But I am thinking a stake with a rope tied to it. I can tie her ankle to the stake that way she can only go in a circle of which I will determine the diameter. Sounds like a good idea to me. But she probably won't stand for it. She would gnaw right through the rope with those little beaver teeth that she has. They are sharp. Like two little razors. Trust me, I know. Razors.

Alex and Audrey are experiencing a single parent home for the weekend. Their daddy is away at a men's retreat for church. A place for men to scratch in the comfort of their own kind, I suppose. It is supposed to be a church event but all I hear about is golfing, fires, meat, football...I don't think there is a speaker at all now that I think about it. I certainly feel for single parents. They are my heroes!! The kids have been good for the most part. Alex has not been as whiney these past two days as normal. Thank the Lord!!!!!

Alex's new thing is that he wants to listen to "wock n wool". No more Veggie Tales for awhile - another answer to prayer. He has three favorite things to play with - a little plastic fish from the dollar store, a little rubber lizard that is blue from someone, and his Thomas the Tank Engine trains. I love to sit and listen to him play. The other day, out of the blue, he came up to me and gave me "a hunred dollars, mommy". I haven't a clue. He tells the best stories to his trains. "You feelin' bedder, Murdoch (a train)?" "You ok, Murdoch?"

If only I could truly express how much I love these little wonders. They will never know until they have kids. I think about how much my mom and dad love me...I never realized it before. What I wouldn't do for these urchins...