The Hazard Chronicles

First for some exciting news- Jackson and Adalie slept through the night last night! I know that this news is mostly just exciting to us, but anyone with kids can appreciate how nice a full-night's sleep can be after going months without one. Not that we have much to complain about- they are only two months old tomorrow. And we don't have any illusions that they will do this every night. But hey, we'll take whatever we can get.

Actually, they have been better in a lot of ways. They aren't really sick any more, and we are even able to have a few hours each day when we don't have someone in the house crying. They are also starting to give us smiles, which is fun and very rewarding. They both have thrush still, but even that is getting more manageable.

Evelyn continues to crack us up at every turn. The other day she put a blanket over her head and ran wildly about the room until she hit a wall or a piece of furniture which knocked her over. I thought she would start crying, but instead she threw the blanket off and had this big Sesame Street grin on her face. Then she stood up and did it again. Oh, the simple joys of being a toddler.

On Saturday we went to the dinosaur museum. We'd been there once before, but wanted to go back. This is a cool place. Rachel took Evelyn for most of the time while I held both babies in my arms and walked around. It's fun to do this, in a sort of self-aggrandizing sort of way, because I always get a lot of smiles and compliments on what a great guy I am for taking the babies and being a good dad and all. On the other hand, it sort of makes me wonder if expectations for guys aren't just set entirely too low in the public mind, thus turning what should be normal into something exceptional.

Anyway, that is about it for this week. I am about to go and get Evelyn out of bed and dress her for church. Rachel is feeding the babies and says hello to everyone. We will post pictures this afternoon.

Here are Evelyn and Rachel making sugar cookies- yum!

The Dino Museum

Some of the medicine we give them for thrush turns their mouths purple. I think it sort of gives them that gothic appearance. Hopefully this trend doesn't come back to haunt us when they are teenagers.

And here are a whole bunch of pictures of Jackson and Adalie. Enjoy.

And finally, here is a video. It's not super exciting- just a view into our Sunday morning.