Sweet, Sweet Potatoes

I had one of the most beautiful, magical experiences with Petra last week. After I had fed the babies in their highchairs I was standing in the kitchen holding Petra. She's really getting good at eating small chunks of cooked veggies, so I decided to try popping a little extra food in her. I gave her small chunks of cooked sweet potato and she gobbled it up. Then, after every bite I put in her mouth while holding her, she pressed her head into my chest and hugged me! I kept feeding her sweet potatoes and she kept hugging me! So precious! May I forever hold that memory in my heart...
I have a new goal. I mapped out a 3 mile jogging route in my neighborhood today and gave it a trial run this afternoon. I did good, considering that I haven't run consistently for 1 and a half years. My goal is to do this 20 minute work out daily- 7 days- just as I endeavor to read the Word each day. I usually don't achieve 100% but if I keep both before me each day I'll see results inside and out.

Attack of the new friend!

Christofer is working fairly normal hours but with the DC area traffic his homecoming is between 7:30 and 8pm. That's over 12 hours of just me and the babies together and they don't talk yet. So when my new neighbor came over for 20 minutes today to borrow a bumbo baby seat, I hope I wasn't too hyper in my communication efforts! I'm just so happy to have someone to talk to and she was willing to answer some of my questions about the area. Actually, I had the good fortune of two adult conversations today. Another neighbor stopped in to drop off the reading list for her book club. She's warning me though, that most of the women are retirement age and maybe I should start my own club with the younger set.
Yesterday Christofer and I celebrated 3 years of marriage! Thank you God. Ever since Chris found out my "love language" isn't "gifts," I don't get any gifts. :) But he is my gift that is renewable each and everyday- my big teddy bear. However, he came home with some groceries on the way home from work yesterday and presented me with a jar of creamed honey and lime almonds as my anniversary "gift." But the best part was finding a 'happy anniversary' card (unsigned) still in the grocery bag this morning. He was thinking of me walking down the isles!