You might think that I had to stage this photo, but no. I was walking home from church behind them this morning and this was the shot I was treated to. I only asked them to just stop moving for a second so I could capture their sisterly love.

I hope they always have each other’s hands to hold when they need it most.

Why did Jamie set the alarm for 6:30am?
Hmm…I might have told him last night I needed to run.
It is so early and so cold out.
And our new bed feels so, so good and is so, so warm.
If you don’t get up and do it now (it is already 6:35…), you won’t get a chance to run later.
But my arms and stomach are so sore from yoga class yesterday, maybe I can skip running today.
Bathing suit. In two weeks.
But it is two weeks away, and it is still sort of dark outside.
You ate far too many girl scout cookies last night.
Oh, those @!*& cookies.

(Drag self out of bed. Fumble for some clothes and running shoes.)

It is cold.
Add legs to the mix of achy body parts.
43 degrees! That can’t be right.
Actually, it probably is right. (As lungs scream from the intake of cold air.)
Okay, we’ll just do a quick run.

We’ve made it to one mile – might as well do another now that the kinks have been worked out.
Doesn’t feel as cold, and oh…I love this song!
Need to make a new playlist for running.
But make sure this one is still on it.
Funny it is called FASTER, and I think it makes me run faster, too.

(Round the corner to go back home)

Wow…ok. We are lucky to live here.
It’s going to be a Good Morning.

Checking in and coming up for a quick breath.

It has been…well, “crazy” doesn’t even begin to cover it. Let’s just say that the spring flowers have quite possibly been blooming for weeks and this is the first time I’ve stopped to smell them.

I have lots of stuff, videos and photos coming up. Just as soon as I can find the weekend. Hope you are all doing well, too…

Daddy shared one of his all-time fave movies with the girls this evening, The Princess Bride.

It was a hit with everyone. Although, of course, from now on Addie would like to be addressed as ‘Princess Buttercup.’

…this kinda takes all the fun out of poking the bottoms to try and figure out the good fillings, huh?

Nonetheless…it did the trick for a quick sugar fix this afternoon. Thank you, my sweet Valentine.

Birdie #2 and I have discovered crafter’s Nirvana…they have opened a Hobby Lobby a mere 35 miles from our house. And it is worth every last mile. I had forgotten the allure of the Hobby Lobby (we had one in Naperville when we lived there.) – it is like a Michaels, a JoAnn Fabrics and a Home Goods all rolled into a store the size of Home Depot.

It. Is. Heaven.

Or at least as close as Two Birdies can get to Heaven here on Earth.

Needless to say our (way too brief!) stop there last year left me itchy with the crafting bug and a few new supplies, but not much to show for it this week.

I have however made a dent (albeit, a little tiny dent) into our House To-Do list. Tell me this isn’t intimidating?

But a dent was made – mainly in the lighting department. Now I am looking for an electrician to come transform our dreary, outdated chandeliers into light and loveliness. Before the aforementioned stop at the Hobby Lobby we traveled to the (this time OPEN) Lamps Plus Outlet. Luckily I found a traditional, simple chandelier with a modern twist for our dining room, which then led to finding foyer/entry way lighting and a top-of-the-stairs pendant, as well. Today with Nena and Grandma’s help I found kitchen lighting and now I’m just looking for something for the girls’ room. Sooo….close! I can’t wait til it is all up and I can show real progress. Right now since all of the boxes are stacked in the garage it still feels a little like “pretend” progress.

I have a few other projects in the works but they’ve been put on hold since we have visitors out here this week. In the meantime I’m looking for good Valentine projects to do that don’t take a lot of time/work/energy but are still pretty. So far we have this…

I’ve only had to refill it once. 😉 Leave your craftiness for all of us to peruse! Happy Tuesday.

Grandma Moffat taught JB and I how to make pie crusts today! So my Snapshot Sunday is a little late this evening, but the pie crust was delicious!

Any fun Sunday activities that I missed while I was in the kitchen?

Remember way back in May when I announced the new arrival to our family…the cow?

Well she finally put out. The cheese arrived today! Yum.

Love you, Daddy & Uncle Jeff!
-Em, Ad & Bear

I don’t usually say too much about J. on here – just a tidbit or two, mostly funny stuff and a photo here or there.  Not that I don’t have plenty of fodder and other things I could write about, but partly because I started this blog about the girls and also because I’m a little superstitious. We have a really good thing going here, and I am not going to mess it up by broadcasting all the details.

But the biggest reason I don’t write a lot about him is that it is just too hard to put into words how incredible he is. As a husband, father, friend and love-of-my-life, he is indescribable and just very, very special.

I hope your day is spectacular and this year is even better than the last.

Love you with all my heart, baby.
-c.