What's so special about a baby



Gracie left, Haley right - early 2006

 I've been going through a lot of photos lately in attempts to come up with fun photo gifts for the family.  I've been getting sidetracked in Shutterfly looking at older albums.  Maybe it's the season and the impending celebration of our Savior's birth, but I keep looking at the pictures of my babies and getting teary eyed remembering those moments.  Moments which were often difficult, often wrought with exhaustion,  yet
moments that I look back with pure amazement, joy and thanksgiving.  Wow, sometimes I can't believe we've survived and the time has slipped by so quickly.  I hope and pray during this hectic holiday season that I take the take to slow down, soak in the moments, hold fast to old memories while making new ones. 
There is a line in the upcoming children's Christmas program at church that I keep mulling over.  The angels learn that God is coming to earth as a baby and one angel says, "...a baby!  What's so special about a baby?"  I ask, what's not?


Sam's birthday 2/23/07