Let your heart be light

Tollie joined me for Book Club this evening, and I watched him being passed from chest to knee to shoulder to lap, hands unwrapping swaddled cloth to peek at tiny fingers, faces making exaggerated imitations.

There's something about witnessing people love your babies, especially this time of year, that brings with it a cozy feeling of warmth despite temperature.

A Thrill of Hope

This weary mama rejoices... JEB

This Minute

There've been a few minutes like this one over the past several days, and they make my heart incandescently happy.

 JEB

From the Department of Obvious Truths

He is super adorable.

He Ain't Heavy

Party of

We're home today.  Although all of us haven't been together at once yet, when the baby moved from abstract to tangible so did the idea of the five of us.

Tuck & Tollie

Thomas Everett Betz meets little brother, James Tolliver Betz.

James Tolliver Betz "Tollie"
11.28.11, 8:09 PM
9 pounds, 2 ounces
21 inches