Blessed with Tech-Savvy Friends

Well, our friends the Farmers stopped by after church on Sunday and they were able to work wonders on our computer! It once was broken, but now is fixed. It runs just as well as it did before it stopped running at all... It's five years old, so "fixed" is sort of a relative term like that. (As my grandmother used to be fond of saying, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.") So, we're still glad that Daddy ordered a new laptop, but we're super-grateful to be up and running again. We think Daddy will be grateful for the photos, too!

It's hard to tell exactly, but I think Madeline is growing a lot. A lot. Here she is snoozing on the big chair in our living room:

Madeline seems to like tummy time a lot more than her sister did at this age. Kathleen just used to cry or fall asleep when I'd put her on her tummy, but Madeline cranes her little head up to look around and has even rolled over a couple times! Also, last night Madeline gave me her first clearly responsive smile. I was talking to her about how wonderful her daddy is and she just beamed back at me. I almost cried.

Kathleen loves to hold her little sister. Here she is giving her a sweet, gentle kiss:

If only all Kathleen's displays of affection were as gentle... But I think her heart is in the right place. Just this afternoon Madeline was crying and Kathleen went running to get the little black and white dog that is "baby's." Hopefully we'll get a clearer understanding of "gentle" as time goes on.

So, there's an update on the girls. More will follow soon, I'm sure!