In the midst of the fire situation here, we still led a pretty normal life. The best part of the past couple of weeks was that my mother came to visit us for 2 weeks. Now that she’s gone, there’s an emptiness in our home without her presence. I miss her dearly already. I did take pictures of her but she isn’t too partial about me showing them on the blog so we’re just keeping them as family pictures. : )
Miriam’s Birthday –

Little 4 year old…. Since we have strawberries in the garden, we’re doing strawberry shortcake again. Grandma liked our strawberry shortcake. Of course, Miriam did too! 
A wonderful gift from Grandma Pam. Special books for Miriam. She loves her little books. 
Benjamin napping on Grandma Pam. All content and comfy. Grandma loved holding Baby Benjamin and I know she misses him already. It was precious to see how much she loved holding her grandson. She’d look and look at him like a mother would. 
Three cute little girls. 
Benjamin sleeping as all babies do…. 
Our beautiful baby boy. I love this picture of him. He has a soft spirit about him. One thing I don’t want to forget about him is that his eyelids open and close very soft and slow when I am nursing him. He has a very quiet place about him, not all babies have this. : )