9 on 9.

we were almost finished with [the delicious] dinner [that a friend blessed us with]

last night & i realized that i needed our first picture of the 9 kids on the 9th of

the month.  well, there you have it--a snapshot of life.  pretty accurate

except bianca is much happier than she leads on here, jude is totally

pretending & i usually go c.r.a.z.y. if my counters aren't cleaned off.

so, yes, that makes it accurate that clayton elijah is showing off

his chewed up food.  oh, that [loved] child.

i still can't believe it sometimes.

really.  i'll get those butterflies in my stomach sometimes when i remember

that we've been blessed with 2 more little lives.  it's awesome.

i mean, don't get me wrong--right now is a little hard.  everyone is

adjusting, i'm randomly crying about happy and sad & sleep is for sure lacking...

but the blessing of now is not lost on me.