Happy Birthday to Janey Bea!

Hi Everyone.

Hard to believe that Jane is already one years old! She is simply adorable: Saying "Hi, Hey, Oh-oh (when something falls), and Mama." She smiles with her eyes in a permanent twinkle and she has learned the art of nusseling into your chest when you hold her. Her punk rocker party party (see her punk rocker dress and blue hair) was a little less fun for her than the other kids - she ended the night with a fever - but bounced back today on her birthday to enjoy the cake a second time.

We read her her birth story tonight - this has been quite a year of changes and unexpected "not changes" for us. A year that naturally draws a deep breath when we think upon it so it is wonderful to think back on sacred hours like the ones surrounding a baby's birth when nothing else matters except the task at hand. There is a holiness to that simplicity that I have found at few other times in my life and I am grateful for this and the many, many other things that my children have taught me.

Christmas is beginning to fill our house, we hope the spirit is finding you as well!

Much love and happiness!

Catherine, et. al.