• The Ninth Pãramitã:   Loving Kindness (mettã) means ‘good will’ in all our actions.
• My religion is very simple.  My religion is kindness. ~ The 14th Dali Lama
• Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one’s whole life?  Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such. ~ Confucious

May your hearts and homes be filled with Loving Kindness now and always.

Love from Candi, Austin, Ellie, Marcus, Jose & Katey

This time of year it always seems we notice those missing from our lives a little bit more.  It seems harder to get on with the days without them here.  Hold your family close at the holidays and everyday… you just don’t know what’s around the corner.  So for all those faces & voices & hugs & kisses that will be missed at the table this Christmas – I still hold you all in my heart and miss you dearly.

Still going through the paperwork and procedures for buying my house.  And I thought the Army was nothing but paperwork and hurry up and wait… well now I know that bankers and realtors win the red tape prize!  Waiting now for a letterof committment from the bank which my broker says is no problem… just some more paperwork.  The seller is refusing to do the agreedupon repairs without the letter even though we have a singed amendment to the original offer.  Whatever… glad my close is still 2 months away at the rate this is crawling along.  Tenative move weekend is the last Saturday in May, Memorial Weekend – cause it gives me an extra day to unpack.  But this is allreally in a holding pattern right now until the paperwork and repairs are done.

Anyhoo… I’m looking forward to warmer weather and being outside more with the kids and eventually (hopefully) being closer to my family.

Current Mood: Hey there!

February 5th, 2010 (9 months + 21 days) 9-month Check-Up  – Doc says they are perfect!

*HC = Head Circumference

Ellie is a crawling machine and Marcus is getting there.  He can pull himself along pretty quickly with his arms, he just hasn’t gotten his belly off the floor yet.  They are both walking along the furniture and pulling themselves upon everything.  The are both getting a top tooth to go with their bottom two.  Ellie is hell on wheels in her walker… nothing in her reash is safe!  Marcus still only goes backwards but he grabs all he can reach too.

The both love pancakes and orange juice on Saturday morning.  Ellie likes to dance and Marcus likes to sing.  Austin has already worked out all the instruments they are going to learn so the three of them can have a band.

It’s hard to believe that they will be turning 1 in a few short months… geez, where did the time go?

Current Mood: Yeah! Yippee!

Current Mood: Twin Kisses

They didn’t seem particularly interested.  Ellie sock was coming off and Marcus just leaned back for a nap-time!