Labor Day

Here are a few pictures from the long holiday weekend. After receiving a gentle rebuke for not updating my site since having two sons, I've removed my Jude header and added tickers for both Jude and Eli to remind myself how old they are. And here is a picture of my very loud, very demanding, but very lovable Eli:

And thanks to some gifts from friends, Jude & Eli will have plenty of pictures to be embarrassed about later in life. I like to call this one "the afterbath":

We usually do a little traveling on Labor Day weekend, but this year we stayed home. Kwang's extended family had a get-together which gave us a chance to spend some time w/Bo (Kwang's brother), Bonnie, & their son Justin. Here is Justin with his typical expression:

Justin is a good-natured baby. Bo & Bonnie have it easy! To demonstrate, here is a picture of Eli & Justin:

Okay, perhaps I'm not being completely fair to Eli. He wasn't in the best of moods at the time the picture was taken. But Justin really is quiet and easy. And because I'm Eli's mom, I can't help but find him so adorable in the picture above. Even Eli's frown is cute to me. I think it's true what they say when you have your second child. Instead of having to share your heart that was so full of love for your first child, it's as if you grow another heart for your second child. The capacity God gives such imperfect and selfish creatures like us to love is pretty amazing.