Enjoying a cup of tea, a good book and my greatest gift this year!
Perfect morning
Loving the Little One
Little sleeping beauty – such cheeks!
“…the days were accomplished that she should be delivered…” Luke 2:6
Aunt Katie with her namesake. Iris is “Wild about her Auntie” and the llama fur lined shoes her Aunt brought back from Peru.
Brother and sisters gather ‘round. Little does Iris know what kind of circus she has joined!
Lance enjoys his first close encounter with his newest sister. His comment was “her hands are so tiny.” Lance has quite the job with so many sisters to look after!
Ivy and Flora welcome Iris – Eden wants a turn too!
Squishy cheeks! Eden sure loves her ‘oo babee.’
Finally left to herself, Iris takes a short recovery nap.
“I will both lay me down in peace and sleep; for you, Lord, only make me dwell in safety” Psalm 4:8
The New Addition
Having worked hard building our house, we thought it needed a finishing touch. A few late nights and our house is now adorned with a beautiful new daughter:
Iris Katie Cahill
Born: Dec. 11 2013 at 7:22am
Stats: 20 1/2 in. long; 8 lbs. 4 oz.
In flower symbolism the Iris stood for inspiration. Her middle name is given in honor of her Aunt Katie who has been such a help and friend to our family this year. Katie means “purity."
Our prayer is that her purity in motive, mind and actions would inspire others to follow the Lord Jesus in like manner.
Let us consider how we may spur one another
on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24
The First Thanksgiving
A handy guide: By Lance, Ivy. Flora and Eden
Production – Amy and Aunt Katie
Pilgrims – Lance
Praying hands – Ivy
Plymouth – Ivy
Problems – Flora
Provision – Lance
Plenty – Eden and Flora
Providence – Ivy
Pink – Flora
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Pretty Pink Princess
Would you look at these two lovely ladies? They have many things in common: They both love pink, like to play princess and turned 3 in November! Combine these and you get a party that is all girl!
Lady Ivy all dressed up!
Princess Flora, wearing no less than 3 skirts – I think it must lend to the princess status to have all your favorites on at once. That or you couldn’t make up your mind which to wear…
Baby beauty Eden – such a delight of lace, curls and chubby smiles.
And just in case a dragon decided to crash the party, we hired the brave knight, Sir Lance, to protect the damsels.
The fair maidens in attendance.
We played pin the crown on the princess…
Had a courtly dance – where Lance showed his knightly manners and acquiesced to dance with the birthday sister but turned his helmet to cover his face after the first few steps (secretly I think he was only here for the cake).
We also played “princess, princess, dragon” but when Jenny got to Lance, she couldn’t bring herself to call him a princess so after hesitating dubbed him “dragon” and then led the merry chase around the circle.
Doing their best princess pose with the cake. Jenny wanted a cake with a crown on it and Flora wanted cupcakes so we were able to strike a happy deal with both. 
What fun, beautiful girls! I’m so glad they bring reminders of femininity and girlish delight to our lives. We pray that they will be true princesses by becoming children of the King. And rather than sporting a self-centered ‘diva’ attitude, that they would put on the character of royalty through service, grace and inner beauty.
Happy birthday precious girls!!