Unto Us a Son is Given...

I have sat here thinking about the significance of this scripture and it's reality, this overwhelming gift of God, for a while now, and I'm struck by the fact that I could write 10 books on just what it means to me, not to mention mankind, and my words would still fall short of capturing the full impact of this profound gift in my life. Then again, perhaps, I couldn't write a single sentence, because each time I begin to write, I feel deeply how completely inadequate my words are in doing His Wonderful Majesty any justice. How beautiful He is.... In just trying to express my gratitude, even in a single, worthy, sentence, I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my face, speechless....

Thank you, Father, for sending us your Son. Thank you, my precious Lord Jesus for being my Savior.

ABC's

I have that feeling right now like I'm already forgetting something cute Harrison did that I didn't want to forget. But I do remember two things so I'm going to write them down before they disappear into my scattered mommy mind! : )
We've been working with Harrison a bit on learning the alphabet - not often, but on occasion. A week or so ago we also bought the Letter Factory video, which he absolutely loves now. Well, tonight Harrison and I were playing in the playroom and he picked up a letter magnet and said, "I." It was facing him, so I was in suspense to see if it was really the "I." As he handed it to me I looked in shock because it WAS the letter "I"! Then he picked up another one and said "J." Same thing! He was right again! So he picked up another one, Q, but this time he said, "Apple!" I laughed out loud in my surprise. Never thought of it, but a Q does look like an apple! I'm enjoying his little mind at work. Cutie! He also brings me all different kinds of toys that are orange and tells me, "oran."
The other sweet thing he did tonight was to go peacefully and willingly from playing in the playroom to go get ready for bed. He was playing with a car when I finally said, after a few preparing statements that it was almost time for bed, "Okay lets go get ready for bed now." He just set down his little car in front of him and looked down at it and waved and said, "Bye, bye," in his sweet little voice and got up with me to go brush his teeth. Adorable.
Okay, I'm going to go back to cleaning the house now. I just had to share! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Who's Who?

I guess we actually took the right babies home from the hospital! There's just a little family resemblance! : )

More Pics...

Thank you, Kristin, for our spur of the moment family pic!!

Happy Thoughts of a Mommy

I soooo wish Harrison's little face was in focus on this pic. I'm still a beginner photographer with a complex camera, so it often takes me a while to get the perfect pic, and unfortunately it was getting pretty dark when I took this, so I ran out of time! But I loved his expression in this one anyway. I'm gonna give this photo spot another shot when I get a chance! This is the only pic I can get to download today. I just keep getting errors. I'll have to figure out what's wrong with the other pics. Bummer. But I can still write about my boys!



Hudson is just beginning that fun stage where he responds to smiles and conversation with his own precious smiles and sounds. What is it about baby's smiles that just makes your insides turn flips? It's like unlocking a little hidden treasure chest and catching your first glimpse of what's inside. What a precious little soul he is! He's two months old today! Poor little guy had 5 shots this afternoon! He's not quite his happy self tonight.

Jeff and I and the boys took a walk this morning around our yard, just talking and letting Harrison run around to his heart's delight. It was so fun to talk about plans we have and trying to figure out where to put a play yard for the boys. I even climbed a tree! This sparked Harrison's interest, naturally, so he got his first tree climbing experience. I'm so bummed I didn't have my camera with me, but then I guess I wouldn't have climbed the tree in the first place. : ) Harrison eventually got tired and wanted Daddy or I to hold him from time to time. Instead of saying "Hold me or Hold you," like you would expect, he reached up and said, "I'm your boy." Yep, a couple hearts melted, and he got picked up several times this morning with that line. We're always asking him if he's our boy, so he must know that's a way to our hearts. But it was so innocent and sweet. One of the times I picked him up he was playfully trying to catch my eye and keep me from looking anywhere else but at him. He leaned over and smiled at me and his eyes had such a precious, fun-loving expression like he was inviting me to fun new game he had invented, but then when I gave him all of my attention along with a peck on the cheek, he surprised me by throwing his arms around my neck in a big hug and then giving me a sweet, little kiss smack on the lips! Once he observed that his new game was a success, I got lots more hugs and kisses. It was so sweet! I love my tender-hearted Harrison...my boy.

Harrison's Birthday Pics & A Few More

Harrison had a great birthday. It was so weird for me to watch him know what to do with gifts without any help or instruction. And he did it his very own way! He patiently, very systematically, tore strips of paper off of the gifts and handed each piece to his cousin Caitlyn who was sitting beside him. This caught on and soon it was "the thing" to have Harrison honor you with some of his wrapping paper! He was so careful to give Cassidy and Micah their fair share. He'd just go down the line of them sitting on the couch one at a time in order, and each of them held their wad of wrapping paper in their little hands. It was so cute! I was so happy he learned how to say "Thank you" just a couple of weeks before his birthday. He got to use it a lot and it was so precious. I'm so excited about getting to hear his little thoughts this year as he learns to talk more...in English, that is! Anyway, enough of my gabbing. It's the pictures that say the most! I'm including a few from today also. We went to the river this evening and Daddy and Harrison had a great time catching baby frogs! :)
P.S. Somehow I made a photo into a link and I can't seem to get rid of it or fix it, so just push on the link in the middle of all the photos and that photo will come up! Gotta keep things interesting!! : )











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Jeffrey Hudson Leininger

Thank you Kristin for taking these...we love them!

"Baby Hudson" is here! Born 6lbs. 8.3ozs, 18 1/2 inches long in just 3 hours of labor! Yea! We're having so much fun getting to know the little guy. He's a very content, easy going baby for the most part, and sleeps pretty well, too! Thank you, Lord! He's such a sweetheart, and his infrequent cry just sounds so sad it breaks your heart!
Harrison LOVES his little brother and has gotten past being extra clingy with me. I'm really missing holding him and singing to him before I put him in bed. He always laid his head on my shoulder and played with my hair and tried to sing along, but now that I can't hold him, he's kind of dropped the whole thing. I would sit on the floor and do it, but I'd still have to have someone come in and put him in the bed for me, so, oh well! I'm going to try to start the routine back once I'm able to. We'll see how that goes!
Harrison turned 2 years old on Tuesday, Sept. 30! His English has suddenly taken off! I say that because there was no shortage of talking going on before, however we simply couldn't understand all of it. Now he's saying so many new words each day, we can't keep up with them, but he's making us laugh or shocking us with his new knowledge constantly.
We are so grateful to God for our healthy, happy boys! It's so fun to have two to love now! What an amazing year this is going to be experiencing so many firsts! I guess once you have children, the "firsts" never end! We're loving it!
Here's some more recent pictures of Harrison, and of course, Hudson! I tried to download a little video of Harrison holding Hudson, but it was still processing after half an hour, so I guess I'll try again another time.
The first two pictures below are of us on one of our last few dates before Hudson came, and us at the bookstore attempting to pick out baby names (we should know better :).

"Aunt" Kinah with Baby Hudson

Harrison absolutely LOVES his little brother!!


Making funny faces with Daddy in the Guadalupe River