Smith Family Weblog

This week, I had the great fortune of spending a few days with my sister-in-law Laura and my new twin nieces Hazel and Eliza. They are quite possibly the sweetest babies ever—small but strong at around seven pounds each.

Laura, despite sleeping in spurts of 90 minutes at most for the last three weeks, has stepped into motherhood with remarkable grace and aplomb. She and Josh make a great team.

This was how I spent most of my trip, and believe me, it was very hard to leave.

I miss them already.

There’s very good news (and beautiful pictures) over at The House on Hudson.

As Ava said when she found out Laura and Josh were expecting twins: “Two, two, two babies! Two babies on the SAME DAY!”

We all share that level of excitement. Congratulations, Josh and Laura, and welcome, Hazel and Eliza.

Katie’s boyfriend Tom traveled to Nebraska and Kansas via train to spend part of the holidays with our family. He joined us for New Year’s Eve, then spent about a week at our house. He’s on my list of favorite people because he entertains my children, compliments my cooking and shovels snowy sidewalks.

He’s one of Bryan’s favorites because he generously provided kick-ass tickets to the KU/Cornell game earlier this week. Tom’s a Cornell alum, but Bryan was able to overlook that…and the visiting team’s bench.

Tom spent the week touring Kansas, quite literally. Every night, he’d come home and tell us more about our little niche than we’ve managed to uncover in the past three years. We very much enjoyed his company, and we were sad to see him go. I know, though, that someone else was very glad he was headed home.

I hope they both come back soon…and if it isn’t too much to ask, permanently. As the song says, Tom…

Hey ramblin’ boy, why don’t you settle down
Boston ain’t your kinda town…