This was one of THOSE weeks! I have to shout this to the world before I go any further!! JOHN DAVID ROLLED OVER BY HIMSELF TWO TIMES TODAY!!!!! Yes, I realized there are very few of you, other than myself, that are all excited about this news, but by golly, I was thrilled!! Of course, as soon as I whipped out the camera, he became “stranded baby” and wouldn’t budge. Have you ever had one of those […]
» Read moreHeaven is for Real for little ones by Colton Burpo When I read this book to the boys, they were sitting on the edge of their seats, especially my nine-year-old. They were all so eager to hear about what Heaven is like. This book is full of hope and colorful pictures. When I finished reading it, the boys argued over who got to hold it and look at it. I put together this list of Christmas gifts that were the biggest […]
» Read moreJD is so sick he just threw up a bunch of mucus and lunch…all over me, of course…..but look. The boy still smiles. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet. Sweet, sweetness!! The bigger JD gets the less he reminds me of Joshua, in the face, and more of Daniel. He has one great distinguishing characteristic though: dimples on BOTH cheeks. Oh, he will be popular with the ladies I think! The best thing about John David though isn’t his looks: […]
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~sweet moments~ Have you ever noticed that when you vow to do something or to not do something, it suddenly becomes harder than ever to do/not do that thing?? It reminds me of a Bible passage that we discussed in our Sunday School class last week: 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I […]
» Read moreI mentioned in a previous post: new-years-check-up, that one of my missions this year is to get back on track with our budget. With four kids in tow, we really need to chill it on the spending! I decided a great way to help me focus on this mission would be to read this book: Here’s my only problem: In chapter two she says you should de-clutter your house. In fact, she recommends getting a babysitter […]
» Read moreLet’s face it: when you’re a SAHM, jeans are pretty much your dress clothes. Catch me at home, and I’m wearing yoga pants, but put me in public, and I go digging for my blue jeans. Warning to my three most faithful readers: Alan, Dad, and DaddyO: this post really is about pants. I’m so sorry. Actually, let me stop right here and acknowledge that my FAVORITE pants of ALL time are neither jogging pants nor blue jeans: New […]
» Read moreJoshua, Caleb, Daniel, and John David all at 6 months old Somewhere during that whole Christmas schmorgasborg, John David turned 6 months old! Oh, he is such a SWEET, sweet, sweet little thing. I would say he favors his brothers, wouldn’t you?? I was so excited to finally figure out how to make that collage! I learned about picmonkey.com from a fellow blogger: www.doofydizee.com. Her name keeps coming up on here! I promise I’m not stalking you, Di! She […]
» Read moreAlan took both boys out to shoot BB guns over Christmas. Alan said that while Joshua wasn’t holding it right at all, he hit his target dead on. A dad taking his boys out to shoot. That’s a tradition as old as time. I guess originally it would’ve been the dad taking the boys out to use sticks and bows and arrows and the like. Either way, the bonding and learning is the same. They were both […]
» Read moreGoal: Be anywhere near as happy as Dan…That’d be great! As I wrote in a previous post, my goal for 2014 is to chill. I want to calm down, enjoy my children, and not get all worked up about a bunch of stuff that doesn’t even matter all that much! I was doing pretty great on day one, but then January 2nd hit, and Alan went back to work. I don’t think ‘calm’ or ‘happy’ would be the […]
» Read moreThis was SO EXCITING, ya’ll. Now that JD can sit and play with toys, Daniel is beginning to view him as a buddy. : ) They played in Dan’s room together (as in close by, simultaneously playing) for 30 minutes today. Daniel was having a ball putting Lightning McQueen in and out of the Mac trucks while JD LOVED the shape sorter. He kept grabbing it, shaking it, and throwing it. Dan has three months left of being […]
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