May 20, 2013, at 10:24 pm | When our friends Ashley and Uriah came to help us move, we were thrilled to get their son Breton and Danny together for their first “play date.” The boys may not have paid much attention to each other this time, but I just know there’s a good friendship in their future!
See? They’re already sharing toys.
And butting heads. 🙂
They can always bond over our families’ shared love of motorsports!
May 19, 2013, at 9:27 pm | Arrr, mateys!
May 17, 2013, at 10:33 pm | You know you’re tired when you’re changing a baby’s diaper in a dim room and you’re trying really hard to wipe up the mess, and one spot just isn’t coming off his stomach, and you scrub and scrub and wonder if you’re going to have to give the kid a bath until finally you realize…
…it’s his belly button. Oops! Well, at least he now has a really clean tummy!
May 16, 2013, at 10:33 pm | When you’ve got two big sisters who are only a few years older than you, the chances are slim that you’re going to be able to play with your own birthday presents.
Case in point: Jimmy received an adorable set of Disney’s “Jake and the Neverland Pirates” action figures from Jim’s sister’s family.
Guess who thinks that was the best present ever? Here’s a hint: their 2nd birthday was a long, long time ago!
May 15, 2013, at 9:50 pm | While we were busy moving, Danny was working on his new moves. He’s crawling!
Here is his first nearly-successful attempt. He’s getting cheered on by his dad, siblings, and our friends Ashley, Uriah and their son Breton. I should have known that all it would take to get him to move was an enthusiastic audience and the allure of a soda can!
May 14, 2013, at 11:08 pm |
May 14, 2013, at 7:53 am | I’m back! Well, I never really left – I just moved a little. Or a lot. As in, an entire house. Which had more than a little stuff in it. So right now I’m knee-deep in boxes (actually, chest-deep in certain rooms) and this is the first time I’ve opened my laptop in several days other than quickly turning on Netflix to entertain the kids for a few minutes while I attempt to make sense of these boxes. Have I mentioned that we have TOO MUCH STUFF?
The kids are thrilled with the move. They love their new playroom in the basement filled with STUFF, all the new closets to fill with STUFF, all the boxes of STUFF they can paw through. Oh, and they love all the TV they’ve been watching while I unpack and organize. It’s a kid’s dream come true! (And a mama’s too – it’s a gorgeous house – although I’m still feeling very sentimental about our last one. I found myself the other day crying as I scrubbed the toilet in our old house because it was the last time I would ever clean those toilets. Which is an entirely new reason for me to cry when it comes to cleaning!).
So we’re all good. We’re settling in, trying to figure out which light switch controls what, hanging curtain rods so we all aren’t woken up at early hours by a beautiful but entirely too early sunrise (too bad that hasn’t helped Danny!), and meeting new neighbors including a fox, deer, uninvited ants, and an adorable chubby animal that we think is a groundhog.
Oh, and before I go unpack more boxes of STUFF, I want to thank all the people who have helped us with this move – Maria, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Mary, Ashley and Uriah, and especially Jim’s Mom and Dad. We literally couldn’t have done this without you! And thank you to everyone who was praying and supporting us from afar. We love you!
May 12, 2013, at 10:49 pm | Meet a crab, by Becky:
and a mermaid, by Becky:
and our family (in fairy form – note the wings), by Susie:
May 10, 2013, at 9:15 pm | Remember Becky’s heavenly musings? Well, apparently my noncommittal answer didn’t satisfy her, because she asked me again recently. Only this time she came up with her own answer:
Becky: “Will there be food in heaven?
Me: “I don’t know…I think so.”
Becky: “I think there’ll only be bread and wine.”
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Becky’s collection is still going strong. She’s got grand plans for it, too:
Becky: “I wish I could shrink the whole world into a tiny ball and then put the ball in my collection.”
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Me, after Susie’s crayons were hovering dangerously close to the wall: "You can only write on paper.”
Susie: “If you live in a paper house, you can write on everything.”
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And here is Jimmy’s first entry into my “sayings” blog posts!
When we were watching the movie, “Finding Nemo,” there was a scene where the screen became dark and the music ominous. Jimmy softly announced, “Spooky.”
May 9, 2013, at 9:58 pm |
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ABOUT US I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and embraced by my twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy and my sons Jimmy and Danny. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. We ecstatically welcomed Jimmy into our lives on April 25th, 2011, and Danny on August 31, 2012. This blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected].
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