As promised in my last post, this post will be dedicated to showing off my crew! Before I begin though, I'd like to share a little something. Right before I started writing this post, I opened my weekly email of encouragement from MOPS. The writer spoke of following the blogs of seemingly perfect families and their seemingly perfect lives. She expressed feelings of inadequacy and said her inability to measure up to the families she was reading about made her want to stop reading altogether.
In case you haven't noticed, this blog is not about a perfect family (remember the empty fridge and messy house!). Of course, like every other mother, I am exceedingly proud of my kiddos and plan on sharing many of wonderful things they say and do. However, I believe sharing the not-so-perfect moments of life is even better because there may just be another mama going through the same thing and she'll know she's not alone. So I'll end this disclaimer similar to the how the writer in the email ended her story - we will never be perfect, we were never designed to be perfect, and maybe its our imperfections that bind us together.
Onto the introductions, and prepare for photo overload!!
The fetching young lad reclining against the tree is my man! He is my high school sweetheart and hubby of almost 7 years. He makes me smile... often. He makes me laugh...hard. And yes, he makes me mad too at times, but is always the first to say sorry (I get my stubborness from my dad). I still blush like a teenager when he sends me sweetly worded texts and my heart overflows when I see him with our children. We've had ups and downs and inbetweens, but he's been my rock through it all and I love him more every day.
This is our little family. One day,
hopefully, we'll look back and marvel at how little our family was, but for now its just the four of us!
Natalie James
Our firstborn baby girl... who has grown to be a 3-and-a-half year old in the blink of an eye. She is the most loving little thing, swaddling and snuggling her babies and doting on her little "Teddy Boy". She sings into her tube of chapstick as if she's the headliner at a stadium full of screaming fans and she's got a memory like you wouldn't believe. She's a social butterfly and thrives on playdates, MOPPETS, Sunday School and Cubbies. She's got eyes that twinkle and gorgeous blonde locks, but they didn't start out that way!
She was born with a mop of jet black hair and we fell in love the second we met her!
Time has flown by and she has changed so much! After she was born, I ran into Mrs. Comstock, my high school English teacher, who told me that I would continually say "she couldn't get any cuter", but with every passing day I would be proved wrong when she did. Man was she right!
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My favorite picture!
"When I grow up mommy, I want to get married to a prince and be a mommy like you." |
I can't fathom how boring my life would be without this pocketful of sunshine! I live for every giggle, snuggle and smile she gives!
Theodore James
This little guy is the busiest, craziest little monster you'll ever meet! He is constantly splashing in toilets, dumping water out of the bath like he's bailing a sinking ship, and has made it his life mission to get everything that has a cord plugged into an outlet! He loves hair blowdryers, vacuums, cd players, fans, mixers... pretty much anything that makes noise. My mom says that it seems like he is trying to figure out how they work - who knows, maybe he'll be an engineer one day! Despite all his busyness, he is also the sweetest, snuggliest, most adorable little man in my world! I mean seriously, couldn't you just melt into those deep brown eyes!! He has learned to talk now so he settles into my arms, hands me a "book" and points out all the "cows", "puppies" and "duckies" on the pages. My absolute FAVORITE thing he says is "yah you", translation - "Love you". He loves to give hugs and kisses and this mama will take all he is willing to dish out! He had an extremly rough start (read the whole story
here) but he has come a long way!!
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18 Months - First "Real" haircut (it was too hard to cut the curls the first time around!)
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I can't wait to see what an amazing little boy my baby will grow to be! My world was forever changed when he came and I will never stop thanking God for the miracle that He gave me!
Our firstborn baby girl... who has grown to be a 3-and-a-half year old in the blink of an eye. She is the most loving little thing, swaddling and snuggling her babies and doting on her little "Teddy Boy". She sings into her tube of chapstick as if she's the headliner at a stadium full of screaming fans and she's got a memory like you wouldn't believe. She's a social butterfly and thrives on playdates, MOPPETS, Sunday School and Cubbies. She's got eyes that twinkle and gorgeous blonde locks, but they didn't start out that way!
This little guy is the busiest, craziest little monster you'll ever meet! He is constantly splashing in toilets, dumping water out of the bath like he's bailing a sinking ship, and has made it his life mission to get everything that has a cord plugged into an outlet! He loves hair blowdryers, vacuums, cd players, fans, mixers... pretty much anything that makes noise. My mom says that it seems like he is trying to figure out how they work - who knows, maybe he'll be an engineer one day! Despite all his busyness, he is also the sweetest, snuggliest, most adorable little man in my world! I mean seriously, couldn't you just melt into those deep brown eyes!! He has learned to talk now so he settles into my arms, hands me a "book" and points out all the "cows", "puppies" and "duckies" on the pages. My absolute FAVORITE thing he says is "yah you", translation - "Love you". He loves to give hugs and kisses and this mama will take all he is willing to dish out! He had an extremly rough start (read the whole story here) but he has come a long way!!
First off...I can't believe how big your kiddos are!! And gorgeous too of course, as always!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I completely agree about having a blog that doesn't portray everything as perfect...that is one of my goals on mine, as well. But beware of reading it because it can be pretty raw sometimes!!
Loving seeing your posts and can't wait to read more!! Love you!