1 month and Misc.

Corbin and Brycen :)

Ryan said "Are you taking the boyS?" When we were talking today...

never thought a plural word could make me so giddy!

It's still sinking in that I am indeed a momma to sweet brothers.

I am loving EVERY second of it.

Those middle of the night feedings? I look forward to them.

It's precious time I get to spend with the baby we prayed so hard for.

Every dirty diaper there is to change?

As weird as it is, they excite me.

EVERY.SINGLE.TIME.

It's a reminder of how we weren't sure we'd ever have another baby to parent.

I'm not taking any of this for granted.

I am living and breathing this sacred time at home with my boys.

At this time last year I wasn't sure this would ever be part of God's plan for our lives.

I am so grateful it turned out to be.

I miss Andon more than ever, realizing even more what we missed out on with him.

But I'm here to live, to love, and to enjoy every second with my sweet boys here.

I'm grateful for the promise of eternity with A... knowing I won't miss him forever.
We'll be with him one day.

I'm thankful for the wonderful big brother B is.

God blessed us with a cheerful, too smart for his own good, sunshiney, full of life boy.

He makes me smile.
He makes me think about my relationship with the Lord and how I think and see the world.

He makes me a better person

I want to be the best momma and wife I can be.

I want to be the woman God has called me to be.

Some days that feels impossible, but on a day like today,

a day with sunshine and warm air

it feels like I've got the whole world in my hands.

That I can be that woman.

totally random post... I really wasn't going to type much, just let the pictures speak for themselves... but it all came out... i'm good at word vomit like that ;)

baby boy #1 :)

silly boy-- he can always make me smile :)


Corbin got to meet his BFF Zane yesterday while the big boys were at pre-school.
Zane is my BFF Vanessa's little boy.
Corbin and Zane are exactly three weeks apart.
After listening to their momma's catch up on 6 weeks worth of stuff for 4 1/2 hours yesterday they probably think we're nuts (and they might be right!) :)


That's right, our little baby boy was 1 month old old yesterday (3-9-10).
I say this every week, but I can't believe he has been here for FOUR weeks!
He is still just growing growing growing!
He is completely out of newborn diapers and sleepers.
So he is now in size 1 diapers and 0-3 month sleepers and clothes.
I weighed myself and then weighed myself with him on Sunday.
Not sure how accurate that is, but he weighed apprx. 8lbs 8oz!
That means he had gained 2lbs since his 2 week check up!
At this rate he is going to be huge! lol
I measured him as well and he was 22 in. long.
He is staying awake for long periods of time in the mornings.
After his bottle 5:30am he is now thinking it's time to get up... but usually with a little snuggling he will go back to sleep :)
He is still such a good boy... only crying when he is hungry or dirty.
He loves swinging and sleeps in his swing most of the time for his naps.
When he is awake (if someone isn't holding him) he loves to lay on a blanket on the floor and watch B play.
His navy blue eyes have already lightened up quite a bit to a medium blue.
He looks so much like B did as a baby- I just can't get over it!




Also, could you pray for us?
We weren't sure what we were doing with our house selling situation.
We had just started discussing it again this past weekend.
We were on the fence about whether to put it for sale or wait a year or two.
The guy that came last spring... it was actually April of '09 to look and really wanted it, but wasn't sure of layoffs at his work? He was supposed to let us know in the fall, and we never heard anything, so I thought it was a dead end.
Monday evening my phone rang unexpectedly and it was him.
He is coming back to look Saturday and we already know he loves it.
Price details and some stuff to work out still... so could you pray for us?
thanks.