Showing posts with label The Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Family. Show all posts
Friday, November 02, 2012
Monday, October 08, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
This is me...everyday.
Crazy and tired, but happy.
I am now the mother of four kids.
Most days it surprises me, still.
Three I had gotten used to,
and four is only more fun.
We're almost at the end of our first school year
where both girls have been gone at least part of every week day.
Where from 12-3 it's just me and 'the boys'.
{that's still so weird to me!}
It's been awesome, but I won't lie, I'm ready for summer.
Lazy days sleeping in and laying out by the pool.
Exhausting our Pass of All Passes
and grilling almost every night.
No more kindergarten drop-off
{we'll get a break for 1 year}
or homework packets for a few months.
And no more dance class. Goodness, that got old fast.
Mom's excited.
So for memory's sake,
here's an update {end of the school year}
of all four kids.
Ahhhhh, Tatum.
I'll start with my first.
I told Beau the other day that the traits in her
that drive me most crazy right now
are the things I will absolutely love about her
as she grows up to be a young woman.
She's stubborn and feisty.
She definitely marches to the beat of her own drummer.
She's sassy {too much if you ask mom} and spunky and bossy.
She's emotional and loyal.
She is confident and beautiful and smart.
1st grade was cake for her - 100% on every spelling test this year,
reading @ a 3rd grade level and better at math than I am as a 34 year old.
She is boy crazy.
She says things like, 'duh' and 'what the...?'
She is 7 going on 17.
And I wouldn't want her any other way.
Because after every fight, I get a good 'I love you, mom'
And I love her right back, only more.
Sweet Hayden.
Our little peace maker.
She has a smile that lights up the room.
She has the most lovable raspy voice and growlish laugh imaginable.
She holds her own when she needs to
{and with a big sister like Tatum, she needs to more often these days},
but she's the first to give in to solve a conflict.
She begs to be tickled.
{crazy, I know}
She rocked out kindergarten,
even though she is the tiniest little thing in line every day.
She is quick and eager to learn new things.
She is extremely bright and is praised by her teacher every time we speak.
She is kind and empathetic and sweet.
But a little rotten sometimes, too.
{just the right amount}
She will try anything once.
She is our performer.
You can ALWAYS find her somewhere singing
and is always embarrassed if we catch her in the act,
but should do it more because she has a great little voice.
Love, love, love that kid.
Layne the Lover
I seriously get an 'I love you mom' at least 3 times an hour,
every day - never fails.
He loves me a 'gazillion'.
And I love him that much, too.
He is a loner.
He traded his obsession for Thomas the Train for Power Rangers.
And I'm totally okay with that. We were all trained out.
He fiercely loves his baby brother.
Like, obsessively.
Like, can't stand to be more than 5 feet from him.
Like, cutest thing ever.
He is fearless and shy.
He is amazingly smart.
Could count to 100 last year {he's now 4}
and can do Tatum's math homework.
He reads his letters and numbers and can spell
the names of everyone in our family.
He will be in preschool next year
and already is telling me that he'll miss me because...
He's a mama's boy.
He is freakishly strong.
And he has the cutest way of talking,
kind of like a Boston accent
and I'm secretly so sad that they'll try and 'fix' that once he's in school.
{a bad dream is a 'nite-may-uh'}
Little Sawyer
He has changed so much in the last month.
He is now bald and rolling
{off of my bed today - that sucked}
and can't keep his hands out of his mouth.
He is SO happy
and smiles all the time.
He's started to belly-laugh
{my favorite}.
He has no interest in anything else to eat
besides his bottle.
He is patient,
which may or may not have been by choice
considering that he's pretty much being mauled
by any one of the three little people in this house
that are completely obsessed with him
at any moment on any given day.
He talks
and if you 'talk' back he'll keep going.
But you have to talk like him - he loves it.
He's started to lose interest in his pacifier.
And has gained interest in his thumb.
And he's the easiest baby to put to sleep.
Put any kind of cloth {blanket, burp rag, etc.}
over his face and give him something to suck on
and he's out in seriously seconds.
Oh, and he's really loved.
A lot.
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So there you have it.
Or I guess, I have it since that was really for me.
It's been too long.
I need to be a better blogger.
For memory's sake.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
We have celebrated birthdays
{Tatum 7, Layne 4, several cousins},
Easter and Anniversaries
{Marriage 8 years, Beau's mom passing 1 year},
attended school performances
{for both girls}
and enjoyed time together.
And I've blogged about none of it.
So, this will have to do for now.
Oh, and I need an updated picture
with all FOUR of my children in it.
Sorry, Sawyer.
Love you buddy.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday morning pictures
{making mom late for church, or course}
Finding hidden baskets
{thanks easter bunny!}
Egg hunt w/ the Lundes
Coloring easter eggs
'Nuff pictures for ya?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Someday {soon, hopefully},
I'll feel up to posting about
all of the not-so-great happenings
of our family in the last month.
It's certainly been a month of trials;
trails of faith, hope, prayer and loss,
surrender and miracles, love
and struggles none of us were prepared for.
But if I've learned anything in the last four weeks,
it's been that if it weren't for my loved ones, I'd be lost.
I've seen family rally together {both near and far}
in ways I'd never imagined possible.
There is such amazing strength found in the simplicity of love.
And we, thanks to so many of you,
are blessed with love in abundance.
are blessed with love in abundance.
There are not adequate words of thanks to give.
The support and love we've felt
from so many of you can never be repaid.
from so many of you can never be repaid.
But know that we
{and I feel safe speaking for our entire family}
are overcome with gratitude.
On days that I feel like I'm being pulled in every direction
{emotionally, physically, spiritually - you name it}
or moments when I can't find the right words
to say to my grieving Beau,
to say to my grieving Beau,
I can always count my three angels to keep me grounded.
The sweetness they possess should be bottled and sold.
Although it might not feel like it every moment
of every day {especially now}, we are all extremely blessed.
And for that, I am exceedingly grateful.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Family Photo Season
{book now to save your date}
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
They {love} when dad gets home.
{and Layne loves Hayden's shoes, too}
Friday, May 14, 2010
After the dog goes missing
{because he bolted when the kids opened the door}
and a visit from animal control,
{because a neighbor called about a limping dog}
Emmit secured his very own appearance at the vet's office
{reluctuantly and with kids in tow, I might add}
to have a 2 inch gash stitched and bandaged.
{and leaving me $150 poorer}
Now, if only he could stop licking his wound.
{he might be able to lose the neck cone}
Poor Emmit.
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