Prayers

Today I was reflecting on how much my prayers have changed over the past few  years. I remember spending nights begging and pleading with God to make me a mother, to heal my relationship with my husband, to make me strong, to make me understand, etc. Last night as I said my prayers I realized that I no longer pray for God to grant me anything. I say prayers of thanks, for my family, for making me a mother, for making me stronger through difficult times, for making me smart and hard working, for giving me a good job, for everything. I pray now for the people around me, with problems WAY bigger than my own. We don't always understand why the Lord gives us difficult times, but if we can have faith and push through the hurt and the pain, we come out on the other side better, stronger, smarter, more empathetic, and more thankful than ever. I am so thankful for my life. I don't have it perfect, but I have too many wonderful things to focus on the things that aren't perfect.

Thank you Lord for making me the person I am today! And thank you for blessing me with the best 2 sons a mother could ever beg and plead for! I am SO Blessed! Amen.

As promised - Here are the photos from B-man's birthday party

My baby buddies

Blow out the candles

Homemade pirate cups

Goodie boxes

Walk the plank matey!

My 4 yr old love!

Daddy's boy

Pin the tail on Skully (give mama props for the free-hand sketch of skully!)

Jake cake

He is beyond happy that its his birthday. I LOVE this shot!

Make a wish sweet boy....

Logan "i dont care if its YOUR birthday, scoot over and gimme some cake!"

Icing face

Birthday presents!

Dont ya love his pirate sweater <3

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy. I LOVE you so much!!!!!!!

Speedy update

I just wanted to take the time to give a speedy update and post a few pics from my phone. We celebrated Brendens forth birthday recently. 4? Really?!?! How did that happen already? He's such a sweet big boy now. We had a pirate themed party for him. It was a lot of fun. I will add pictures later. I want to make them smaller for the. Log so they don't take so long to upload. I recently cut my hair short and really love it. It's fun and bright and easy to style. I needed an upgrade to me! Nothing new with the boys. They are getting bigger and smarter by the minute. I love them to death. They really make me feel whole My pirate boy


Tackle daddy!!!








Sweet Logie


Mommys new hair!


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Wow, I am WAY behind!

So much time has passed!! The holidays kept us super busy and blogging sort of fell to the bottom of my to-do list. The boys are absolutely wonderful. Here are some updates:

Brenden
Brenden is already in the 4yr old class at daycare even tho he's not 4 yet. They needed room in the 3's class so he, and 2 other boys, moved up early. I constantly get complimented on how smart Brenden is. I had a parent come up to me and ask me what my secret was because when she picked up her child she saw Brenden reading with the teacher. The teacher said that B was one of 3 kids in the 3yr class that knew all his ABC's (as well as his phonics!) He doesn't look anything like a little baby anymore. He is officially in big boy land. He still lets Mommy baby him though :)! He's finally catching up on his size I do believe. He's always been several months behind in his clothing sizes but he's actually outgrowing some 3T stuff and ready to move into his size 4's. We're having to really work with him lately because he sees Logan in the full throws of his terrible twos and so he thinks he can get away with the same behavior. So its definitely been challenging trying to remind him that being a big boy isn't just having mroe rules, it also means he gets to do big boy things (like play with his Leap Pad that he got for Christmas) that Logan cannot do. Some days he does better than others, but all in all he's an outstanding little boy.

Logan
Logan is 2... enough said lol. He is rotten anyway and 2 just makes it worse. Now I say rotten with a smile on my face because he's that "i'm trying to be cute and funny" rotten. He pushes his boundaries for sure and knows just when to smile and laugh to stay out of trouble. We are 99% purged of the Sassy. We have just been gradually tapering off to the point where he doesn't really ask for it anymore and we only whip it out if he's inconsolably upset. Every now and then he'll find one and plop it in his mouth and ends up taking it out all on his own because it gets in his way. I'm glad it hasn't been too terrible of a process. I feared it would be rough! He has great vocabulary skills. He talks in full sentences and has a great grasp of using verb tense, pronouns, etc. He LOVES to talk.. and talk... and talk lol. Brenden will say "Mama, Logan won't stop talking to me" lol. Join the club Brenden.... Its really cute to hear him talk like a big boy but be so tiny. He'll tell you stories and make things up. He'll talk about something he saw on TV like its happening in real life right now. We're always hearing how Swiper is not very nice for taking something. He loves to dance and smile... that boy smiles ALL the time. I love it.

They are both turning into big boys on me. I really miss my babies, but I do enjoy sleeping through the night finally :) I also like that they can both tell me what is wrong versus trying to guess. So I guess there are some things to be gained with age.

The boys got dance lessons at Daycare and did a dance recital this year for the holidays. It was too precious for words. I'll include some various pictures of them from the holiday season!