Drink it in....

These days are flying by way too fast. I still don't feel good so many days I wish would go faster but then I look at my boys and how fast they are growing and I try so hard to just slow down and

drink it in.

I want to remember Maddox and all his silly little words and how much he simply LOVES life. If we could all view life as we do at 18 months things would be so much better. He has such an incredible sense of wonder. He is such a fun little boy. He is now teaching himself to drop kick a ball and to toss a ball in the air and hit it with a little plastic bat. He has such a natural knack for sports. It will be fun to see where that takes him.

Drink it in

I want to remember Cody changing into a young man. Starting to like girls, caring about his hair and clothes, getting more involved with so much at school (book clubs, geocatching, etc). He is in all gifted classes and does so well. God truly blessed me when he gave me that boy. He is such an easy child. He starts basketball again next week. Other parents are always telling me how much they love to watch him play basketball. He is a little spit fire. I want to remember that so badly.

Drink it in

I want to remember the first sings of a new life growing inside me, even when it makes me feel terrible. I want to engrave all the details of this last pregnancy in my mind so when I am old and grey I can still imagine that little flutter inside and the growing excitement of what is to come.

I pray that this holiday season I , along with you, can just slow down for a minute and

Drink it in...

Fun with leaves!

We have a ton of big trees in our back yard which we love! All of those big trees produce thousands of leaves that fall everywhere in the fall. Luckily I found a blower at a yard sale last year so getting them out is not near as big of a job anymore. Mark blew them all out the back fence gate and Cody had the best time jumping in them. Maddox wanted nothing to do with being in them but sure thought Cody was hilarious! He stood behind the pile and would yell out READY___ SET___ GO!!! It was so cute!

This pregnancy is rolling along. I feel some better these days, except in the evenings. Whoever coined the phrase "morning sickness" must have been a man! But I am almost 11 weeks now so hopefully that is almost over.

Such a big vocabulary!

People (including Mark and myself) are always amazed at how much Maddox talks. I have never met at 17 month old that speaks in full sentences but he does. He says things like I need help, or Get shoes go side. His latest thing the last few days is saying Go Panthers, which he does at least 20 times a day. He also has been saying, I cute and I funny. It is adorable! He is such a lovable little one. Let's hope we can hit the jackpot on a third child with a good disposition!

He is a complete blankie (or jankie as we call it) baby. He asks for jankie and milk usually twice a day and turns into a major snuggle bug. I just can't get enough! He just walked in here and saw this picture and said Hat - Jankie. So smart!
He wears this Panthers hard hat all the time, walking around with a football saying Down Set HUT HUT HUT. Then he runs somewhere and says touchdown and GO PANTHERS! He is just a boy after his dad's own heart! When I showed him this one he climbed into my lap and said set, hut, and want my football!

Baby boy and big boy costumes....

The difference is amazing. Maddox looked so cute and sweet dressed like a chicken! The suit was fluffy and warm and he did great letting me take pictures. Cody on the other hand was dressed like... well like a 10 year old boy. He had this crazy scary clown outfit. Luckily Maddox is not one bit scared of those masks and thought Cody was funny in it. We only took Maddox out for a little bit and then Cody and I stayed out for several hours while Mark put Maddox to bed (what a great daddy he is!). We had a good time. I know this is probably the last year I will get to pick Maddox's costume so I enjoyed dressing him so cute. But then next year we will have another baby around to dress up how I want : )

One more pumpkin carving for the big day.

Cody is on the left. His good friend Brendan (Darth) came over to go with us.

Yes he carries that screwdriver with him everywhere, including trick or treating!