Random funnies.....

Okay, so yeah, my camera is still not communicating to my computer. UGH! Anyhooo....thought I'd go ahead and post something to make you laugh. I'll share the first day pics later when my computer wants to cooperate. :)

Maddie is probably going to be a comedian when she grows up. I'm serious. She keeps us laughing all the time. Take yesterday when she was just telling us she was not going to "forget" her milk to take in the car. She almost always says "get for" instead of "forget" and we are constantly correcting her so she learns the correct word. Well, she came running into the kitchen when I was packing all the gear up to leave the house (it's such a process getting things together for a day at school...nap mat, basket, lunch, diaper bag, my water, purse). She said, "I didn't forget my drink momma." And then immediately said, "I said for get momma!!!!" She was so proud of herself for speaking English correctly! Silly goose!

And then today I asked her (as if she'd know) what time it was. And she even had an answer, "Firty clock." Which I think is a real time in her own head! :) And then she looked around and said where's the clock? Hahaha!

I was using the toilet (I know TMI) but she couldn't even wait for me to finish and she said, "I need to go poo." And before I could even respond, she said, "I'm speaking English." Which is something Marty and I must ask her from time to time when we don't know what she's talking about! I'm tellin ya! Comedienne in the making!

I am so fortunate to be around her as much as I am and get to hear her funny little sense of humor that she has. The Lord has truly blessed our family by letting me be home to raise the kids. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't be with them! I love my babies. They keep a smile on my heart.

Enjoy the bubba teeth thanks to Cici's Pizza!

Love yall,

Mere

Crazy busy lives

Just wanted to update and say hello to everyone. I feel like my head has been spinning lately as my body is moving at a faster pace than it has in awhile! (let's say 3 years and 3 months as that's how long it's been since I worked "full time" although I will argue that being a stay-at-home mom is harder than ANY "full time" job!) Anywho.....I will now be working 6 days a week, all the while raising my 2 little ducklings. I know, I'm crazy! And Marty is the first to tell me to give something up....not doing this all because we HAVE to, just cause I want to! I'll try it for a couple of months and see, but I'm planning on keeping this schedule at least through this school year. Here's how my "average" week will go: Monday-day of rest (Ha!) or as my friend, Kimberly said, that's "her" day; Tuesday-Friends In Christ (FIC) preschool with Maddie and Isaac in tow from 8:30-2:30; Wednesday-Stonebriar Church (SCC) childcare with Maddie and Isaac again from 9-12; Thursday-FIC w/M & I from 8:30-2:30; Friday-SCC w/M & I from 9-12; Saturdays-old faithful job at vet clinic (without M & I) 7:30-1:30; and last but and least is Sunday-SCC nursery counter with M & I and whole family there 10:45-12:45! Whew!!! I told you I'm crazy! So, this is how it will pan out for now, keeping in mind we live in Plano and 2 of the jobs are north in Frisco and 1 is south in Dallas! I really have a hard time saying no, I've recently learned, but I think it will all pan out. *fingers crossed* If not, well, gotta ask the Lord to show me which one needs to be given up first. Each of these jobs offers me something unique and good. I have made friends at all of them that I would be sad to not be able to see on a weekly basis. Thus, the reason I work all of them! :)

On another note, I met Maddie and Isaac's teachers yesterday at the training FIC offers. Isaac will have Ms. Pat who is a sweetheart 76 year old lady who does the job just to love on those babies! Precious! And Maddie's teacher is Ms. Michell who seems really easygoing (like me) and is ready to take on Maddie and her big personality! I know Maddie will feel welcomed by her and find her sweet and caring as I did. I will post pictures of the first day, which will be Tuesday, 9/2, when I get them. I can't wait! I will be teaching 2 year olds and we have 11 in our class! YIKES!!! :) Luckily, I have a co-teacher that's done this for 3 years. I am excited to get the school year going. Should be an adventure!

Marty is being a dear husband and friend to me through all of this and I can only praise God for that. He is such a faithful and caring person that has stuck by me whatever I choose to take on. Bless his heart! ;) This morning he got up with the kids and let me sleep in (he didn't have to be at work until 1). When I managed to pull myself out of bed, I found him cleaning the refrigerator! Gees! Dear Lord, what did I do to deserve such a wonderful husband? I know I am fortunate to have someone like him. I just pray he sticks by my crazy self and all the adventures I choose to endeavor! He's a keeper to say the least! LOVE YOU BABE!

I promise to update with pictures soon. We are having some glitches with our computer recognizing our camera lately, so hope it works out soon. Gotta get some posted of the first day of school.

Jeremiah 29:11

This is Isaac as a newborn.

This is Maddie as a baby.

Hello all! Sorry I've been MIA lately. We've had a lot going on and haven't had much time to sit at the computer. I've been reading a friend's blog daily (Erica) and she is so good at telling her family stories and somehow turning them into a learning experience from God. It's amazing! It made me reflect onto my own blog and the posts I put on here and who they actually reach and who actually reads them and could potentially get something out of them. With that being said, I wanted to offer a bit of encouragement to those who are reading and going through some struggles. I have many, many friends and family members right this very moment going through some tough times that they don't have any answers to. I am speaking to you when I say that I love you and am here to offer you prayers and support. I truly love each and every one of you and hope you know the Lord as I do and know that He will deliver you from your trials you are facing, whatever they may be. It's so easy to say, and so hard to do, but cast your cares upon Him. That is exactly what He wants us to do. To explain what I'm saying, I'll offer you a bit of a personal story. When Marty and I started trying to get pregnant for the very first time, we like a lot of people, just assumed it would come easily. Well, it didn't. We both got discouraged and wanted to be able to fix it on our own. Over the course of 3 years, we both had gone through extensive testing and doctor's visits and I through some super expensive medicines. When I actually felt defeated and had given up, which is just what our Father was waiting for, that's when I got pregnant!!!! AMAZING!!! To think that all of this time, all I had to do was give the situation over to him and I would be granted my heart's desire! Wow, talk about humbling! And now, 6 years and 2 kids later.... I'm still learning how to give my worries and struggles to Him. There's a verse that comes to mind here, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11. Powerful words! Basically, when you see no end, God already knows it and is waiting for you at the other side!

Some awwww moments:

Well, I have laid off taking pictures lately because we haven't gotten out and done much due to the fact that it's so miserably hot. But, I did find capture some sweet moments between Isaac and Madeline. He is really starting to adore her and is constantly amazed at her every movement. She, of course, has noticed this and takes it a little far to the point of entertaining him specifically. She sings and dances and giggles with him and he is just smiling at her the whole time. It's super sweet for me to see as their mom. I remember when I was just about due with Isaac, I cried and cried, heartbroken over the fact that Maddie was going to have to share our love with another child. I felt like I was going to be responsible for the anger that I thought for sure she'd have towards us. But to my surprise, she really embraced him with big open arms right from the beginning. In fact, she's always said he's her baby and not ours. Just the other day, she told me to carry the baby doll and she was gonna carry her baby. I told her the doll was her baby and she went over to Isaac and said, "This is my baby." I asked her if that was so and she responded, "yes, but I'll share him with you momma." Precious. :) Moments that definitely make this worn out momma smile. Little does he realize how lucky he is to have 2 ladies fighting over him at such a young age!!! :)

Broken Foot

Well, I heard a crash in Maddie's room one day followed by a ear-piercing scream.....I went running in there to find her laying on the floor saying her foot hurt. When I got her to calm down, she told me what had happened. She was climbing on her frog chair (more like a pillow than a chair) to turn her blinds to see Marty out front and fell and hit her foot on the bookshelf we'd just put in her room. LOVELY!!! I got her to calm down pretty easily and wrapped her foot in ice and laid her down for a much needed nap. Well, she woke up from her nap not putting any weight on her foot and when she tried to put it down and walk on it, she started crying saying it hurt too bad. So, I called her doctor and they said to bring her on in and have it checked out. They sent us across the street to the pediatric imaging place for an x-ray and low and behold, it was a broken foot!!! Of course, it was late on a Friday afternoon, so we had to keep it wrapped in an ace bandage over the weekend until we could get in to see the orthopedic doctor the next week. Well, she learned how to walk on it by then and walked "normal" into the ortho doc's office that next week. So, I was thinking all would be fine cause she told me that it didn't hurt anymore and she was walking very well when the ortho doc came in and said she needed a cast, that she had indeed broken her foot and it was not healing with just the ace bandage! They gave her several options of colors: pink, green, blue, purple, and what does my little darling choose......GREEN!!! What? I thought for sure she'd choose purple or pink, which I thought were her favorites, but no, she chose Green!! All I could think of was that it was gonna be that ugly flourescent green! YIKES!! I have nothing of hers to match that color and it's gonna stick out much more in a flourescent green color! Luckily, it's not that bad a shade of green. And to my surprise, when we got home, she had a lot more clothes to match it than I'd realized. :) The Physician's Assistant, Tim, was a guy who I must say was pretty cute, and Maddie must share my taste, cause she was doing some major flirting with him. He was a really nice guy who seemed to be fond of my kids as well as they were of him, so that was nice. *although, I don't think he was much interested in women, if you catch my drift* :) But, he was a sweet guy and helped Maddie get her mind off of it while getting her cast on. All day, she kept talking about Tim......oh brother....... Lucky for me, they now offer a waterproof cast! Who knew!?! So, we've enjoyed the funny looks from people at the pool when we let our cast-wearing child into the pool!!! Priceless!

Silly kids

Isaac is now getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth, ready to crawl. If only he could figure out how to move his arms with it, he'd be off. I don't mind him not crawling yet though. :) Maddie is such a big helper to him. She gets on the floor and demonstrates the crawling and tells him "come on, you can do it!" He just adores her!

Maddie's 3rd Birthday Party!

Here's some pictures from Maddie's birthday party. I can't believe my little girl is 3 now! She's such a little lady now and not so much a baby anymore. It's crazy to see her growing so fast. We had a great party with a lot of her good friends there to celebrate. She had a blast and didn't want to leave. Thank you everyone who came and made it special. It was her first "big" party that wasn't at the house. I don't know what we'll do next year, but this sure was the easy way out! :)