Eleven Reasons I have kept a smile all week...

1. Brian and I have been exchanging sweet emails all week.
2. He has also been reading my blogs all on his own.
3. My house was the quietest it has ever been yesterday with my children actually awake.
4. Alex has kept a smile on his face in spite of  his fever, diarrhea, and the worst diaper rash ever.
5. And even though he has been feeling so under the weather, he started to crawl with his tummy off the floor.
6. Mandy and I have realized that our friendship is even stronger than we thought.
7. Ethan held up a french fry from McDonald's and asked, "What is this called again, Daddy?"
8. Adelyn yelled at her princess puzzle yesterday.  Out of the nowhere she shouted, directly at Sleeping Beauty, "I don't like your boobies!"
9. The temperatures outside have been incredibly pleasant.
10. We get to see our Family today.
11. The Lord has shown me how much I have changed in the past few years and really made me appreciate everything he has so generously blessed me with.

Oh Happy Day, the Baby is Better and Life is Good!

After a very stressful two days, the baby finally woke up with a smile this morning.  It was 3a.m. when his fever broke and he was ready to play, but I didn't mind.  I was both exhausted and incredibly relieved!  :)  I don't have much else to say this morning, other than I have the best husband.  Even when I am completely stressed out and feeling like I am on the verge of nervous breakdown, he stays calm.  I can be quite mean sometimes, and he just laughs at me, gives me a kiss, and says, "You know you love me."  And he's right, I do love him! So much!  My love for him has grown every day for the eight years we have been together, and it continues to grow.  I don't know what I would ever do without him.  Happy Hump Day Everybody!  I can see the weekend from here, and it is going to be So. Much. Fun.  Peace and Love and all that!

1 Peter 4:8                                                                                                                                           Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

 

 

 

Quiet Sunday

I only have a couple things on my mind this morning.
1. I wouldn't mind going back to bed, but my little guys are NOT going to let that happen.
2. I hope Chelsea makes it on American Idol.
Chelsea Savage Vanscoder is one of my very best friends and she is an amazing singer.  Finally, after 10 years of encouragement from everybody she knows, she had decided to tryout for American Idol.  I am so excited for her.  You can read more about her and listen to her music here.
Well, that's pretty much it this morning, I have to change a diaper now. 
  
  Isaiah 40:31
Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.

                                     
                                          My very happy 6 month old at the park.