Quick Updates

Dear, dear, long lost blog. I havent forgotten about you, just been super side-tracked with lots of things. I really need to update the pictures on here as we are coming up on them being a year old. I cant believe Caleb will be four in less than two months!

We are doing well, but boy are these times testing! The past few months have been really hard on Brian and I trying to manage and stay patient with a very strong-willed, needy for attention three year old and 19 month old twins.

Jacob picked up a biting habit (in a worse way than Caleb ever did), so much so that we have taken him down from 5 days a week at daycare, to just 2 days a week. Its not just biting, but a little bit of hitting, pinching and throwing stuff! This has been very stressful for me and often leaves me wondering...what am I doing wrong, or does Jacob just not understand that what he is doing is wrong? Is there something wrong? I have had many tear-filled days over the past few months, but God has sustained me. I have been avoiding writing it out b/c I just dont want to deal with it, but this is reality. He is just the sweetest child, giving hugs and kisses and saying "Mommy & Daddy" with big smiles. Thank you God for giving me my precious Jacob!!

Tessa is the most angelic creature God ever made! Her new phrase is "I dont know" and her favorite color is "Le-lellow". So cute. She always wants to help Brian and I clean up in the kitchen after meals, so her favorite things to "play" with right now is a paper towel. If you even attempt to take it away (as Jacob loves to do, just to mess with her) the cry she lets out makes you think you just killed her dog. She is so possesive over the paper towel. And dont even get me started on shoes. Nothing makes her happier than bringing all of us our shoes or taking her shoes on and off and on and off.

My realtionship with Caleb just keeps getting better and better as he gets older. It seems that I just fall in love with him more and more week by week. When I was pregnant with him, I just knew deep in my heart that God would give me a son as a first-born. I wanted a little boy so bad, and God blessed me with the most beautiful, sweet, fun, energetic, compassionate child. He just started doing this thing with his nose where he crinkles it up when he talks. It just came out of nowhere, but it is so cute. I dont think he knows he's doing it, but Brian and I think it makes him look a little bit older. He is thriving in preschool and really loving it!

Well, that about all for now. We need prayer for strength and patience. The twins seem to throw about 10 fits a day, Caleb is whinny, but of course it is all worth it. God is good all the time. Proverbs 3:5-6

Hockey is for Father & Son

Family Photo

I'm laughing with you! My favorite part is Tessa's rooster hairdo!!

My New Favorite Song : Uncommon, Greg Long & Kristy Starling

What if there's something bigger for me out there
Than the comfort of a life on this middle ground
I've played it safe but now I can't help but wonder
If maybe I've been missing out
'Cause I look around and see a sea of people
Everybody's moving in the same direction
And I think it's time for me to break away, break away

I want to finally take the road less traveled
I want to run away from anything typical
I want the world to see the life I'm living
And call it uncommon

What if the right thing was harder than the wrong thing
But I did it anyway
Standing strong even when no one else was watching
What if I really lived that way
Every heart has its defining moment
This is mine and I'm not gonna miss it

I don't care if it makes me look different
I'm never letting go of my conviction
Let the world see the life I'm living
And call it uncommon

I'm done with the easy way out
I'm done with the easy way out
Done with the easy way out
With the easy way out

What if I made it to the end of my days here
Only to find that my legacy was nowhere to be found
I don't want to waste another second
Give me the strength to start right now
Right now, right now, right now, right now, right now,

Right now.. I take the road less traveled
I want to run away from anything typical
I want the world to see the life I'm living
And call it uncommon
I don't care if it makes me look different
I'm never letting go of my conviction
Let the world see the life I'm living
And call it uncommon
Uncommon
Call it uncommon
I'm done with the easy way out

So Proud of My Little Fish!