Sunday, July 12, 2015
Ice Cream Truck Visit
The ice cream truck has been in our neighborhood several times since May, but we have always managed to successfully avoid the kids knowing...until tonight. We were outside, we heard the music, the kids got so excited and suddenly, it was as if I was a little kid again as I watched their anticipation as they patiently excitedly waited for that ice cream truck to pull up to our house. When it started coming their way, they started jumping and I started tearing up. Ha! Who tears up over an ice cream truck?? It was just so precious to watch their pure joy over something so simple. They got their ice cream and I didn't even mind that it melted all over their clothes. An ice cream truck purchase was not on our summer bucket list, but it TOTALLY should have been. I never want to forget that precious moment.
Monday, June 15, 2015
So we sat down and made a bucket list...
1. Catch fireflies
2. Run in a sprinkler
3. Go to the splash pad... a lot
4. Attend a baseball game
5. Go to at least three "new to us" parks
6. Day trip to the mountains
7. Make juice popsicles
8. Play baseball in the backyard
9. Play in the rain (when it's not storming) / jump in puddles
10. Attend Vacation Bible School at the "big church" and the "little church"
11. Try three new fruits and three new vegetables
12. Make strawberry shortcake
13. Have a lemonade stand
14. Attend a Home Depot or Lowe's Kids Workshop
15. Go for a Hike
16. Visit National Whitewater Rafting Center
17. Walk around Uptown Charltotte one evening
18. Ice Cream for Dinner Night
19. Let the kids try a Sno Cone
20. Lakefront Dinner
21. Overnight trip to ???
22. Ocean!!
23. Feed the ducks
24. Buy someone else lunch
25. Movie in the park
26. Read 100 Kids books
This might be a bit ambitious, but we shall see. :)
2. Run in a sprinkler
3. Go to the splash pad... a lot
4. Attend a baseball game
5. Go to at least three "new to us" parks
6. Day trip to the mountains
7. Make juice popsicles
8. Play baseball in the backyard
9. Play in the rain (when it's not storming) / jump in puddles
10. Attend Vacation Bible School at the "big church" and the "little church"
11. Try three new fruits and three new vegetables
12. Make strawberry shortcake
13. Have a lemonade stand
14. Attend a Home Depot or Lowe's Kids Workshop
15. Go for a Hike
16. Visit National Whitewater Rafting Center
17. Walk around Uptown Charltotte one evening
18. Ice Cream for Dinner Night
19. Let the kids try a Sno Cone
20. Lakefront Dinner
21. Overnight trip to ???
22. Ocean!!
23. Feed the ducks
24. Buy someone else lunch
25. Movie in the park
26. Read 100 Kids books
This might be a bit ambitious, but we shall see. :)
Thursday, March 26, 2015
I Just Want to Hold My Baby
We had an ultrasound and check-up today and all is great. The baby looks beautiful and perfect. I am a bit disheartened that I have not progressed as far as I had hoped in terms of being ready for labor and delivery. Granted, I'm only at 36 weeks, but it feels like this baby has been 17 months in the making. We decided in November 2013 to start trying to conceive and well, the rest of the story is throughout this blog for those who don't know. I'm SO ready to just hold this baby in my arms and know that it actually makes it out of my body alive and well. I KNOW that God is sovereign and His perfect will is going to be done...still, I'm human. I want this baby here...now. I'm struggling with patience and in tears tonight. I'm sure I'll be fine tomorrow. Thanks pregnancy hormones, thanks. :(
Friday, March 20, 2015
Nesting
You know you are nesting when:
1. You just HAVE to stop everything to wash the inside of your washer
2. You buy Q-Tips just to make sure that you can get the corners of your baseboards super duper cleaned
3. You not only clean your windows, but wash the screens down, too
I am officially crazy.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
This time last year...
I didn't plan on writing about this, but here I am. A year ago today, I took a pregnancy test and was shocked and excited to see that it was positive. I was also very scared. The month had been crazy. I had the flu and a sinus infection and then a stomach bug. I was so worried something would be wrong with the baby. Fast forward to getting towards the end of the first trimester and I FINALLY started feeling a bit better about things. Then, BAM. We miscarried. Tonight, I feel another sweet baby moving inside of me while I type this. A baby who will be joining our family in April (Lord willing). What a difference a year makes.
As excited and thankful that I am that we are getting ready to meet this sweet baby, I still miss the little one that is in Heaven. I miss him/her terribly. He/she will always have a place in our family. The kids speak openly (not frequently, thankfully) about the baby in Heaven. They know they'll get to meet him/her one day. I love that. I love that we will all get to meet him/her one day.
And that's all I have to say about that.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
I should be sleeping...
I should be sleeping, but instead I'm going to blog about random things that are on my mind. This, my friends, is what is on the mind of this 30 something year old, third trimester mama who is getting ready to have a child turn 5 in less than two weeks.
In no particular order:
1. I need to finish my to do list. As in finish actually writing out everything that I need to do before: a.) Addi's birthday party b.) the baby's grand debut. Then, I need to finish everything on said to do lists.
2. I need to get more sleep. I am exhausted all the time. The problem is that when I try to sleep, I can't get comfortable or I wake up multiple times a night. So, I delay the process which really doesn't do me any good.
3. I've decided I want to home school my daughter...again (this is a major flip-flop of an issue for me). Only problem...her crazy daddy ;) doesn't agree. He thinks it will be great for her. I agree, but not right now. Probably because she will be 5 in 12 days and I am very emotional about it. FIVE. I can't even begin to process how we got to this age already. Time stinks. It either goes too fast or too slow...never exactly the way I want it to. ;) As to the home schooling thing...not going to happen. I know it's actually not ideal...still this mama wants to hang on to her little girl a little longer. Admittedly, there are days that I wish she was in school now. Not going to lie.
4. We should be getting around 6" of snow tomorrow night into Thursday morning. I DO NOT want that. It's cold here. It's been dreary. I'm ready for Spring. Considering everyone who reads this....(yes, all maybe 2 of you) gets more snow than me, I KNOW I shouldn't complain. Oh well, I am. ;) The only advantage is that the kids may actually get to build a snow man. They want to so bad. It will be worth it to see their faces...I think. ;)
5. I use the wink ;) way too often.
6. Thank God for Tums. This baby better have a head full of hair with all the Tums I've had to take. Truth: If it doesn't have a head full of hair, I will forget I ever had heartburn as soon as I see him/her.
7. I think we have names picked out. Actually, maybe we don't really. We're kind-of up in the air on a first and middle name for a girl and a middle name for the boy...so I guess we really don't have names picked out. Ha!
There are a lot more thoughts spinning around my head, but alas, I'm tired and I think I'm going to attempt to sleep. Here's to hoping I can get in a nice sound sleep BEFORE one of the kids wake me up. ;) (There's that wink again...I'm addicted.)
In no particular order:
1. I need to finish my to do list. As in finish actually writing out everything that I need to do before: a.) Addi's birthday party b.) the baby's grand debut. Then, I need to finish everything on said to do lists.
2. I need to get more sleep. I am exhausted all the time. The problem is that when I try to sleep, I can't get comfortable or I wake up multiple times a night. So, I delay the process which really doesn't do me any good.
3. I've decided I want to home school my daughter...again (this is a major flip-flop of an issue for me). Only problem...her crazy daddy ;) doesn't agree. He thinks it will be great for her. I agree, but not right now. Probably because she will be 5 in 12 days and I am very emotional about it. FIVE. I can't even begin to process how we got to this age already. Time stinks. It either goes too fast or too slow...never exactly the way I want it to. ;) As to the home schooling thing...not going to happen. I know it's actually not ideal...still this mama wants to hang on to her little girl a little longer. Admittedly, there are days that I wish she was in school now. Not going to lie.
4. We should be getting around 6" of snow tomorrow night into Thursday morning. I DO NOT want that. It's cold here. It's been dreary. I'm ready for Spring. Considering everyone who reads this....(yes, all maybe 2 of you) gets more snow than me, I KNOW I shouldn't complain. Oh well, I am. ;) The only advantage is that the kids may actually get to build a snow man. They want to so bad. It will be worth it to see their faces...I think. ;)
5. I use the wink ;) way too often.
6. Thank God for Tums. This baby better have a head full of hair with all the Tums I've had to take. Truth: If it doesn't have a head full of hair, I will forget I ever had heartburn as soon as I see him/her.
7. I think we have names picked out. Actually, maybe we don't really. We're kind-of up in the air on a first and middle name for a girl and a middle name for the boy...so I guess we really don't have names picked out. Ha!
There are a lot more thoughts spinning around my head, but alas, I'm tired and I think I'm going to attempt to sleep. Here's to hoping I can get in a nice sound sleep BEFORE one of the kids wake me up. ;) (There's that wink again...I'm addicted.)
Monday, February 9, 2015
What If??
What if?
What if I actually make quiet time with God a priority?
What if I give the kids a day of nothing but playing with Mommy the entire day (excluding: time to prepare meals and their "quiet" time...which is usually not so "quiet")?
What if I don't even look at my phone or computer screen on that day? (Except if Jared calls, because I can't ignore my husband and if my sister calls because I talk to her every day)?
What if I silently - or maybe not silently - say a quick prayer for God to be in my response when one of the kids misbehave or when my husband says something that I perceive to be rude (which, usually isn't even rude, but I'm emotional and quick to react)?
What if I ignore my to-do list and focus only on my kids for the day (making sure to at least tidy up and cook dinner before Jared gets home)?
What if I don't rush through bedtime?
What if I make sure my husband knows that he is more important than crossing off items on my to-do list once the kids go to sleep?
I think for the next few days I am going to work hard at finding out the answers to these questions. :)
Why am I doing this?
For about a year now, life has been crazy. It all started with the entire family getting the flu and other illnesses last February and it sort-of spiraled out of control from there. I feel like I need a few days of refocusing on what matters. What matters most at this very moment is reconnecting. I pray quite a bit, but I don't devote the time I should to growing my relationship with Christ. I often give my time half-heartedly to my children...I am present, but not fully present. Same goes with Jared.
I will be back to report my results. (As if anyone will actually see this). ;)
What if I actually make quiet time with God a priority?
What if I give the kids a day of nothing but playing with Mommy the entire day (excluding: time to prepare meals and their "quiet" time...which is usually not so "quiet")?
What if I don't even look at my phone or computer screen on that day? (Except if Jared calls, because I can't ignore my husband and if my sister calls because I talk to her every day)?
What if I silently - or maybe not silently - say a quick prayer for God to be in my response when one of the kids misbehave or when my husband says something that I perceive to be rude (which, usually isn't even rude, but I'm emotional and quick to react)?
What if I ignore my to-do list and focus only on my kids for the day (making sure to at least tidy up and cook dinner before Jared gets home)?
What if I don't rush through bedtime?
What if I make sure my husband knows that he is more important than crossing off items on my to-do list once the kids go to sleep?
I think for the next few days I am going to work hard at finding out the answers to these questions. :)
Why am I doing this?
For about a year now, life has been crazy. It all started with the entire family getting the flu and other illnesses last February and it sort-of spiraled out of control from there. I feel like I need a few days of refocusing on what matters. What matters most at this very moment is reconnecting. I pray quite a bit, but I don't devote the time I should to growing my relationship with Christ. I often give my time half-heartedly to my children...I am present, but not fully present. Same goes with Jared.
I will be back to report my results. (As if anyone will actually see this). ;)
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