Every night we say our prayers and then thank God for something. The last few nights Gabe has thanked God for everything from crayons to the neighbor kids to his tractors. Some nights we ask for His blessing about something also (ie. Mommy asks for patience alot lately).
Tonight it was the same. Prayers and then what are you thankful for. Gabe always starts because I've found that he really thinks of something on his own, rather than something very similar to what we say. Tonight he was thankful for sood (food), raspberries (they are starting to ripen in the patch and he was able to sample a few yesterday), and then he took our breaths away....."daddy get home safe". We hadn't even told him yet that Daddy was leaving for work (on an airplane) again tomorrow. I instantly teared up, and I'm pretty sure I saw Daddy's eyes turn a little red.
How did you know to ask God for this oh-so-special blessing? You take my breath away sweet boy! Such big words from such a little one!!
Godspeed to Daddy and may your little blessing come true!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
hmmmm
not sure what's going on with my background. all of a sudden it has decided it doesn't want to be here. already feeling overwhelmed with the gigantic amount of pics to go through from vaca. now my blog looks funny. in due time. bear with me!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
One Away
Sweetest Nick~How did time go this fast? How did we get this far? How are we only one month away from you turning one? I want to freeze time and keep you this little and happy. Because happy you are. All the time! To this day, you still haven't met a stranger. You make friends with everyone. Always quick to offer your gigantic smile that melts our hearts.
Your newest way to melt hearts.....waving! I'm pretty sure the young couple leaving in the Target parking lot yesterday melted when you were waving at them. Both were excitedly waving back at you. Happy to share a little part of your happy, innocent world.
One of my other favorites. When you are so excited to be picked up and you start flapping your arms like a little bird. So cute! I'm pretty sure you could lift yourself off the ground with all the flapping. Cutest little bird I ever did see!
I'm gonna guess that you will be walking by the time you turn one. You have really picked up distance in the last few days. Getting much more brave as the days go by. Your brother is even excited for you when you toddle a few steps!!
Speaking of your brother. He really does love you. I know you've been kinda "loved" more than you'd like lately. He's not really used to you wanting to play at his train table. He doesn't really understand that you just want to be doing what he's doing......so bad. You're day will come little man. You will pay your dues....I'm sure. You've got a lot to make up for!!
So far now littlest one, I'm going to drink up your sweetness. I'm going to hold your snuggles in close. Try to memorize how it feels to have your little body tucked in a ball and nuggled into my chest and neck. Drink in your sleepy face with those two fingers in sucking away. Record in my memory that contagious giggle that you have. Because you see little one, I know from experience, that these little things melt away fast. Before I know it you will be replacing one of these heart melters with something else equally as melty!!
I love you so very much,
Your Mommy
Monday, July 12, 2010
Magic Word
The setting: Daddy sitting on the couch eating chips. Monkey wanders over to check what the crunching is all about.
Monkey: Can I have chip?
Mommy: What's the magic word?
Monkey: Pocus!
Daddy laughing: How about please?
Monkey: Pocus please?
Needless to say, he was enjoying a chip while we were laughing at our little magician!
Monkey: Can I have chip?
Mommy: What's the magic word?
Monkey: Pocus!
Daddy laughing: How about please?
Monkey: Pocus please?
Needless to say, he was enjoying a chip while we were laughing at our little magician!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sunshine for the soul!
We made it! Survived the trip and are basking in the warmth! The boys did fabulous on the flight. Thank goodness for DVD players and Little Bear. We didn't take the big boy car seat, and it worked out splendid.....thanks to you know who ;)!! My littlest was a bit to hold on to at times, but nothing a couple goldfish or dried blueberries couldn't fix!
I'm sure I looked like a comedy show plowing my way through the Minneapolis airport though. We almost had to make an emergency landing in Winipeg, so it made our already late flight just a wee bit later. Coming in at the F gate and needing to get to the B gates.....ugh! I was practically running through the airport with my two boys strapped in the double Bob...an infant car seat bungee strapped to the front.....backpack on with a shoulder bag slung over my shoulder....sweat dripping down my face and pooling on my upper lip. I had shin splints by the time we made it to our gate and made it we did!!!
We have been enjoying warmth (with a bit of rain this weekend), lightning bugs, snails, pools, shorts, and loves from all of our family!! Lots to catch up on. It will come slowly! Can't wait for tomorrow and the arrival of my bff and her sweet girls. Eagerly awaiting Daddy's arrival in a few mornings.....it's been way too long!!
Nothing like a little dose of home to make a soul feel good!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Lined Up
I went into my bedroom this afternoon after I laid Monkey down for his nap. This is what I found. All lined up, watching the rain. He even took the scrap piece of mesh I had cut off of something earlier and used it to give them a little bit of cushion! I wish so bad sometimes that we had a window into their imagination. How did he think of this!? I love it! 
Saturday, June 26, 2010
stuff
~i opened the lid on the toilet in the boys' bathroom the other to sit down and found a rooster and a hen staring back at me. plastic of course. thank goodness i looked before i peed on them!
~out of the blue the other afternoon, monkey turned to me and said "i want to go swimming in the ocean mommy!" hmmm, me too! maybe we will have to make that happen in the distant (but not too distant future).
~i'm currently sitting in my bed typing with the window open listening to the rain fall quietly. except for my yellow lab, sam, who i can hear snoring. i don't know how shiloh (our chocolate pooch) puts up with it. i would have kicked him out long ago! thank goodness hubs only snores when he's had a few brew ha ha's. those days are few and far between now!
~i love the smell of rain!
~i love june for many reasons. but one of the main reasons is that i get a little dose of home for two weeks thanks to espn's coverage of the college world series on tv. the boys of summer. the ting of the metal bat. the desert dome large and magnificent in the background. beautiful midwestern blue skies. good ole' rosenblatt stadium. so many memories i have of the cws and that stadium. sad to see it moving somewhere new. please take zesto's with you. it really won't be the same without!
~i had my wall all prepped and ready for it's fabulous face lift the other day when i went to go find my roller and pan. nope not where they should be. not in the garage or the shed. then i remembered hubby using them this summer to paint the shed. i'm sure they were actually no where to be found on our property but instead buried in the landfill. urgh!!!!
~me and the mower had a moment (or 500 yesterday). you would have thought i was a sailor for the words that were coming out of my mouth aimed straight at that stinkin' mower. it started when i couldn't get it to back down the ramp. then i didn't even get around the backyard once and it had lost it's belt. after 15 minutes and two dogs licking my face, legs, and smelling my butt (tmi...sorry), i discovered the teeny tiny sticker that shows you the track the belt must take. enter swear words. then it's chute kept plugging up and consequently the cut grass was dropping in big huge clumps around the yard instead of dropping into the bins like it's suppose to. i won't bore you with the rest of the details. just suffice it to say....i didn't dare start up the weed whip because it probably would have landed on the moon at some point!
~i'm ready to go to warm weather. i'm tired of dressing the boys in long pants and long sleeves. it's depressing. for goodness sakes, i was wearing my fleece coat today when we went to see the fire truck. and it was still chilly! maybe i should delete my comment from above about loving the smell of rain.....
~as i was getting bug dressed after his bath last night, i asked monkey to start picking up the tub toys and putting them in the bucket. his reply, "no thanks mommy. i'm still playing in the tub!" does he get points for being polite about not doing what his mommy asks? hmmmm!! toddlers!
~poor little bug. he has cut three teeth in 10 days with two more soon to make their appearance. thank goodness you don't remember this time in your life for that very reason. he's such a trooper about it too!!
~monkey just makes my heart melt when he randomly out of the blue kisses things. we finished reading his book the other night (ironically, where do kisses come from?) and he leaned over and kissed each member of the fox family that was on the last page. so cute! he will kiss the computer screen when we are skyping with my parents too! makes his grandma's heart melt too!
~out of the blue the other afternoon, monkey turned to me and said "i want to go swimming in the ocean mommy!" hmmm, me too! maybe we will have to make that happen in the distant (but not too distant future).
~i'm currently sitting in my bed typing with the window open listening to the rain fall quietly. except for my yellow lab, sam, who i can hear snoring. i don't know how shiloh (our chocolate pooch) puts up with it. i would have kicked him out long ago! thank goodness hubs only snores when he's had a few brew ha ha's. those days are few and far between now!
~i love the smell of rain!
~i love june for many reasons. but one of the main reasons is that i get a little dose of home for two weeks thanks to espn's coverage of the college world series on tv. the boys of summer. the ting of the metal bat. the desert dome large and magnificent in the background. beautiful midwestern blue skies. good ole' rosenblatt stadium. so many memories i have of the cws and that stadium. sad to see it moving somewhere new. please take zesto's with you. it really won't be the same without!
~i had my wall all prepped and ready for it's fabulous face lift the other day when i went to go find my roller and pan. nope not where they should be. not in the garage or the shed. then i remembered hubby using them this summer to paint the shed. i'm sure they were actually no where to be found on our property but instead buried in the landfill. urgh!!!!
~me and the mower had a moment (or 500 yesterday). you would have thought i was a sailor for the words that were coming out of my mouth aimed straight at that stinkin' mower. it started when i couldn't get it to back down the ramp. then i didn't even get around the backyard once and it had lost it's belt. after 15 minutes and two dogs licking my face, legs, and smelling my butt (tmi...sorry), i discovered the teeny tiny sticker that shows you the track the belt must take. enter swear words. then it's chute kept plugging up and consequently the cut grass was dropping in big huge clumps around the yard instead of dropping into the bins like it's suppose to. i won't bore you with the rest of the details. just suffice it to say....i didn't dare start up the weed whip because it probably would have landed on the moon at some point!
~i'm ready to go to warm weather. i'm tired of dressing the boys in long pants and long sleeves. it's depressing. for goodness sakes, i was wearing my fleece coat today when we went to see the fire truck. and it was still chilly! maybe i should delete my comment from above about loving the smell of rain.....
~as i was getting bug dressed after his bath last night, i asked monkey to start picking up the tub toys and putting them in the bucket. his reply, "no thanks mommy. i'm still playing in the tub!" does he get points for being polite about not doing what his mommy asks? hmmmm!! toddlers!
~poor little bug. he has cut three teeth in 10 days with two more soon to make their appearance. thank goodness you don't remember this time in your life for that very reason. he's such a trooper about it too!!
~monkey just makes my heart melt when he randomly out of the blue kisses things. we finished reading his book the other night (ironically, where do kisses come from?) and he leaned over and kissed each member of the fox family that was on the last page. so cute! he will kiss the computer screen when we are skyping with my parents too! makes his grandma's heart melt too!
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