busy busy (update)

Hello hello... anyone missing me in here??

I am sorry I haven't updated any pictures or cute stories or just updating what's what with life, but things have been nuts. nuts. nuts...

Mark is a crawling machine. He has started babbling all over the place and is beginning to pull up. No real steps yet, but he's getting close. He has 6 teeth now and uses them... He loves his brother's trains. (Matthew's not a fan of this) He loves his daddy. He has a blue bunny that is our life support., some how the world is better and the crying stops with the presence of the bunny. Oh, and he loves to eat. This child is going to eat me out of house and home, I just know it. (unlike his still non-eating brother). He eats real people food already and gets very cranky if you try to get him baby food. We barely finish a container of baby food anymore, he just wont have it. He wants real diced zucchini and peas and bananas and pears...

Matthew is now in preschool. It's really awesome. He goes twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. And he loves it. And he cries when we leave after school each day. He gets hand stamps for participation in music time and that seems to be the highlight of the day. He's so proud of his hand stamps. He's also started Cubbies in the AWANA's program at church. I can't believe I have a Cubbie. They are really learning REAL verses and I'm just pleased as pie. Last week he memorized: 1 John 4:10 God...love us and sent his son AND Roms 3:23 ... All have sinned. This week he's learning Ecc 3:11 He... made everything beautiful. I just love that he's learning these at this age. I pray that this will stay with him and that he will develop into a godly man with the desire to learn the scriptures daily.

Jamie's doing well. He's started playing tennis which is fun for him. I'm glad he's found a place to be active and have fun and be with other men and use his body besides just at the computer. He seems to really be enjoying the sport. He also turns 30 this week. THIRTY. I can't hardly believe that. He's such a wonderful, godly man and I'm so pleased to be his wife. He just survived all weekend with both kids on his own while I went on a women's retreat and I can't tell him enough how I appreciated the time away to recharge.

Me? Well I'm fine. I am plugging along on my weight loss journey. Two friends have been encouraging me daily the past two weeks to stay the course. I am really doing it and couldn't be more pleased with my efforts. I'm not cheating the system, I'm working it and it works when you work it. I have TONS to keep me busy between church responsibilities and my moms club and the boys and the house of course, but it is nice. Major bummer of late: I took a picture of my birthday cake last Sunday and haven't seen my camera since. I'm silently freaking out. I really so badly want to find it and can't believe it's missing. I feel like part of my body has walked off and left me. We really can't afford a new digital camera right now. Where in the world could mine be?

vacation update

I stopped updating this day by day, forgive me. I left Nic's house over the weekend and am now on our family vacation in colorado. It's been nice. Matthew is having a super time. We've swam almost every day, taken hikes, gone on a picnic, played games... it's been fun. Yesterday Aunt Kris taught Matthew how to pump his legs on the big boy swing, it was really cool ! I can't wait to share some photos from our trip. I've gotten some really good ones.

four on one...

So yesterday's adventure was me taking all four to the store by myself. And I will say we did well. I'll have a picture when we get back home to illustrate how they were "contained."

what's for dinner?

Let's just play a little game? It's called "what's for dinner?"

Answer: COLD STONE. Yes we did.

See yesterday's adventure was the mall.

Today's adventure was trying to convince the children (Matthew) that if he'd just eat his dinner we were getting a surprise. ... then driving to the surprise without killing the children and then the children getting to play without killing each other... AND eating our dinner--- our precious counted out pointed journalled tasty, melting way too freaking fast and no you can't have a bite COLD STONE. mmmmm. Thank you.

four on two

Two adults, four kids ... today's accomplishment: handling the mall. hehe!