Time to set some goals......

We are almost in February ... tomorrow actually. I look back and can not even figure out where 2011 went. It seems a blur looking back. I really am trying to set goals for 2012 that idea always seemed foolish tome. perhaps because I did not want to take the time and follow through with them.....
I want to sit here a year from now and be VERY happy with where me and my little family are in life. Not that I am not happy now, but I do see room for improvement.........
I know life is going to fly by no matter how hard to we try to slow it down. However .. taking time to stop... set goals, be happy and LIVE is a def. something 2012 has in store for us. More family time.

 

 

 

 

My baby turned 3...

I have spent quite a few weeks thinking of the fact that William was turning 3. I knew it was going to be a hard for me. It said goodbye to all baby things. Not only for him but for me. There is something about that last baby turning 3 and leaving behind his baby years that was really different then any other birthdays I have experienced with him or the other boys. I watched him play a lot over the last few days and suddenly over night this baby who use to want to be held, cuddled and carried around is now a little boy. He wants to play with his brothers, and go outside, and talks about his friends at school. We made such a big deal over his birthday this year because it was really the first birthday he truly understood the concept of. I think I made a big deal about it for myself as well. I was at work on his birthday this year and he was home with his dad. I kept feeling a little tug on my heart that day. I asked myself if I was really ready to say goodbye to all baby things, and move forward as a family of 5. With three little boys. I pondered this and even questioned choices I had made in the past. Maybe I wanted another baby? Then after a few days of this bothering me I sat at the supper table with my three "big" boys as they talked about the day and William chimed in as if he knew exactly what they were talking about. It was then that it hit me. That right here in front of my I had the exact little family that god intended for me and Josh. Although I leave the baby stages behind with tears. I leave them behind with wonderful memories that will last a lifetime. I look forward to the future and to making many new memories. As I said good night to my birthday boy that night. I had a sudden flash back of him at birth. He was struggling in the NICU at hospital after recently being transported there. I kissed him on the head and thanked god that we were here 3 years later with this healthy, happy, ENERGETIC, three year old. Would I really want to go back? No I guess not. That is what memories and photos are for.

 

Birthday month........

I have been unable to get into my blog for nearly a month. It kept giving me errors and redirecting me to start a new one. I am so glad I did not give up on it though because today it finally let me in....... =-)

Well here we are it is already November. Another birthday is among Josh and I. We are one day apart both turning 30? Or the "dirty 30" as I recently heard it called. Not sure I dare even wonder what that means.

Yup. Marrying Josh officially took over my birthday eve. I use to be so excited when November 8th rolled around every year. I would get the Christmas Eve little girl feeling knowing there was excitement in store for me the next day. Well I have been married for nearly 7 years and with Josh for 9...so those Birthday Eves as I loved to call them have been replaced by Joshua's actual birthday. I would like to argue with him when he says it is not my birthday eve but his birthday. Then I realize he wins this one. I can not change that. I mean who starts dating someone and tries to figure out what their birthday is the first date so it will not mess with you birthday eve... <----- not this girl. Only because I never thought of it of course. So all you ladies out there that are dating. CHECK OUT THOSE BIRTHDAYS sooner rather then later...... LOL
Things are still as crazy as ever in this house. We really would not have it any other way. There is always some place to be at. OR home work to help with. Or a little boy to lay with since he def. can not get to sleep with out me in there.. =-) As I approach my 30th birthday with mixed emotions. I really do not see how I could be anything but thankful for everything I have been blessed with........

Warm Pj time is here

 

. I have packed away the summer clothes and pulled out the fall and winter. Winter pjs I do admit are my favorite they always give me the urge to give them a bath, wash their hair with baby magic shampoo and then rock them in front of the woodstove. Well of course Dylan would think I was nuts if I tried that with him or put him in matching pjs with his brothers. SO I will settle for the another winter of doing it with the little two. Before I know they will also be pushing me away and saying YEAH RIGHT or AS IF.

Busy? Yeah you could say that.

We have been running from school, to soccer, to birthday parties and more for the last month. The kids have been crazy busy with school and activities. I went back to work part time. So life around our house has been at a new level of busy. The boys play soccer a combined 4 times a week. Then of course there are games and parties and life that fill our weekends. I wish I could say I see things slowing down soon, but basketball forms went in the mail today for both boys so there is no end in sight at this point. I think I actually love our crazy beautiful life. The boys are growing so fast. William is 2 months shy of his third birthday. Dylan is a total preteen and Mason is just way cool sine starting Kindergarten. He even told Will that the word "poop" is not funny anymore when you are in K. I muffled my laughs at that one. Josh and I are just keeping our heads above water trying to keep up with our jobs, the boys, and life in general. Some day we may have a date night and re introduce ourselves to one another. =-)
I am sad because sometimes I feel like we do not have as much time for our extended family and that the boys friends and their parents are becoming people we see more then our own. However I guess that is just a part of growing up. I have lucked out too because the boys friends have wonderful families that I do not mind sharing games and birthday party talk with all of them. Well that is just a quick update on the house. I will try to upload some photos later on <---hopefully sooner rather then later.