Where is his mother???

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I sometimes wonder how the kids get a way with so much wrong doing and mischievous things when I find myself over all pretty capable of keeping a good eye on them. Well Will had one of those moments Monday after we picked the boys up from school. The best part, he did this in Mason's room, then Dylan took him out back to play and it was not until I went out to check on him a few minutes later that I even noticed this. What also makes me laugh is that the craziness in our house must be so natural that Dylan took him outside and did not even say HEY WILLIAM STAMPED HIS ENTIRE BODY.   I took Will aside deciding this is probably a teaching moment in his life and explained to him that we do not stamp out body. He then explained to me that I have a butterfly "stamp" on my back.. EEK I just ended the conversation there and changed the subject...............

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After over a month of trying it finally HAPPENED

and NO I am not pregnant. I finally was able to get back into this blog. Forever they were saying they sent me a recovery to my email and they did not. Finally I signed up with my cell phone and well HERE I AM =-)

The months in between.............

I have come to love the months in between. That means the boys play sports most of the year and the months in between have become my favorite time. I LOVE watching the boys play sports, However sometimes it is nice to have a month off where we are not running 4 times a week to a practice or game.
March is that months for me. Basketball is over and since we are in MAINE and the snow decided to bury us in March, Baseball will not start up for at least 6 weeks. We can come home at night and have supper as a family. There is NO HURRY HURRY EAT EAT!!! WHERE IS YOUR UNIFORM??? MOM WHERE ARE MY SNEAKERS ..... ECT. Its so much calmer in my house. I am not sure what we will be doing however when William is old enough to play in two years? Three kids playing sports in three different age groups. YIKES =-)
So for the Month of March I am going to forget that we have too much snow, Forget it is too cold, and just ENJOY the MONTHS in between...........

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.