Tuesday, May 14

little toughie

Our little Macy quite possibly may be the toughest baby ever...she and Maelle are often fairly tough and can fall and get up- no problem. They both have been known to come to me with blood coming out of their mouths, without even so much as a peep. But Maysen blew us away today. Her brother slammed the lid of a wooden chest down on her hand and there was tons of blood- immediate bruising- a very swollen finger and two deep little cuts and the little bugger screamed when it happened and then whimpered onto my chest for a few minutes, but then got down and acted like nothing happened. The rest of us seemed to have a harder time with it than she did. Hailey was so intrigued and upset (quite possibly more intrigued than upset) that she didn't make it to the bathroom in time and Korey made fun of me for freaking out and wanting to take her to the ER, but I'm fairly certain that had he not been home I may have dialed 911 (ok, I'm certain I wouldn't have done that- we only live a few minutes from the hospital, we could probably drive there before they could get here) :) 
At least Maelle and Jackson were un-phased by it all...in fact, Maelle used her time incredibly wisely and decided to help Daddy with the trim that he was painting- decorating both herself and the door...and Jack thought it would be a good idea to continue slamming the door of the chest over and over again- apparently he felt he needed more practice ;) 

Sunday, May 12

Happy Mother's Day!

5 years ago on Mother's Day I was crying into my husband's shoulder as I lamented the fact that I had no children...1 year ago on Mother's Day I was crying into my husband's shoulder as I lamented the fact that being a mom was a lot harder than I had envisioned. This Mother's Day I'm rejoicing! Rejoicing over what God gave me- 4 beautiful blessings, 2 amazing mothers, and a whole handful of wonderful mom's that I call friends. He's been with me every step of the way. He's given me godly and gracious mom's to watch and follow after. He's given me a godly man to walk with. He's given me His gracious counsel and arms to cry in.  God has been so faithful to me, so good to me and so gracious to me. I don't deserve any of it- in fact, I know that I am the least deserving mom around- yet God saw fit to bless my socks off- to give to me above and beyond what I asked of Him- above and beyond what I would have ever dreamed of asking!
I am blessed, indeed! 
Happy Mother's Day to all you blessed Mom's, Grandma's, Aunts and Uncles...especially the ones that have touched my life and been a blessing to me- I love and appreciate you all!! 

Friday, May 10

haircut time!

sometimes it's just easier being a boy :) 
Jack got a little haircut this afternoon and Korey gave him a mohawk. It was pretty adorable and I think he was milking it for all it was worth...he even said to me, "please, oh please can I have a snack, I'm the cutest boy ever" ;) definitely milking it for all it's worth! We just may have to keep this cut for a while.