Every single day, in between my moments of craziness, I look at my sweet children and am reminded at how truly blessed I am.
There are also moments when I sit back and think, I could really use a glass of wine right now!
Today is one of those days.
But there is the promise of after naptime. The hope that my rambuncious but adorable 2 year old will wake up and decided that it is not necessary to cry at the sight of a crumb on the floor or the wrong color sippy cup.
My fingers are crossed!
Anyways, here are some pictures from the last few weeks...
AND, Noah is 3 months old today! My sweet niece, Julia is 2 years old today. My beautiful and extremely young mom is ___(I won't say it) years old today. Happy Birthday! Love you all so much!
Last week I decided I had enough of this heat and being stuck indoors so the kids and I went up with my mom and brother to the cabin in Pine. Carolyn and her two girls came up for the day too. It was so much fun. Grace had a blast spending as much time as possible outside and Noah did well, as long as no one tried to hold him but mommy. It's so weird, he would rather be in his bouncer than have someone besides me hold him! Anyways, we spent 5 days at the cabin. Levi met us up there on Satuday and we were all estatic to see him. I felt rejuvinated and refreshed! Think Gracie did too because up until yesterday she has been so happy and has needed very little redirection.
Okay, my OCD daughter is obsessed with lining up and stacking things perfectly straight. When Levi tries to play with her he does things a little more sloppy and Grace gets so upset. She tends to sees things as black and white, no gray in between. Hmmmm, I wonder where she gets that from...
Kambra's (our cousin) cool car. Gracie LOVED this. As they drove around you could hear Gracie's squeals of delight at Kam's crazy driving. Yes, I was a nervous wreck the entire time, but played it off very cool!
My favorite thing to do at the cabin is get up early and sit out on the porch and drink coffee. We are doing just that, with some of mom's sticky coffee cake! Yum.
Levi and Gracie are off to go bug and lizard hunting. (Levi dressed her, by the way) :)
Noah is now strong enough and very willing to sit in a bumbo. He loves it and sits there for decent periods of time just playing with his toys. Yes, Noah is sitting in a a pink bumbo. It was Gracie's and is still pretty much brand new. How could I spend money on another one just for the color? The less practical side of me is really worried that I'm causing Noah some type of emotional scarring from the pink bumbo...
Gracie, Julia and Savannah playing hide and seek, more like just hide, in the closet while Gracie hoards the sippy cups. Good thing she has such forgiving friends!
Okay, my OCD daughter is obsessed with lining up and stacking things perfectly straight. When Levi tries to play with her he does things a little more sloppy and Grace gets so upset. She tends to sees things as black and white, no gray in between. Hmmmm, I wonder where she gets that from...
Kambra's (our cousin) cool car. Gracie LOVED this. As they drove around you could hear Gracie's squeals of delight at Kam's crazy driving. Yes, I was a nervous wreck the entire time, but played it off very cool!
My favorite thing to do at the cabin is get up early and sit out on the porch and drink coffee. We are doing just that, with some of mom's sticky coffee cake! Yum. 
Levi and Gracie are off to go bug and lizard hunting. (Levi dressed her, by the way) :)
Back at home.... Playing in a box. Seriously why do we even buy our kids toys when they have so much fun with everything that is not meant to be a toy?
Noah is now strong enough and very willing to sit in a bumbo. He loves it and sits there for decent periods of time just playing with his toys. Yes, Noah is sitting in a a pink bumbo. It was Gracie's and is still pretty much brand new. How could I spend money on another one just for the color? The less practical side of me is really worried that I'm causing Noah some type of emotional scarring from the pink bumbo...
Gracie, Julia and Savannah playing hide and seek, more like just hide, in the closet while Gracie hoards the sippy cups. Good thing she has such forgiving friends!
4 comments:
The more I read your blog the more I am realizing how similar our little girls are!! I begining to wonder if it is a gender thing or if it's trade mark of the first born child? Kenidi is OCD in soooo many ways....her hair has to be a certain way, her blankets have to be folded just right, and that is just the tip of the ice berge!
I am glad to hear you got a break from the heat. I can't get over how cute your kids are.
By the way I love the PINK bumbo!!! ;)
I'm so envious of your getaway to the cabin. I'm sure Gracie was in heaven playing outside all day. Savannah is missing outside so much in this gross heat. I love the picture of her off to hunt lizards and bugs with Levi, and I love the disclaimer of "Levi dressed her."
I don't think your doing Noah any emotional damage by placing him in the pink bumbo. If anything, he'll just be a major ladies man because he'll be in touch with his feminine side. : )
Can't wait to get together again. Maybe we could even do dinner or something this weekend??? We're overdue!
That picture of them in the box is so dang cute!!! They look so much alike, you can definetly tell they are brother and sister:) The cabin looks like Heaven. I'm glad you guys were able to get a little time away from regular everyday life and spend time together.
That cabin looks so much fun and so cozy! Your kids are sooooooooo cute! love them. You have got such a beautiful family Ash :)
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