Wednesday Randoms

Well the "funk" is making its rounds. Payton woke up all rosey cheeked, glossy eyed, and sounds freakishly similar to a toad. I truly hope it ends with him.

I later caught him and his brother out on the deck, in the snow, with just SOCKS ON THEIR FEET! They acted like nothing was wrong with that. The looks on their face priceless. As if I was totally lame for making them come in. GEEZ! 

I have a major MAJOR fear problem. I'm reading this. So far I feel like she is describing me. Who knew? I thought I was the only one that suffered from the "What ifs???". 

I really wanted to start this year off on a good foot. I needed to do better with keeping up with my daily devotional time. I received this book last year from a sweet friend and maybe used it twice. These past 4 days I have gotten sooo much from my time with the Lord! I'm excited. If your looking for a devotional get this one! 

Nate just couldn't handle all of the excitement. I love LOVE how this boy sleeps with his arms up. This photo is way dark but I was not about to open the curtains and wake this little dumplin' up!

"Throw ya hands up, put 'em in the air. Rock it with me like you just don't care." Every time I see this, I think of those lyrics. I just looked up the rest of the song...OY VEY! Are you kidding me? I was never much into gangsta' rap. 

One final thing. Seriously. Who designs the "hair" for these things. I have never seen a camel with a mullet. 

Reminds me of some A.C. Slater......

Look-alikes

the resemblance is uncanny...

Mmm Mmm Good

'It is a happy talent to know how to play.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 facts. I absolutely love playing with my boys. I really hate playing with action figures. Oh boy am I horrible at playing "star wars"! I have no idea what their names are, who's good who's bad, who comes from where and all that junk. I try believe me I do but they just look at me like I'm clueless. My acting skills are not the slightest bit convincing...at all. I was never meant to be a bad guy. I don't have it in me.  

Most of the time I usually have to suggest what we should play. AKA craft time. For Christmas my Mom bought the boys a few games which is great. I can do games! Real games not video games. Video games...not my thing either. Once they went multi-dimensional and move in more than one direction I was out.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this super cute word building game. The packaging alone is adorable! There are not too many pieces so the game goes fairly quick. This is a great alternative for little guys who probably would lose interest FAST in a real Scrabble game. 

*Plese excuse the bottom word. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do when your down to a couple of letters! 

While looking up Cambell's Soup I found this. So cute! 

Captain Underpants

Nothing like a super silly book to bring brothers together...

Dash

About a month ago our dog Copper ran away.  The boys were absolutely devastated, they loved him to pieces.  He was a hound dog named after the sweet Copper from The Fox and The Hound. We called everywhere, searched for days, even posted reward fliers. NOTHING. We thought for sure we would hear something within a few days! As the mom a lot of the responsibilities of a pet fell on me. There were times when I wanted to just give him away! But would you know I was the first one in tears when we realized he was gone.

To make things a little easier for the boys we decided to bring a new dog home for Christmas. His name is Dash, short for Dasher. He has been such a good dog. I feel so blessed. Having a new born and a new dog?! CRAZY! But so far so good!

....we really do hope our Copper still comes home.

Frothy the Snowman

May your Saturday be filled with Christmas Cheer.

A whole lotta cuteness

Who would have thought adding a 8 lb 5 oz baby boy would change so much. Life since my baby love has been born has been absolutely blissful but a whole lotta' crazy! We are finally settling into a routine (thank the good Lord above)! One thing is for sure, sleepless nights are sure worth it when you get to look at this sweet face