Brody Bear

We took Brody to the doctor yesterday for his 4 month well check. He is quite the big boy weighing in at 16 lbs 4 oz. He comes from a long line of healthy eaters. His doctor said he is the picture of perfection. He is also tall, or long, at 25.8 inches. He is rolling, and sitting up by himself, and giggling like crazy. We are so in love with him. Here are some of my favorite recent pictures.

Look at me when I am talking to you, I have important things to tell you

Who me?

Our wedding rings

YEA! Cars is on TV

Thanks for the hand mommy, I was about to topple over

Back off brother

Sweet baby

This picture cracks me up

Happy Friday!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

??? Potty Training ???

Pinic at Jaden's school

Josh's new car

New Car, New Roof

Sorry for the infrequent post lately, I have had alot to deal with. I had a horrible stomach bug last week that left me in bed for 3 days. I have not felt that bad in a long time. No one else caught the bug, thank goodness. I could not imagine how awful it would have been if any of the boys got it.

The hail storm I posted of earlier has led to us needing a new roof, (even though we just got a new roof in Nov 2006) $5000.00 of repair to my truck and $5000.00 of damage to Josh's truck. My truck is new, so we will get it fixed somewhere, (of which I have yet to find the place so it is still on the to do list) Josh's truck however we decided was not worth fixing, and since we had it paid off, we didn't have to fix it. So we took his insurance check, and sold his truck "as is" at the auction. Amazingly, it still brought $4300.00 with the massive hail damage and a cracked windshield. He took his money, ( and a little more) and got a 2007 Chrysler 300 Touring. It is really nice, and all decked out with leather and cool features. He has been wanting to make the transition to a car for a while now, so this was the perfect time to do it. My dad is a car dealer, and I can not even tell you how many cars I have driven. In high school, I practically switched cars every week. Josh has only had 3 trucks his whole life.

The boys are great! Jaden is a fantastic big brother and Brody is starting to take notice. Jaden will wave toys in front of bear and bear now smiles and tries to get them. Bear just sits back and watches his whirl wind of a brother and I have to wonder what he is thinking. I can officially see him thinking. He has tons of concentration for such a youngin'. We have been enjoying walks around the neighborhood in the beautiful weather. It is already so hot though, that I am dreading horrendous summer heat. On the positive side of that, I can't wait to go swimming, (thanks to my black tank-kini, and swim skirt) Jaden loves the water, and I can tell Brody bear will too. I will post again very soon with some recent pictures including the new car.

Happy Easter!

All of the kiddos
Collecting Eggs

Let the hunt begin

Brotherly Love

Boy Bonding

Me and the boys at the MOPS egg hunt

Brody with the Easter bunny

Jaden giving his pink egg to Abby

We had a week full of Easter activites as you can tell by the pictures. We spent the weekend at the ranch with our very good friends, the Matison's and the Thompson's. We had such a great time. And the kids did too. Connor and Jaden are master easter egg hunters, and this year, Jaden actually got to eat some of the goodies in his eggs. Although most of his eggs had play dough, stickers, or other trinkets, so that I could avoid having to deal with toddler hopped up on sugar. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Grandma came to visit

Brody kicks his feet and moves his hands so much now, that most of my pictures have blurry spots

Jaden giving Bear kisses

Jaden and Brody's first bath together

My mom visited us this weekend so that I could get some errands and some shopping done without having to lug the kids around with me, and so that Josh and I could have a date night. I really enjoyed my quiet time shopping, actually being able to try stuff on, and just browse like I use to. I also enjoyed eating dinner at a restaurant with Josh and not having to wolf my food down because one of the kids is about to loose it, or worse get our food to go because one of the kids has already lost it. Grandma enjoyed all of her baby time too, so it was a great weekend for all of us.

He is with you!

I have been feeling soooo blessed in my life lately, and decided I should share some of my blessings publicly. I thank God all the time for my wonderful life. I have a Christian husband who is kind and loving and lets me stay at home with our children. The boys are beautiful, sweet and healthy. So many of the blogs I read involve infertility, or sick children, or worse children who have passed. My heart breaks for these people. Josh and I are so lucky to have such wonderful, fun, happy family that we love to spend time with. Our parents and extended family mean more than anything to us. We love you all. We also have amazing friends who are always there. We love you too. What I am trying to say is through the ups and downs that life has given me, us, our downs are still ups to some people and for that I am grateful. God is good!!

I borrowed this next part off of a blog that I read. It reminded me that God is with me always, and I thought maybe it could remind you too!

He Is With You
There’s a time to live
And a time to die
There’s a time to laugh
And a time to cry
There’s a time for war
And a time for peace
There’s a hand to hold
In the worst of these
He is with you when your faith is dead
And you can’t even get out of bed
Or your husband doesn’t kiss you anymore
He is with you when your baby’s gone
And your house is still, and your heart’s a stoneCryin’ God, what’d You do that for
He is with you
There’s a time for yes
And a time for no
There’s a time to be angry
And a time to let it go
There is a time to run
And a time to face it
There is love to see you
Through all of this
He is with you in the conference room
When the world is coming down on you
And your wife and kids don’t know you anymore
He is with you in the ICU
When the doctors don’t know what to do
And it scares you to the core
He is with you
We may weep for a time
But joy will come in the morning
The morning light
He is with you when your kids are grown
When there’s too much space and you feel alone
And you’re worried if you got it right or wrong
Yes He is with you when you’ve given up
On ever finding your true love
Someone who feels like home
He is with you
When nothing else is left
And you take your final breath
He is with you

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
"I will never leave you, nor forsake you." Hebrews 13:5