Perspective

Yesterday was a tough day around here. Ty is adjusting to sleeping in his crib for naps as opposed to the car seat which he is too big for and we are moving him to Gabe's old car seat and moving Gabe into a new one. Ty did not like sleeping in his crib for naps, does great at night but for some reason nap time was horrible yesterday. Gabe did not sleep either, Cranky Boys + No Naps= Crabby Mommy. I realized today it is all a matter of perspective, what you choose to do with what God gives you that day. Yesterday I choose to make it a bad day and feel all down and woe is me, my kids didn't take naps, they were crabby, they were crying a lot, etc. I was reminded of that today as I read a friends blog and visited the link that was given.http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/ God has blessed me with two healthy, beautiful boys and yet I was all down because they didn't nap and we didn't have the best day. Wow really puts things into perspective. I leave you with pictures of my beautiful blessings, sometimes I just need a reminder of how much of a blessing they are!

Success!

Gabe finally pooped in the toilet! Yes we get excited about pooping in toilets around here, it is amazing once you become a parent what you get excited about. I had promised him that if he would poop in the toilet we would go to Chuck E Cheese so Sunday we made our promised trip(no I am not above bribery) He had so much fun playing the games and riding the rides. He even ate quite a bit of pizza which I was surprised. He also liked to watch the big puppets up front and Bob and Larry were even on the TV for awhile. He is not super skilled at the games yet but still managed to get over 100 tickets and picked out two ugly little lizards from the toy counter. This weekend we were able to get a few things done on the house as well, namely Carl started on the fireplace wall! It is in the beginning stages of being framed so hopefully it will be completed before too long. We are still enjoying watching all the plants come up in our yard, new ones seem to spring up each day(well at least when it was warm, it is really cold today) Our Magnolia Tree in the front yard is in almost full bloom, we have a big one in the backyard as well but it is still shut up tight, I don't think it wants to come out with all this cold weather. Gabe had a great weekend, he got to take his tractor out to the backyard and play quite a bit this weekend. We bought Ty a cute little outfit for his dedication this past weekend that has a cute little hat with it so we thought we would try and get a few pictures of him wearing it(I doubt he keeps it on with the outfit on dedication day) He looks like our little Scotsman with his red hair and bright blue eyes and plaid hat. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Forward Crawl

Well army crawl anyway. Ty discovered he could indeed go forward this morning and was army crawling up a storm. Following in the footsteps of his big brother who pretty much army crawled until he could walk, Ty may figure out the standard method of crawling soon. On a sad note Red and Green (Gabe's goldfish) were found floating this morning. Gabe was kind of sad but is already talking about getting new fishies so I think he is getting over it. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Rainy Days and Mondays

Well it's not Monday but it is a rainy day and the mood around here kind of matches the weather today. Gabe is especially bummed it is raining since Grandma and Grandpa brought over his ride on tractor from their house last night and now he can't go out and ride it. Ty woke up in sort of a funk this morning, it seemed he didn't get any sleep or something because he fell asleep in his high chair while eating(or trying to eat) breakfast, I didn't have the camera close by so I didn't get a picture but it was funny. He is now down for a nap, hopefully he will wake on the right side of the crib. Since the weather is dreary outside I am posting some pictures from a few days ago when it was beautiful weather, in hopes the sunshine will return soon!

Raise the Roof

it is finished! It was actually finished last Monday but I just now got out to take pictures of it. It looks great and we are so thankful it is done. We are slowly continuing to work on the house and get things done. The kitchen cabinets are now assembled and in the process of being set, we have gone to Lowe's picked out a counter top and they are supposed to be calling in the next few days to set up a time to measure. Carl thinks he knows what he needs to get started on the fireplace wall so hopefully that will begin sometime this week(yes Carl that is a very big hint:) Carl got the ceiling fan installed in our room and it is now done and we actually have some pictures hanging on the walls! We have been pleasantly surprised by our yard, when we started looking at the house this past fall it looked so over run and not pretty at all but as the weather gets warmer we have so many plants coming up, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth, magnolias, tulips and many as of yet unidentified plants. I have posted some pictures of our yard and all our flowers, we also have roses, which we really have no clue how to take care of them so if any one has any tips for us, it would be much appreciated. We have 2 magnolia trees as well, one in the front and one in the back, I have posted a picture of it today it is just starting to bloom I will post another one when it is all out. I also posted pictures of Gabe enjoying the weather today with his new bat and ball that Great Grandma and Grandpa gave him, he actually uses the bat as a golf club but he still has fun. He also loved when I brought our outdoors love seat into the yard today, he was "relalxin" for awhile.






Ty is still not crawling however he can move quite well and manages to get himself into rather funny places, like under our dining room table. The problem is he can't get himself out. We hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Final Installment-Gabe's Song of the Day

Yes that's right today is the final installment of Gabe's song of the day. Today he has chosen to dedicate his song to his Great Uncle Bone, whose birthday is today. Gabe loves Uncle Bone and all of his tractors! Each night when we pray before bed we usually ask Gabe who we should pray for that night and almost always the first person Gabe says is Uncle Bone(don't feel too left out Dave, he also asks to pray for the goats at your house:) So have a great birthday and don't work too hard. We love you!

Gabe's Song of the Day Part 4

Today Gabe presents.....
The VeggieTales Theme Song(well a broken, 2 year old version of the song)
He misses quite a few of the verses and doesn't have all the words down but he loves this song and sings it many times a day. When he falls down at the end he is being Larry the Cucumber when he falls with his tuba after the song is done. If you have not seen VeggieTales it is one of Gabe's top recommendations.
I won't write the words today as Gabe misses quite a few of them but he doesn't care:)