What did we do before video phones?

Mike comes home from work everyday and gets on the floor to play with the boys. They wave their hands and feet and get so excited to see him. I think they get sick of looking at me.

Our cat Max and Keller having a stare down.

Is there anything cuter than a baby butt?

Prayers needed

I can't get this off of my mind so I decided to blog about it! I need a few prayers from my favorite people that read this.
I have been at the same school since it opened 7 years ago and have been really happy there. I decided to share a contract this year to have more time with the boys at home. I still am happy I made this decision and wouldn't give back any of this time! Due to the crazy state budget and some unfair technicalities, I may be losing my Kindergarten position at my school. I will still have a job, it may just be a job that is unfamiliar and undesirable to me. I'd really love to take a leave of absence from teaching and find a part-time that I am inspired by and love! I like working and having a little time away just for me. Financially, Mike's business isn't quite ready to support our little family.
I'm sure God has a plan for my future-I am just not sure what it is. Uncertainty is the scariest thing for me. Please say some prayers that what is in store for me is bigger and better! And while you are at it, pray for Mike's business too! Thank you! Thank you!

Pictures from Sunday breakfast

One of us has GOT to have a girl . . .

Big tub

The boys took their first bath in the big tub today. When people say to me, "enjoy them, it goes by so fast" I kind of wanted to laugh. It's pretty hard to enjoy a time when you are getting no sleep, no shower, and no time to breathe. I get it lately though. The boys are getting so big and it just hit me today that the baby tub is a first of many things they will outgrow way too fast.

How come . . .

he won't go to sleep this easy in his bed? The highchair and bouncer CANNOT be more comfortable.

Real men love cats

A lil Kahlil

Your Children are not Your Children

They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

© Kahlil Gibran, 1923, 1973.