Party on

today was party day. After I taught my Sunday school class I dashed home to do the "flight of the bumblebee" as my dad would say. I am running around the house trying to get it ready for Ty's birthday party here and not to mention it is my husbands 37th birthday today. So extra stress!!! I have hopefully everything ready and the boys get home. Thank goodness for grandparents that are willing to keep them overnight so I can do some cleaning I would not be able to do if the boys was here. You moms know what I mean...I pick up one spot just to have toys dumped out in that exact place...ok so done and done. Now party time!! It goes off great! I mean wow no injuries (that was told) and everyone had plenty of food and cake. Hey when stressed eat cake!! And I did.  I had one of those flashback moments with Ty when I was pushing him in the same swing that I would push Kobe in, oh the sweet memories that came rushing back. And now I get to make new ones with Ty. The best moment was sitting with Ty playing after everyone had left. Just the two of us building Lego houses and Ty knocking them down saying sorry mommy with the sweetest smile. Yep doesn't get any better than this. Now I am so tired I believe I will just hit the pillow and be OUT! Sweet dreams are ahead.

Birthday and urgent care

To say I am blessed is an understatement. I have 2 beautiful boys and a wonderful husband and Friday was our baby's 3rd birthday. When we had our oldest time, well, it went medium speed. But now it goes warp speed. Wow 3 years! Ty woke up not feeling so great, so a quick run to the urgent care and with ear infections and meds we go eat. Well three restaurants later we are finally eating. Ty still not feeling good so this makes for a long evening but I'm just so thankful I got to spend it with my family and our dear friends and their 3 girls. I am a truely blessed mommy!

It takes a village

Ok I did say I may have another blog and well here it goes. We did find the safer end tables, yay! But that shopping experience left us in blood and a very glad to get done feeling. We did see wonderful old friends and that was great. Next was lunch and Ty fell asleep at the table...why could he not fall asleep while furniture shopping? Then off to the game. I realized it takes a village to raise children. I'll watch yours and mine and take turns. It is such a blessing to know you can trust these friends. If I said "ok let's share" one time I said it 10, there was chasing and laughing by kids and adults. I want to stop right here and say how proud of our son Kobe I am. He showed great sportsmanship last night and it made my heart swell with pride. Maybe I am treaching him something right. Well let's get ready for church. Mommy on!

Balls and frills

My day always starts out usually the same. This day is different Ty come come to me and says Mommy I have Mountain Dew. Yay.... I say trying to not think of the outcome that is soon to happen. We are getting ready for ballgames in Florence today and also looking for new end tables for our living room. Ok when Jacob and I got married 12 years ago I thought Ohhhh these glass top end tables are beautiful, hind sight 20/20, I should have thought we may have a 2 year old that will use this table as his personal fort and castle to stand on!! So trying to be a better mom...safety and all, 😊 I will find the one not too frilly but that will hide all the toys accumulated over the years. I will use a quote from someone, our house looks like toys r us threw up. Ok as I type Ty has dumped out all the balls in his Ono game and so this game will possible never have all the balls again. Ok let's get shoes and socks on well maybe reverse hahaha. Ball game on! And end table on! Pray the Lord will give me strength with a 2 year old in tow shopping. That will be another blog I'm sure.

The negative jar

Today was work day. It started out as usual get the boys up, try to get out of the house on time... Which rarely ever happens. Here is the morning in a nutshell. Me: get up we have to get ready, brush your teeth and your retainer. Son: ........ Me: ok now get dressed and eat, don't forget to get your retainer. Son:.....ok. so the morning progresses and we are almost running on time Yay!!!! (Not so fast) in the car down the road..." Mom I forgot my retainer" if you could see that map they have on TV with the little car traveling with the dotted lines you would see the detour the turn around the pull back into the driveway the little boy jump out and get back in and back in route. I had negative thoughts and was upset but I tried my best not to let them get to me and just smile. Then work... I created what I like to call the negative jar. If you have something to negative to say put $.25 in the jar. Proverbs 21:23 those who guard their mouths and tongues keep themselves from calamity. Hummm lets just see how it works. Well I was telling my husband Jacob about it, at that moment with the kids and STUFF I probably need to put at least .50 in... Ok maybe more. I was a little stressed. Our son Kobe, the 9 year old, says that Ty, the soon to be 3, needs to put money into the jar he is negative. I laughed and thought if he can have a sense  of humor so can I. God doesn't make life or parenting easy or ever said it would be but with my negative jar(Hahahaha) and the knowledge that He always said he would carry me when I needed help and my sweet little family I GOT THIS!  Mommy on all you moms!!!!

Yep the good overcomes the bad always

Ok you know how I said the hugs and the "I love you's" make everything better...well the "come in my room mommy and read with me" now that makes it worth while too. As I lay under a pile of stuffed animals and he reads Grover to me I let the not so great things of the day fade away and the great things take over. My dad told me tonight that these sweet moments will go by so fast and I need to hold to them. Yep now I am trying to get our little one to sleep as we lay on the couch together. I would not change a thing in the world for any of this. I love my sweet little family. God is good all the time.

Ok, here I go. This is my first mommy blog...hope I don't ramble to much. I am sitting on my couch right now trying to take a breath and pray Lord did I mess up in some way... Why are my two boys so different, our first, who is 9 was a laid back child happy and really never a problem. Now our soon to be 3 year old is very much opposite. He could climb the wall of China and have it distoryed in ten minutes! Please don't get me wrong he is a sweet and very kind boy...as I type I am having to tell him to put the cat down before he gets his eyes clawed out!!! I rarely get to sit at a table at a restaurant or go to a store without leaving in tears. Lets just say I pray a lot! I am saying this to really say even though I fell so overwhelmed and out numbered and like I am not doing a good job, when those two boys come to me and hug me with the tightest hug and say I love you so much mommy...I know I have done something right today. God doesn't make me perfect, I am broken and most of the time I am alittle crazy but He did make me the mommy of two beautiful blessings and I know He knows what He is doing so that gives me hope :-) I am one blessed mommy!!!!