First trimester blues

I am alive and almost well, but will be taking a little longer of a break from the blogging world as my body adjusts to our newest addition. This first trimester has been a really hard one with me spending most of my time asleep or on the couch in a fetal position. So whenever I am feeling well enough to move I like to spend that time with the boys and give them all I've got while I can. Hopefully I will be back in a few short days, but I would expect more like a few weeks...

I want you all to know that I write great post all the time in my head. I will be doing laundry and think off something funny to share, or chasing after the boys for the umpteenth time and think of reasons I love being a mom. But for some reason I don't always have the time to sit down and actually write all my great thoughts down. Something about thoughts being mobile and computers being stationary. Technicalities I guess.

Life is getting even busier as I type, but hopefully I can keep up with keeping you all up.

I mentioned a while back that I would start nannying for a family with three boys mid September, well mid September has arrived but I felt it was necessary to tell this particular family that I could no longer take them on. This was such a hard decision for me as I cannot stand not helping someone out when they need it, but I felt the Lord was telling me I needed to back away, so I did. Shortly after, I was approached by another family with one 15 month old boy. We have been doing some test runs for the past three days and I am pretty sure the mother is going to go with us. I am so super excited about this and am so thankful to the Lord for opening my heart to this family.

One of the reasons (although not the big one) for turning down the other family is that as of Wednesday I will be two months pregnant! Super super super duper excited about this! I am not super super super duper excited about the full blown morning sickness that has decided to take residence in me though...Oh well

All right time to check out and head to bed. I am sensing a long night a head of me. Conner and Brooks are acting as if sleep is not necessary and unfortunately they seem to do this only on nights we have have the little boy overnight, so I cannot separate them. Sigh.

Thoughtful Thursday Camouflaging as Wordless Wednesday

Artistic freedom of a (slighty) unattended three year old

Today I was taking pictures for a craigslist ad out in our bbq area while the boys were painting in the garage, when the sound of too many giggles alerted me to the fact that Brooks now has a wonderful new blue hair do. Compliments of his big brother of course. Oh he had a blue leg too, as in the whole leg was blue, top to bottom.

So, when you give a three year old these paints

for this house

and leave him alone to take pictures of this microwave for all of three minutes

you get this!


I just couldn't resist throwing it into a mohawk

Definitely not a no mess product...

Missing a friend named Kai Kai

Before we moved, the boys and I used to be attached by the hip(s) to my closest friend Rebekah and her two son's Malachi and Jonah. If we were not out and about together then we were wrangling the children around one of our homes until it was time to go home and be with husbands. While Joseph was away Rebekah helped keep me sane, and her children, specifically Malachi, helped Conner forget that his Dad was not around. These two boys have a bond that I hope last a life time, just as I pray the same for their mother and I. And while they have been apart for way to many months, the other is never far from their thoughts. I am told Conner spends his entire days playing with his friend, generally getting Kai Kai in trouble, and when told that we are going to go play with friends Conner always asks if we are going to Kentucky to get Kai Kai. So in honor of best friends here are some pictures from last January that I thought both Conner and Malachi would love.

Some beach time too

We enjoyed our second day of Labor day weekend at the beach. I read today that at over 14,000 people visited just one of the major beaches in the area we were in on Sunday. Isn't that crazy?! Luckily by the time we made our way out most of the morning tourist crowd had already gone in leaving us with mostly just locals who actually know how to put their umbrellas in the sand probably. Its an art I tell ya. One I am just mastering.

Any who, we had a blast! Conner thinks the beach is the next best thing to chocolate cake (he's my son alright!) and Brooks is becoming more and more enthusiastic about it every time we go. We might have stayed all afternoon if not for the blue extremities that showed up in hour two.

There once was a house

What a wonderful weekend we just spent with family! We meandered up to my grandparents house this past Saturday to meet up with loved ones, eat fantastic food and enjoy the ocean breeze. Besides eating, I think we did all of the above out on the deck where the ocean and hills both provide an excellent view, only going inside to retire at night.


While the adults enjoyed some wine and good conversation, Conner colored himself silly decorating this cardboard house Grammie and Grandpa picked up.



Arts and crafts have become his new forte, so getting a whole house to create on was a wonderful and inspiring treat!


He took a few breaks to enjoy the actual playing with of the house, with Brooks following right along.


While Brooks was not really interested in coloring on the house, he did love opening and closing all the door and windows and "WOW'ing" over Conner's coloring.