Don't You Wish it Could be that Easy?

The other day, as usual we were busy going about our day. The birds were chirping, I was spring cleaning and Katie was watching her favorite show "Stanley." Then all of sudden..."Poof...Bham!" The power went out. Again. This has become a almost once a month occurance. Two weeks ago it happened before. Katie has become quite use to it. She signed and walked into the kitchen where I had finished sighing myself and she said..."Mommy, the TV went boom!" I said, "No the power went out honey, that was the transmitter you heard that made that noise. " She replied ever so non-chalently, "Oh just like before day that crazy squirrel munched the wire and got fried?" I chuckled at her response and told her that may be the case. A couple of minutes later she put up her finger and said eagerly, "MOMMY! Let's call Daddy, he can fix the TV and clocks and oven. He can fix the problem!"
Don't you wish it could be that easy?

I AM SO BUSY!

I took these pictures one day when Mandy really started to scoot and try to crawl. She was very smiley that day.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Mother Daughter Girl Scout Banquet

It's hard to imagine that it has been one year since we went to the last Mother/Daughter Banquet. Molly has grown so much over the year. She is much more independent. She's really getting a cute personality.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

For Moms

Before I was a Mom:

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom:
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom:
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests or give
shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom:
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a milli on pieces when I couldn't stop
the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom:
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important
and happy.

Before I was a Mom:
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to
make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the
wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Send this to someone who you think is a special Mom.
Including the person who thought of you today and sent it to YOU!

I never knew how wonderful it w ould be to become a mom! Now I know how
my mom felt!

Molly's Baptism

On March 10th, Molly chose to be baptized as a believer. All week prior, she was nervous and scared. Even though she was nervous, she insisted that she would tell her testimony. She wrote it on the computer and it was all of her words. It was very touching and to make it even better Mark baptized her. It is wonderful knowing that as much as you guide your children to make the right decisions this one, a very important one, was hers and hers alone. Praise God!

Blue Teddy

Katie has a teddy blanket similar to this one. She has 2 pink ones, a white one and a blue one. They are very well loved. When Mandy was born, Nana took her out to get a gift for her. Of course she needed to get her a teddy. She picked out this one and it had to be blue because her blue one was her favorite. For the first 2 weeks every morning Katie would bust open our bedroom door, run to the cradle and put her teddy in next to Mandy. She insisted that she needed it. I walked into the living room where Mandy was sleeping in her swing and low and behold, her blue teddy was on top of her. Katie said Mandy asked her for it and then she fell asleep.