Easter Flashback 2017

Playing Outside

We are LOVING the warmer weather!!!!  Every night after supper, we head out to play!  Last night, it was BUBBLES!  

 One of the things I'm learning as a mama of two is that I have to get TWO of everything!  If I do not, a fight ensues!  Logan is pretty good about giving Wyatt whatever he wants, but I don't really want to raise Wy to think that he can get away with that :)  Life is not always like that.  So, we are learning to share, but most of the time, I just buy two!!!

 Logan set up a "park" for Wyatt in the backyard.  It was so cute.  I heard Logan say "Wyatt, I made you a park.  Here is your slide and here is a car and here is a place where you can sit and eat snacks."

 And Wyatt heard the word "snacks," and so he ran inside and grabbed some fruit snacks, and they sat at their picnic table.  It was adorable.

My heart is SO full watching these two sweet boys together.  They have a bond like no other.  Logan wanted a little brother SO bad, and of course, I always wanted Logan to have a brother, so I hope that Wy grows up knowing how very loved and wanted he is!  BOTH of our boys -- so, so very loved and wanted!!!  They bring me so much joy!!

And then there's Bruno.  Haha.  He's been going to puppy class and he's getting better -- he's learning to obey more and more.  I love seeing those three play together.  LONG LIVE SUMMER!

Trying this again...

I just wanted to do a test and see if I could still post.  I'm loving being able to go back and read all about Logan at this age, so I want to be able to record some stuff about Wy, and I'm bad at baby books and all that other stuff.  Social media is more my thing.

W had surgery to take care of his tongue tie, and in a surprising turn of events, he weaned himself from the bottle AND the paci after his surgery because he said "hurts," when he tried to use them.

We have been much more laid back with timelines when it comes to our second child than with our first.  I supposed it's because we have nothing to prove.  We are confident in our parenting abilities (as confident as one can be....do any of us really know what we are doing?  I think not.), and we don't have to impress anyone.  And it's great.  And look, he's done with the bottle, and he's FINE.

He isn't talking a lot, but we aren't worried.  He continuously improves, so we know he will get there.  He didn't sleep through the night until we tossed the bottles, and so now, there's nothing baby left except diapers.  And we'll take care of those in time.  No rush.

Confessions of a Reluctant Sports Mom

I hate sports.  I don’t mind activity, but I hate competition.  I get so stressed watching sporting events.  My heart starts pounding, my hands get sweaty....I’m literally on the edge of my seat just waiting to get hit with  a ball/puck/bat/bird doodoo.  You name it, I’m expecting it to hit me.

But I’m the mom of boys.

And I LOVE being the mom of boys.  SO MUCH. God got it right.

And yet, I still hate sports.

I’m just being honest.

But I love my boys more.

So tonight, I found myself sitting on the bleachers -  but mostly just up chasing Wyatt - but I watched.  I watched and my heart pounded every time a ball got hit his way.  Will he get it?  Will it roll right past him and he’ll spend 30 seconds looking for it?  Will he be out there, not even paying attention? Will he catch it and be so excited that he forgets to throw it in?  So many scenarios.

He was up to bat.  Heart pounding, palms sweating (that’s me).  And then, it happened. He got hit by a ball.  It was horrible. It hit his elbow.  I passed out.  (Kidding)

Long (very long) story short - they went into overtime and Logan was completely terrified to bat again.

And THIS is why I hate sports.

But someday, I hope my boys read this.  And I hope that through all of my jumbled words, what they really glean from this is that with even as much as I detest sporting events, I love my boys so much more.  And so, the next 18 years of my life will likely be spent doing this.

And I will be their biggest fan.

I'm BACK!!!

I never intended to take a break from blogging...the Blogger app stopped working and I couldn't remember my password or anything...didn't have the email that I set it up on.  Just a big mess. 

But I figured it out, and now, I'm back.

The main reason I started this blog was selfish....for me.  So that I could write things down and look back at them.  I'm so glad that I did.  I'm so glad I'm going to be doing it again!

The boys are growing so fast, and I cannot gush enough about HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM.  They simultaneous drive me crazy and bring me my greatest joy.  How is that possible? 

I cannot believe I get a front row seat to watch them grow. 

So, I will try to start updating more, because 90-year old Amy will appreciate it (I imagine me sitting in my nursing home room, just reading through my old blog every day.)

Life Lately

Every time I try to blog, I get kicked out of the app.  So, it's quite frustrating.

But we are loving life.  Enjoying every minute of our family of four. 

Church Family Camp

I found this post in my list of drafts that were never posted, so I didn't want to lose it.  It's from our first time at Family Camp...I think Logan was 3!