Celebrating 7 months and 91 years

Our little man is 7 months old and excited to be sitting up on his own . . . mostly. His first tooth seems to be on the verge of popping through, too. The drooly evidence has had us wondering for the last month!!
On Thursday, Stephan's grandma P turned 91!! We had a party on Friday night at Raybrook. It was a fun time with family and ended with flashing lights and buzzers!! (As we were packing up Landon pulled the firealarm and got to meet a fireman :) )

Brute and Tiny--what happened?!?!?

Evidently one of these boys has been growing a lot more than the other in the last couple of months! Remember this? So "Brute and Tiny" is no longer appropriate . . . now they're just buddies, I guess.
We had Quinn over for a few hours last night and thought we should take a few pictures, Briella really wanted to get in on the photo shoot and "hodit" and she got Quinn to smile as she let go of him . . .
"hodit" = hold it/ hold him

Wordless Wednesday--Another load with burp cloths and bibs

You might be a mom

As I was going about my morning, caring for the children, cleaning around the house, I was thinking about the unique and interesting things that moms with little ones deal with . . . and so here is my little list, enjoy :)

You might be a MOM of little ones IF . . .
. . . you feel like you're off to a good start if you are showered and dressed by 7am
. . . you think you're off to a really good start if you and the kids are dressed by 8 am
. . . you shop places called "Hopscotch" and "Crackerjack Underpants"
. . . you throw in a few spit rags with every load of laundry to try to keep up with the spit
. . . you throw in a few bibs with every load of laundry to try to keep up with the drool
. . . you find your storage room filled with diaper boxes
. . . you can easily interpret words like 'kankie,' 'nak,' and 'teesss'
. . . you can't help but smile when you close the bedroom door at 1:00pm and no one is crying
. . . potty training is on your mind frequently, you even have typed 'easy potty training' 'potty training tips' and 'free potty trainers' into google
. . . your heart warms every time you hear 'wuv ewe'
. . . you find your self sitting on your steps, holding a teddy bear, and enjoying it because your were invited to 'sit, sit' by a 2 year old
. . . some days you think "Lord, I don't deserve these little blessings" and a few hours later you think "Lord, I can't handle these little rascals"

I love being home to care for my two little blessings, I am humbled by this great calling, I respect and appreciate my own mom and other moms so much more, and I rely on God for every little bit of wisdom and grace and guidance.

Wordless Wednesday--just another day to play