The "MUST HAVE TOY" For CHRISTmas!!

I have to say my freshly bathed Thatcher is my favorite smell! Thatcher has been unimpressed with his toy selection lately, So I tried the old pot and spoon trick. HE LOVED IT!!!!! He finally after intensely staring at them for a while, figured out when they are used as a drum they make the most irritating, annoying wonderful sound!
( By the way you have to admit his little fohawk is just adorable)

So, the only downfall to the "NEW wonderful invention" is that the sound curiously called in 3 more boys who wanted to take over and BANG with all their might.....( this might be a good anger management tool :) )

The chubbiness had a BLAST and banged until bedtime...it was so cute watching him figure it out!

AND......This is how it all ended with fingers being slammed in between the spoon and pot and eventually a few tears broke out because someone didn't get a turn! So, from this I learned.....Santa will be getting a letter from mommy....Saving the elves  hard work and time....Just call Paula Dean or Rachel Ray  and please Santa tell her we want her cookware collection in Red or orange and ALL momma and children and Daddy will all be happy!!

Remembering each moment as they slowly pass

I wrote a poem....As I nursed Thatcher to sleep last night I was taking time to remember the past 8 months of his life and how I am amazed at how fast and BIG he has grown. He woke up every 2 hours last night (maybe teething??) and as I got him back to sleep I felt exhaustion kick in. I prayed at 5:40 a.m. that God please let him sleep just one full hour before I have to get the kids ready for school. Thatcher slept from 5:40 until 7 a.m...It doesn't matter how little the prayer...God always goes a little further in answering it. Here is the poem I wrote to Thatcher...


I remember the tiny flutters and the BIG kicks,
I remember the first time we heard your heart tick.

I remember the very second you were born and placed on my chest,
I remember the first time you closed your eyes to rest.

I remember the day we brought you home from the hospital,
I remember when I nicknamed you "Diddle".

I remember how small you were those first days,
And how I often wonder why you couldn't stay that way.

It amazes me how you have grown so fast,
I am trying so hard to make each moment last.

As a tired mommy in the middle of the night,
I sometimes forget I need to enjoy these moments too and hold you extra tight.

Your once tiny fingers, hands and feet,
Are now full and chubby and the way you have changed is so very neat.

As I enjoy these moments we have together,
I often wonder "Will you LOVE me like this forever?"

My wish for your future is to be full of LOVE and joy,
Just remember one thing, you will always be our baby BOY!

Love,
Momma


......Count your blessings, name them one by one. And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.......

REJUVENATED!

I want to thank my husband for his prayer....he prayed that Thatcher would sleep last night and that I would get rest. Well, God definately came through. Thatcher went to sleep around 9 p.m. and woke at 1 a.m. and then slept until 5 a.m. and went back asleep until 7:40 a.m.    He only woke twice and usually wakes every 2 hours and greets me with a smile each time. It was so nice to get some rest and I feel like a new woman. I have tons more energy today and feel so refreshed! So, thank you John for your prayer and thank you God for answering it!!

I have these cute pictures of the chubbiness in the bathtub. I have to share them because he LOVES his bath time and makes the cutest faces...there is one silly face he has perfected in the last week. It is a face with the lip fully in pout with a grin and it makes me giggle every time he does it.

These have definately become my new favorite pictures of him!! OH how I could giggle at the pout lip all day! And he smells so good when he is freshly bathed! I could just eat him up.

Soaking up God's Word...Boys and momma's BIBLES'

There was a day last week where 3 of our boys got into my Bible cabinet and God's word was pretty popular that day. Jack, decided the shiny pages were so neat and that God's word would be great going straight to his head! (literally)

Ty took his time and turned each page as though it was the most delicate thing he ever touched!

 I LOVE how comfy he got and pretended to know exactly what each page said.

Thatcher even got in on the action with (THE MESSAGE) and decided it looked good enough to EAT!!

The super bowl for the Stallions!

Our team made it to the super bowl, we were so excited for our BIG guy! He played hard and  gave it his very best! We got the second place trophy, and we will strive to get there again next year and hold the 1st place trophy in our hands :)

Daddy and Q showing off the trophy

I am so proud of Quentin, never playing football in his life, he has come so far this year. He wears a smile every game and made new friends this year on his team. As we left the football end of the year party...he shed a few tears because he LOVES this sport and he will miss his new buddies in the off-season! We are already looking forward to next year, this team has become a family to us and they are amazing people that we are proud to call "OUR TEAM"!!

Hey, see number 24?? Yup that's our GUY!!!

WHO needs a cheerleader....When you got the chubbiness on your side?

All decked out and ready for "The Game"

Ty's field trip to the farm!!

How adorable is this smile? (Gold teeth and all)Ty had a field trip a few months ago that I completey forgot to add to our blog! His daddy took off work and they headed to the farm. Ty even wore his rain boots :) 

 Ty got put to work, I have always wanted a farm....Now that Ty is learning how to be a little farmer, I could definately live out that little dream with my little helper ;)  He can even milk a cow!! Organic milk would be awesome Ty!!

He makes the funniest faces that make us all giggle!! We LOVE you Ty

Ty and his daddy had a great day together. These are moments that we cherish, and moments that my husband looks forward to with our boys. It's about being there for the little moments that mean so much at the end of the day! He is an amazing DAD!!

Spent the day with gram (nana) and papaw (roy) yesterday!

For veterens day I packed up the boys and we took a day to spend with my grandparents ( my boys call them nana and roy). I have always had this amazing connection to them...it's like our hearts are tied together and just a smile let's you know the LOVE we share. The bond is so entirely strong and I have always felt that they are my heart. They are what home is, they make me feel welcome always, and I feel I can share with them anything that is on my mind. But, all these years there was something missing...something that I didn't realize until yesterday...a piece of the puzzle that wasn't found until recently....yesterday I felt the piece fit perfectly and our bond is tightly sealed in it's entirety! That missing piece was God, I have been a believer always, never surrendering completely to the Lord...but this past year I have completely fell in LOVE with GOD and now, we share GOD together and we can talk about our missing puzzle piece!! What a HUGE piece to have missing from such a heartfelt, LOVING bond! I feel his presence in my everyday, my gram...knowing him all along and praying for my salvation has been such an influence without me even realizing it until now. Yesterday, we talked about GOD and where I feel a weakness in my christianity and also looked through books together. She showed me something very special, a bible of her own as a child...(very worn and tattered...just the way I feel a bible should be because that shows it was a well used bible). She said she use to sleep with it, holding it upon her chest at night...this made me so proud...proud that her bond with GOD is so strong. I will forever remember this moment and the story of this bible and how I craved to run my fingers over the worn pages of the bible that was held in her hand each and every night. She showed me a chair in her living room, that was her grandma's and the way she told the story about how she remembered her grandmother breaking beans in it..it just reminded me of how she LOVES with her whole heart and how much I hope that I can be half the woman she is! She fills my heart with amazing joy and each time I leave their house I cry like a baby because I don't want to leave. No matter where I am, they will always be home to me!
My grandpa is so very special as well, he is so sweet and LOVES with everything he has. I asked him yesterday to take my car for a drive because of the noise it was making ( he knows alot about cars) and to see if he could tell me what he thinks is wrong. Well, he did that and also he filled up my gas tank ( he is LOVINGLY sneeky). It wasn't that he filled up my tank that warmed my heart but the fact that he even thought to do something like that. He is a protector and he is the most unselfish person I have ever met! He took the boys on the 4 wheeler up and down the hills, they had such a great time. The boys are still talking about the tickle in their bellies from the hills. I miss when I was little and he would joke with me and poke his fingers in my ribs to get me to chuckle. It's the little moments that I carry in my heart, the stories told about their past and the things that mean most to them make me appreciate them so much more.
If you have ever heard the expression "I LOVE you so much it hurts" this would be the defining expression of my feelings for them. I Thank God for them and ask him that I have many more years with them. Part of my heart was left with them last night, I need to be there with them more often and soak up every moment like a sponge. I can't wait to be with them again! What a wonderful day yesterday was!!

8 months old "The chubbiness"

Last Friday Thatcher turned 8 months old....( I have been really busy...Yes I failed mother of the year and missed that post).  Now, that he is 8 months, he is loving himself some baby food...trying with all his strength to pull up on the couch and has started giving the BEST slobber kisses! As I try and encourage the word "momma" he delightfully screams back "Dadda" in my face!  He is by far the most outgoing little guy and loves to grab and pinch my face.

Thatcher,
         You are slowly pulling up and trying to walk/crawl on your toes. You LOVE to scatter my freshly folded laundry all over the room. Sometimes I watch in amazement at all you are quickly learning and how you take in each moment with wonder and curiousity. You have been sharing your slobbery kisses with such excitement and delight. Right now you are currently in your "I only want my momma stage but won't say my name" and I LOVE this stage!  You don't know this yet..but when you turn 2, you will slowly crossover to the " I only want my daddy stage, but when I am hurt I want my mommy."  In the early morning, you babble in your room...and I often wonder if you are having a conversation with Jesus. So, I sit and listen, because I don't want to disturb your time with him. Then you start to cry a little and I know "it's our time"....our time to snuggle and play are the times I place in my heart and try to hold onto them in memory and heart so I never forget the joy that I am overcome with by you ...needing me. Last night, we danced in the kitchen like noone was watching and I told you how beautiful you are. You giggled, I laughed and we shared a moment that will always shed a happy tear! We Love you and we hope you remember these moments we share with you!!
Momma

Sorry So Late..But Halloween Pics!!

This is our half vampire half zombie. I am proud to say I styled his hair and did the makeup :)  He looked awesome!!

Ty went as woody and Jack as Buzz Lightyear. Quentin was the half vampire half zombie!

 Here is the chubbiness all wrapped up in pumpkin delightness!! Now this is a pumpkin I could smother in kisses!

 

All of my boys looked awesome and had such a good time...and of course they racked up huge amounts of candy.

Ty insisted that a picture by the dog was a must before we started our journey....It was a fun halloween and our new addition did great through it all!!