A free moment

Life just goes by so quickly, especially when it is crazy. Ours has been lately. After this week, we will feel like we can breath again. We enjoyed some family togetherness time this weekend, which was much needed. I think I can speak for Andy also in saying, we feel rejuvinated.

Couple stories....first off the sunglasses you see in the picture below are gone. Only I could lose them like it did...I was wearing them when we took a family walk, took them off, set them on the hood of my car, took them off the hood of my car and put them???? They have not shown up, I have had them for like 2 years (which is a record for me), Andy gave them to me, I loved them...and no POOF...nowhere to be seen. What is that prayer you can say for missing things again?

Next, this morning, I wish I would've had a mouse in the room to take a picture for me, my hands were occupied....I smelled my son (I'm sure you can imagine what I mean)...yep sure enough an explosion of a diaper you can only imagine (unless you are a parent or a pediatric nurse, then you would know)...took off his sleeper, from his toes (literally) to his upper back. I mean, really, how are you suppose to get a child clean without getting poop everywhere? Well poop was everywhere, and worse off Tanner got it on his fingers, then was trying to eat it. Yuk! Good times...hope this made you smile.

Life is good, God is good....my Aunt Becky found out her cancerous tumors have shrunk and she is feeling good, Andy's Grandma's both are healthy, our families are healthy and happy and successful, work is going well for Andy and I...in all that is wrong with the world, we can't help but sit back and feel blessed for what God has given us and provided for us. In all of my dreams and wishes, I could've never imagined it would be THIS good.... Snake Saturday St. Patrick's Parade

Tanner sitting like a big boy in the bath....do his eyes look tired in the morning like Andy's or what?

Tanner sleeping right in the middle of the living room...just kaput...snoring! That's a tired baby!

Proof that my son can crawl....don't worry he is getting better by the minute, it's a work in progress.

Army crawling and more....

So it has been a little bit since I've updated. I need to add some pictures also!

First, Andy has been out of town the last 2 weeks, so it's been so crazy for our family. I miss my husband, and can't wait for him to come home, stay home, and our family get back together.

Second, Tanner has had a big week or so. He is army crawling now! It's totally uncoordinated, but when he wants something he sure knows how to get there. Sometimes he is lazy and turns himself around and just rolls. He's not stupid....He is eating some table foods, we are going slow with it, but he is loving cheerios, different fruits, mashed potatoes, and basically anything he can gum. Well I shouldn't say, gum, because he has 2 more teeth on top, also! On top of all that he is holding his own bottles totally on his own, and drinking from a sippy cup. It's so cute when he picks it up from the table! It looks so big in his little hands. He thinks he is a really big boy when he gets to sit in high chairs and grocery carts all by himself! He just sits up so tall and looks proud of himself. So needless to say, it's all a learning experience with all this new stuff in his life....but it gets better and more fun everyday!

So as exhausting as this sounds, it is. I am calling it a night...my family will be back together tomorrow when Andy comes home!

With love and God's blessings.....

Bottle it up!

Here are my men (Andy and Tanner) playing and the best sound in the world!

Savor these moments because they will be gone before you know it.

Random thoughts...

So, I have been thinking the last couple days about the c word....cancer. It has effected my life in many ways, and I think most people have had some part of their life effected by it also. Right now, my lovely Aunt is stricken with recurrent breast cancer (I love you) and we are hoping for good news in a week or so, a woman I used to work with is fighting for her life as we speak (you can check out her blog on the bottom of my page), my Grandmother-in-law (is that a word?) has been living with it for awhile now. That is just at this time, I have lost people I loved to this awful disease. Most of the time it seems so painful, and slow..it is so hard on not only the people that have it but the people that love them and care about them. It also seems like when anyone gets some wierd sickness, their mind immediately goes to..."is it the c word"? It seems like everything causes cancer...and all of this research money and it seems like we are making baby steps. So if you get a second today, pray for these people, all people that have cancer, and the people that love them...

I read this post the other day that made me think about my own life and relationship with God. Do you ever feel stuck between doing what is right or living how God would want you to, and feeling selfish? Sometimes I feel like I don't do enough for all the wonderful things God has done for me, and all my blessings. I do not go to church every Sunday, I do not do everything that I could for God and the church. It makes me feel stuck in between. I like Coach purses, and sort of crazy expensive jeans...but do I give enough to God? I pray all the time, but I do not read the Bible. But I know doing good in God's eyes is everywhere...when I hold the door for an older person, when you are honest, when you are thoughtful, etc. These are the things that go through my mind....maybe it's just me?

My little man, helping me cook dinner in the kitchen.
My men...spending some quality time playing together..

Posing for a quick picture.

So, who would have thought we would get like 4 inches of snow in the end of February when we didn't get much snow all winter? Had to drag Tanner out in his cute little snow suit (don't worry it was only for like 2 minutes)....

Okay randomness by Allison is over....