Lunch in bed?

Here's what happens when mommy spends the entire day on the computer instead of doing housework:

When Sam brought Justus home today NOTHING had changed. The bed was still unmade & laundry waiting to be done. Sadly enough I spent an unamed amount of time reading not writing blogs today. Zeke of course was fed and well taken care of but other than that I had a date with the computer. Can we say addicted?? UUUURRRRRRGGGGH. What a shame, there was so much that I should have done but didn't.

Coversations with J

About pillow fights-"I said wait".

This is what you will hear if you're ever in a pillow fight with Justus. "Wanna fight momma?". Sure J. The pillows quickly become a bat. "Batter up!". Next Justus becomes a football player. Be prepared to be tackled. Then it's time to wrestle. Belly flop to the pillow. In other words be prepared for a variety of fun. While you never know what your gonna get he will always say-'I said wait' before it's over. He has to be sure & get his blows in before the fun is over.

Where's Justus?

Each night before we go to bed we spend about 30minutes winding down. J's new thing is to hide under the covers & say where's Justus? Followed by Sam/myself saying silly things like: he's upstairs taking a bath, he's cleaning up his toys, he's standing on his head. This continues until we say something Justus thinks is funny. So sometimes he responds with a NO!, sometimes a yes. And every once in while he comes up for air & says- here I am!

Bedtime is one of my most favorite part of the day. Not just because sleep will soon follow. But it's one time of the day when we're all together with no distractions. No one is calling Sam needing help. The TV is off. And there is nothing left to do but get the kids to sleep. I truly enjoy the process. We have some important coversations right before bed. (When I was a kid these conversations happened at the dinner table.) Justus is especially affectionate at this time so I get lots of hugs, tickles & kisses; what fun!!!!!!!

Other things you might here Justus say: "Watch with me" (cartoons). I'm hung-a-ree. Let's check the mail...he'll do ANYTHING to get outside even if it only lasts for a minute. It's way harder to get outside with him since the baby is here..poor kid. Wanna ____________ with me???? Fill in the blank with play with me, fight (army men), play game?????? He really is getting social these days.

Also, "come with me mom' that means he has something to show me. Or press the red button;in other words "Get off the computer mom I need your attention!!!!!!!". And "I hear brother, you go get him. He's to little. He knows that he's not allowed to pick up the baby by himself.

I just asked him if he was hungry. My brother made supper & it's time to eat. Justus said: no, no thanks. A moment later he's eating supper. And just now he said 'I gotta get a drink.' In my biased personal opinion he is quite the conversationist!

There's so much more I could share but I'm probable boring you. So I'm off to eat supper while its hot!

Celebrity Duets

So I'm watching celebrity duets & it's pretty interesting. I just saw Lee Ann Womack sing with Carly Patterson. Carly was in the olympics as a gymnast. I barely recognized her...she isn't stick thin anymore. They sounded pretty good. I haven't watched this show before but so far they are my favorites. We'll see. Ok. Smokie Robinson & Lucy Lawless were pretty good too.

oops

I posted two of the same pic...it kept saying your request didn't go through or something like that. Anyways, it's really hard to catch Zeke smiling. Our camera has a delay. :( So below is a semi-smile.

What's new?

Well, it seems everyone is tired of looking at the 'visitor' aka the freaking bat! I am too; so here's what's going on around here. HUM.....

The kids are growing! The lil'one weighed in at almost 12lbs yesterday. And J will probably hit the 40 mark by Christmas. YIKES.

Sam & I are praying about some serious changes that have to be made. This is exciting to me b/c it usually hits each of us at different times. So it's nice that we're finally on the same page. Now we just have to continue seeking God's will & get to work. I know this information is pretty vague but I do covet your prayers. So if you think of us please send up a prayer!

We're planning a maquerade ball at church! I wasn't really that interested at first but now I'm excited. The whole point of it is to do something that the community can enjoy. Since the dancing reality shows have been such a hit our EC director decided this would be a good way to draw people in. It's kind of scary b/c we don't know what to expect.

We also have a consignment sale coming up in a couple of weekends. I sold some stuff last year that I absolutely did not like. Funny thing is someone liked it b/c I made over $60. This year I am helping with set-up & such so that should prove for a busy week.

Sam & I will celebrate our 6th anniversary next weekend. WOW- time really does fly. And somehow 30 doesn't seem old but rather just the starting point. Can I get a witness???

I've also been thinking of fall & Christmas. We looked at christmas stuff for Justus the other day. All the "good" toys are expensive so layaway it is. This is also another reason I'm ready for the consignment sale. We've got to do a clearance in the toy department for Justus. Everyone & their brother gives him toys. I mean we could buy only one toy for christmas & he'd still end up with 10+ new toys....where are we going to put them all??? Would it be bad to request less toys for my son? A saving account would be better, right???

Ezekeil is waking up---gotta go!

Going batty???

Check out the little visitor we had last night at 4am! IT's not a great picture b/c this is as close as I was willing to get.


I had just finished feeding Ezekiel & I heard something moving around. I'm not sure what I thought it was but I never expected to see a bat flying around. So I woke up Sam and told him what was happening. He didn't believe me at first. Then the bat flew over our bed. I shrieked & kicked my feet. Sam jumped and the whole bed moved. I screamed.

It took a minute to form a plan. Zeke was already covered up. So I covered Justus real good in case the bat tried to land near them. Then Sam jumped up and turned on the light. The bat landed and I took the kids into another room. Then went to get my dad to help us catch the bat. Luckily it didn't move b/c of the light being on and was easily captured.

WOW- what a night. Justus enjoyed b/c he got to watch Backyardigans and eat goldfish in the middle of the night. It took me a while to go back to sleep! Still not sure how he got in!

Six Weeks

Justus shared his beloved army man. Zeke love it as you can see.

Zeke & daddy exercising.


Ezekiel is six weeks old today. So far he has been pretty easy going. He discovered his arm today & was delighted! He cooed & gurgled for twenty minutes or so. Wonder what the arm had to say? It was really cute.


He also is smiling lots now which I love. He weighs about 11 lbs now..wondering if he'll be a big guy like his brother. Zeke can't wear the newborn diapers anymore he's officially in size 1. This is a good thing for me b/c we've spent about $100 in newborn diapers since he's been born. YIKES.

He sleeps about 4 hours before waking up at night. Very nice! Hoping to make it to 5 hours soon. Still sleeping a good bit during the day. Also good for me b/c I'm still adjusting to having two kiddos. I've never been a scheduled person but I'm finding that some (more) structure works better with two.

For example it's better for us all if we start our bedtime routine at 11 now instead of midnight. This allows time for Justus to wind down & Zeke to realize it's bedtime. Otherwise J gets over extended aka CRAZY & Zeke wants to stay up until 2am. And mommy don't play that! Patience eludes me about that time and I just don't handle it well.

Losing it!

My poor lil' baby is loosing his hair. The top half of his head is bald while the entire back half is FULL of soft brown hair. I know it's normal but I don't remember such a drastic change with Justus. He always had a little bit of hair every where. It just gradually lightened up.

Ezekiel eyes are also changing but not very fast. Last night we were looking at his eyes. They're starting to lighten up a little. I was wondering how soon Justus' started changing so we looked at some of his baby pics on the computer. His eyes were bright blue by the time he was just eight weeks old. We kept waiting for them to change but they never did. I'm thinking that Ezekiel might end up with green eyes like his daddy. Wouldn't that be great??!!! It doesn't look like they'll be brown but you never know.

Oh yeah- we also weighed Zeke yesterday. He's almost 11lbs already! YIKES. He's getting longer too. Some of his outfits are to short.

Here is Justus sporting his fashion sense. He's obviously still learning!

Please pray...

Today my SIL called me from Florida. A family we went to church with has had a tragedy in their lives. Lisa & Tyler Mathews were in South Dakota (maybe North) at a motorcycle rally. There was an accident & Tyler was instantly killed. Lisa was injured pretty badly and is in the hospital for recovery.

I hate death! And this is especially sad to me. The Mathews are a close family. They have three children: Tyler Jr., Sammy (girl) & Eli. The two oldest are teenagers. Please pray that Lisa can get home to her family as soon as possible. I'm sure they need each other right now.

Me & the boys

Talledega Nights

We went to see this movie today & ended up walking out. It was rated PG-13. I didn't even want to watch the entire thing. There was enough cussing to last me a lifetime in the first 30 minutes alone. Including the "F" word & taking God's name in vain. It also had a same sex couple in the limelight so to speak...anyways we finally had enough and left. We should have left sooner; but I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't. What stinks is that there were some really funny parts & you always want to know the outcome but---I didn't want to know bad enough to sit through all that filth. This movie also includes teaching kids to be rude, & curse, etc. And encourages affairs. NOT the best movie in the world. Definetly not PG-13 to me!!!!! Can't they just do something CLEAN for a change??

One month old today!!!

Getting Bigger!

Been feeling reflective lately; knowing there are things I need to work on! Changes that need to be made. OK- so I realize it. Now what???? Changes don't come easy.

Sam's mom is here so we have been keeping pretty busy. We also have kids crusade at church so there hasn't been much time to sit & write or even read and catch up with everyone. I keep forgetting to take pictures....not good! Later.

If you sit down for a minute...

Justus will ask you for some lotion.
When you give him some lotion he's going to MAKE A MESS.
After he makes a mess; he's going to need a bath.
During his bath Ezekiel will probably wake up hungry & scream his head off until you do something about it.
While you're feeding Zeke BIG brother will decide he is hungry too.
He will probably bug you to death until you get him something to eat too.
And while he is eating his food Justus will probably make another mess (on the sheets you just washed two days ago).
After that if you don't loose your mind you are PROBABLY doing OK.
So later God will reward you with a 30 minute nap!!!!!!




Ok- if you've ever read the books "If you give a pig a party or If you give a mouse a cookie" then you understand my little story. If not well, that's just what happened to me yesterday with the boys. One thing after another. I of course didn't hand Justus the bottle of lotion, I told him to get a squirt- he knows that's the rules. But when he got quiet I wondered exactly what he was up to. Half of the lotion was gone...another ten minutes & I'm sure the entire bottle would have been on the floor & everything else. Man, he's fast! It looked more like shaving cream than lotion b/c he had gotten so much everywhere. In between feedings & naps WE finally got it all up. Sam took Justus with him today---aaaaaaahhh. Now I can go to the bathroom by myself for a change. TMI???? Sorry.

My sleeping beauty:

Hi!!!!! Things are going pretty smoothly around here. Ezekiel is sleeping most of the time & his main awake time is from 10pm-midnight. This is a great time for us b/c we're ALL still awake. Including Justus. Sometimes J will go down at 11 and then we can have "baby time" and Justus doesn't have to compete for attention.

All in all Justus has done great with the baby. Today I was starting a load of clothes & Zeke started crying. Justus picked up the bottle & started feeding him. Zeke of course got a milk bath but it was so sweet! I snuck a picture real quick but I haven't put it on the computer yet.

This weekend went to a decade/birthday party. It was SOOOOO much fun. I mainly watched everyone & Sam ended up being the DJ. Here is a picture of our pastors; they're so cute!!!!! I took a short video on my camera but I'm not sure how to put it up.

A laugh on a bad day.

So I needed a laugh. Someone emailed this to me today; thought I'd share my laughs with you. Enjoy!

Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really upset. She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 4 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE".
The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up,
she looked out the window and sure enough there was a small box
gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Funeral services for Ed have been scheduled for Friday.

Today Justus said my favorite words in the world: "Hold me momma." Then he crawled up into my lap and five minutes later he was asleep. So I sat there crying & held him. It's been two weeks since he has let me hold him...I've missed it! (Since Zeke was born.) It's been hard not holding my little (big) angel!!!!!!! I love him so much!

Finish this sentence...

LATE AS USUAL....

My home is...the place God has provided for us now.
I am listening to...Justus make a mess. Typical!
Maybe I should...take a minute & read a devotion.
I love it when...I don't wake up with a headache!
My best friend...I'm not really sure.
I don't understand....my attitude this morning.
I lost....my sleep last night.
People say...alot of things they don't mean.
The meaning of my blog name...I am a native of NC. BORING!!!!!!!
Love is...painful & always worth it!
Right now, somewhere, someone is...hoping I will gain a little perspective today.
I will always..be thankful for God's grace!
Once upon a time I....had a plan.
I never want to....hurt someones feelings.
My personal motto is...let go of what you can't control.
When I wake up in the morning...I try to go back to sleep.
I get annoyed when....I ride in the car with Sam.
People always...compliment me on my beautiful kids!
I sing...when I am really happy or if I'm in a really bad mood.
Hugs are the best...when they're from my husband. He gives the best hugs ever!
Today I am...GRUMPY; in case you couldn't already tell.
Tomorrow I will...be better- I hope!!!!!!
I really want...my own home & a car with AC!
If my girls/boys were born the opposite sex, I would have named them...none of your business! Still thinking on that one.

I won't tag anyone since most everyone has already done this....I don't plan on showing my house. Its not really "me". Sorry!

Kind of cheesy; kind of clever- you choose.

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 101%?  What equals 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions...

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

AND, look how far the love of God will take you

L- O- V - E-O-F-G-O-D
12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Love of God that will put you over the top!