Thoughts and Happenings.....

Thanks to everyone for their patience about the change in blogging. I realize it's not quite as easy to view etc., so I'm grateful for your patience and that you are sticking with us! :)

I have a lot of personal info on my blogs, and it seemed like a good idea to make that all private :) Also, since I'm fond of posting half naked pics of my kids, it also seemed like a good idea to have a limited audience of tried and true friends :) actually though, my hubby told me about a news story of a family who got in trouble and had their kids taken away temporarily over photos on their memory stick at walmart! I was very glad I made my blogs private after that!

and with that, we shall move on to some various and assorted thoughts....

My sweet little boy said the nicest thing to me the other day! I was talking to him about having a wife, and he said no, he didn't want to etc., then he said "I just like my wife that's called Mama."One day he will feel differently :) But for now I do enjoy the fact that his little heart loves me that much!

Sometimes I realize I'm different than I think I am. I still feel like I did when I was, say, 18....but um, I don't think I come across that way. Or maybe I should say I hope I don't? :) I don't know. We are getting older, and don't fall in the "teen" category anymore. I still feel like I do though- but the teens around me probably really don't think I do :)

The 25th was my dad's birthday. We spent the 26th with him and my mom, and had a fun time! Here he is with two of his grandsons! Time sure does fly.... My little Nicolas is a REAL crawler now! SO CUTE! He was crawling all over the deck yesterday. It was the most lovely weather, and all three of us were having a wonderful time outside...
We got to go on a DATE last weekend! It has been SOOOOOO long since we went on a date. It was so wonderful! I kept feeling like I did on our honeymoon! I love it when all of a sudden memories and feelings of the past come rushing back, and it's almost like I'm there, living it all again. Not that the present isn't good, too - it's all important and part of who we are and where God has us now.



Been thinking about my life with these two. They take up my every waking moment. They are so much my LIFE, if you know what I mean.....sometimes I just look at them and my heart overflows with love, amazement and thankfulness to God. There are moments that are so wonderful, and there are moments that are so terrible! I always want to tell someone about them, and have them understand exactly what I mean....Some things just can't be conveyed in writing or words! Either way though, I wouldn't trade them for anything. They are worth any sacrifice, for they bring SO MUCH JOY to our lives. What did we do before they were born? (oh yeah, sleep 'till 11 am....I remember now! :) :) ) Hehe.



Tonight our "weekend" begins. James doesn't belong to The Planet again until Sunday morning :) Yay! There are still lots of other things he needs to get done, but at least he can do them here at home and we can lay our eyes upon him and spend time in between with him! He is in the process of composing a song for his orchestra that meets on Saturday mornings. We both used to play in it when we were young, then eventually he started conducting. When he got a computer job back in 2006 he stopped for awhile, but last year (Sept.) it started up again. It was pretty small (9people?) and in just one year it has grown to, I think 18 people! He is so excited. God is good! Anyways, it's pretty varied skill wise, so finding things to play can be difficult....that's where his ability to compose comes in handy :) But it is time consuming :)



well, he is back with our take out chinese and soft drinks, so I'm going to sign off!

Much love to you all!

A Change in Blogging

Just wanted to let you know that our blogs will be made private in a day or so. Let me know if you'd like to continue reading, and I'll add you to the list. If I don't know you, please let me know a little about yourself, and how you came to read my blogs! Thanks!

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Long Time No Blog! :)

I haven 't blogged here in awhile! As always I do have more current posts on www.live-with-patrick.blogspot.com if you are interested!

Since my last post we have moved! Our landlord got foreclosed on, so we had to move. We love our "new" house, and are grateful to God for giving it to us. We will Lord willing be here for 3 years. We were weary of packing up and moving every year to year and a half or so!
Our new house is in a nice little older neighborhood, only 20 min. from our old house. (we can still shop at our old wal-mart if we want to! :) ) It has three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen with a spot big enough for a card table in the corner, for when I'm cooking and Patrick is eating or some such thing! It has two bath rooms, a laundry room and a converted garage....and a nice little back yard that is the perfect size for a 3 year old, and a wee one growing up. It even has a little covered porch, which we love!

In news of the boys - they are doing great overall. Currently we've had a bug, so that's no fun. Poor little guys were crying a lot today, and have stuffy noses/runny noses. I had it too, and I know it's no fun!
Patrick is such a little boy! He is such a goof ball, too. Still a cautious child. At story time he never wants to do what everyone else does (unless he really loves whatever they are doing (i.e - has had some exposure to the song or whatever beforehand) He never wants to march around with noise makers, and ever since he was 1 year old he has not wanted to go under the parachute during parachute play! He has to be comfortable with people and whatever is going on in order to participate. He does enjoy story time though. Lately we've been able to go just the two of us since it falls on a day James is off work. That's been quite nice.
He is so affectionate. He cares so much about his baby brother, and loves him so much. He has a soft heart for how people feel. He hates it when people are sad and/or cry. He is quite the older sibling responsible type, too! ;) He is doing great with his piano and memorizing. He also memorizes Cd's we listen to, which is so fun and funny to hear! He will sometimes recite "Angus and the Ducks, by Marjorie Flack" out of the blue....or "Clifford, the big red dog, by Norman Bridwell!" He is into making faces lately. Hilarious ones. He uses extreme big hand motions. He is so boyish - yet so un-boyish, too! He is a lot like his Daddy. But I'm seeing a lot of me, too. He is figuring out more and more how to talk like "real" people. He listens so closely to what we say. We were talking one day about something gross, and then he exclaimed with gusto "That's GROSS DADDY!" sooo funny!

Nicolas has been army crawling for about a month now, and will get up on all fours and rock back and forth, even taking one or two crawls usually (the other day he took several in a row!)
He is babbling, imitating, and quite the personality, fun loving little joker! He will bat at James on purpose to get his attention, or make noises to attract Patrick's attention. He laughs at funny faces we make, as if he gets the complicated joke! He has strong opinions and likes/dislikes, and can make them very known, if you get my point :) He LOVES water. He can sit up/get down from a sitting position as well as pulling himself up now. Pulling up on EVERYTHING, as of about 2 or 3 days ago. He loves to go get all the things he isn't supposed to. The Cd's, the cords, etc.
He still isn't sleeping through the night. Since our move things have gone downhill, however they have improved recently somewhat. Last night he got up about every 3 hours. I am really feeling exhausted and worn out.
He has dark eyes, and people are commenting more and more telling me how he looks "just like you!" He has a very unique hairline. In the back it has a little "curl" (place where you should part) on BOTH sides of his head! In the front he has a cowlick on BOTH sides of his forehead! (although not perfectly centered down in the middle!) I don't know what I shall do with his adorable hair! :) A friend recently shared with me that there is nothing you can do with such hairlines :) His brother has hair like that, so I guess he knows!
Nicolas is full of life and sparkle and seems to want to go get everything. He thrives on being with the people he loves. He squeals with delight, and "talks" loud about everything he may notice, even if it's something quite "mundane" to us. He is a joy! I am sad thinking he is so big already. Only four months until he is one. It has gone so fast! But, as I read recently "Don't be sad because it's over, be happy because it happened!" (Dr. Seuss)

And I shall leave you with Patrick sayings. I do write down things about Nicolas, too :) But it's more a journal of his first year.....just so you know I'm jotting down memories about both, lol! :)
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Patrick Sayings:
"God, thank You for my peanuts. Only my peanuts. Amen"

Yesterday I read to Patrick about Adam and Eve disobeying God. He was very worried about them doing that. He looked most distraught and said "but did they obey???!"

Today he asked me "Mommy, where are Adam and Eve?" I told him in Heaven. "Why?" Because they lived a long time ago and now they live in Heaven (trying to avoid the subject of dying since it upsets him)
He then asked if there were houses in heaven, so we talked about the mansions God is preparing. I told him God was making one for me for when I go there one day. He replied "I don't want you to die." Later he said "When you die Daddy and I will buy a new Mommy." He also said "When you go to Heaven I hope you will come back to our house." "I hope you will come down from Heaven."

Turning his little lamp off (new thing he learned to do 8/09) has huge grin, throws up hands dramatically, saying in sing-song voice "nobody can see my light anymore!" Climbs in bed, continues in same way acting/saying "because I'm going to bed." "Goodbye" cuddles in under quilt.
Love my little silly boy!

are we gonna have another wedding?
no, mommy and daddy aren't going to get married again, but we're going to watch the video.
"was I there?"
No, you weren't born yet.
"was I in your tummy"
No.
Where were I?

"Wait a minute. I think I hear a sound outside." ME: yeah. Maybe it's rain. P: "I think it's God"

Wakes up in the morning. all groggy and cuddly. then asks "Is my baby sister out of your tummy yet?" Also says he wants a big sister :)

I think our baby is tellin' us somethin'