Geronimo!!!

God blessed me when he gave me these boys. 

I am forever grateful to Him for these 3 gifts. 

I am undeserving. 

My boys all have their own distinct personality and tonight, 

Grayden (the middle child, aka "the stinker") made me laugh. 

Although he spilled gallons of bath water on our bathroom floor,  

I let him just so I could get a few shots of his

"Geronimo" game in the tub. 

My Dad used to call him "Smiley" because of that 

gorgeous, contagious smile of his. Combined with those gorgeous baby blues, he's the kid that can get away with murder

because he's so darn cute.

Here he is in true form...

And this is where he screams, "Geronimoooooooooooooooooo!"

 It's moments like this you have to stop what you're doing, breathe, don't get mad...and enjoy the laughter. He makes it easy.

Grayden has to get an MRI tomorrow morning. There is a spot on his bone on the lower inner femur and we are praying we are dealing with something simple, like a bone cyst or an abscess. I am trying to find the courage and strength to get through this so I can be strong for him. I'm sure I have nothing to worry about but 

a Mom can't help but worry =)

I love this little guy with all my heart. He is such

a joy and a light in all of our lives.

Update: Good news from the doctor. They say the spot on his bone is a nonossifying fibroma (benign) and the pain he is having is only growing pains. We'll follow up in 6 months! The weight of the world just lifted from my shoulders.

Chuckles

Today, my little man laughed for the first time.

A sound I look forward to hearing 

many times in his lifetime. 

What a sweet, sweet little chuckle!!!

I love you, Gavin Lee!

Thanks Cuz...

My cousin Tanya is always getting wrangled into some computer project I'm attempting just about every time I talk to her. This time it was my blog...didn't she do a great job? Thanks girl!!! Hey, wait a minute! Is that why you don't always return my calls? LOL!

Battlefields, Birthdays and Boys

We just celebrated Liam's 8th birthday. My sweet little baby is 8 years old, I still can't believe it.

It seems like just yesterday it was the three of us, building our little world together. Now we are a busy family of 5 and Liam is the big brother to 2  little boys. He is a loving, thoughtful, protective big brother and I am so proud of him.

  Sometimes, I wish time could stand still.

Unfortunately, I don't have that power, so instead, we celebrate. We celebrate this little boy who is growing so fast, who makes us smile everyday, who fills our heart with love and pride.

Bring. it. on.

Bring on the Nerf Battle. Bring on the pack of wild, crazy boys, the birthday cake, the camo face paint.

Bring on the kids that take it a little too 

seriously, straight out of Rambo.

and isn't there a princess at the heart of every battle?

Bring on the friends and family...

 

I've never seen these kids have so much fun together. Some took their "role" a little more seriously than others and had us laughing all day long. 

We capped the day off with some bubbles by moonlight, courtesy of the neighbors. Mellow Mushroom pizza thanks to Uncle Z, and kids that fell asleep in record time. I'm talking seconds. 

Thanks to everyone who shared this day with us, it wouldn't have been the same without you. and thanks for the Nerf idea Kyle!!!

Happy Birthday Liam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxo

My life is one clown short of a circus

...and I'm not talking Ringling Brothers. 

It's one of those low budget circus'. 

I have all these grand ideas and intentions and instead I end up chasing my tail all day, it's quite entertaining for those who might catch a glimpse of it. Scrambling with kids in tow trying not to be late for whatever our next adventure is. Nursing the screaming baby what seems like every 15 minutes. Running after the boys picking up (or stepping on) the same **bleeping** toys 20 times a day. Drowning in paperwork and unorganized closets. Crafts, projects and clutter bugs tucked away in all the corners of my house. Not to mention all the things I get myself into all the time because I haven't learned to say no to people (teaching 18 girl scouts how to decorate cakes last Tuesday). I'm gettin' a little stressed just thinkin' about it. Today I think I washed 10 loads of clothes, but the most impressive part is that I actually got it all put away. 

The discouraging part is that

I'm. not. finished. 

Ugh! I'm in laundry hell. 

So, I'll spare you any more gorry details of my day to day circus life. Oh wait, here's the part where I break out into song..."circus life, under the big top woorrrrrrrrrld. We all need the clowns to make us smile..." 

My little clowns give me perm-a-grin. I wouldn't trade this life for anything.

Since my last post, I've managed to finish my planter, 15 coats of paint and a sad looking pansy later...voila! 

Or as we say it in the south, wala! 

Ain't she cute?! Pretty nice for 50 cents! 

Uh hem, sorry I mean, "fitty cent." 

Cuz I'm cool like that.

And Joey, such a dear, started on the headboard for me. Ain't she just FAB?!  He  sanded it and got one coat of primer on it and it already looks soooooooo good. 

I think I'm in love with my $10 headboard. 

Awwwwwwww, thanks babe.

You can see the before picture here, although I just realized the before picture I took was of the BACK of the headboard. That's soooo not like me

(insert hint of sarcasm).

Joey even added some height to the headboard by adding some "legs" to this sweet mama. I think once it's all painted out, and everything is put together, you won't even see them.

  

Are you seeing the potential? I think it'll look great in a clean, crisp white but Joey says no. AND he wants it distressed.  Hmph! But believe it or not, he did NOT shutter when I said, "How about lime green or turquoise?" WHAT?! Instead he asked if our bedding will match it. (since when did he become such a design diva?) Welllllllllllll, as a matter of fact it won't, so we'll have 

to get some new stuff. Yay, 

shopping spree, with a budget of $0. 

That should be fun. 

Who am I kidding, I love a challenge.

So that's it. That's all we've done. 

Things are slooooow goin' here. But hey, it's better than nothin'. 

I'm hoping to get a few things done this weekend so I'll post more soon. 

Tootles! 

Geez, I've been watching too much 

Mickey Mouse.