Hello Again

Wow!

It has been several months... way too many months since I have posted anything.

Life has been a little crazy around here... new puppy... new pregnancy (yep Baby #4 due Christmas Eve)... visits from friends.... visits from family.... Summer (summer living at a summer camp doesn't feel like "summer").... school starting... doctors appointments.... and the list could go on and on!

It feels good to be back though.

This space has always felt like a safe space to share life so here goes: this might even have to become a section on the blog...

Real Life ~ We have been potty training for a little while now with good days and not so good days. I thought we were really close and then poor thing had diarrhea for almost 2 weeks (sorry if that is TMI). So here we are are trying to figure out what is messing up her belly and trying to learn that the potty is the only place to go.

This morning sweet girl went potty, put on clothes and went to get her shoes. Next thing I know she comes running down the hall with poop filled underwear in hand yelling she needs to potty. I clean up her legs and throw away poop filled underwear (I know very wasteful) I go to the hall to check for any other messes. So there is poop on the floor in a couple of spots and as I stand I notice something on the hall cabinet door. Yep, more poop! Thank goodness it landed on the cabinet which is smooth unlike the textured walls all over this house. So there is something to be thankful for in the crazy real life from this morning, that the poop from my morning landed on a smooth easy to clean surface.

Hopefully if your morning is filled with "poop" literal or not that it lands on a smooth and easy to clean place, more so than that though, that you would be able to find thanksgiving amongst the crap of the day.

Big Foot

Our boys are really into the show Finding Bigfoot. There have been sightings reported in this area, but where in the woods haven't there been bigfoot sightings.

They get so excited for Sunday night when the new episodes come on. I have even caught them in the back yard practicing their bigfoot calls.

I love the adventure that this gives them, I hope they will always go on adventures together.

N I N E

This little man is 9 today! 
He was 5 when we moved and today he is N I N E. 

His heart is bigger than any one I know. 
He never meets a stranger and has taught me so many things. 

He loves his family in a big way. 
He is smart, fun and so thoughtful. 

Happy Birthday MJ!
We love you!!!