Just Love My Kids

I really couldn't ask for any better kids. I just love them to death. The girls are trying to be as helpful as they can with their little brother. Look at that picture they are all just so cute!! All 3 of these kids really make me the person that I am and I love it!

Wow 3 months!

It is so hard to believe that Bradley is already 3 months old and man he is such a cutie! Check out this picture!! He is such a happy baby. When he wakes up in the morning he is all smiles and giggles! He is also teething two top teeth. He has discovered his hands. He will sit there and suck on his hands for minutes at a time. The girls get such a kick at of him! And he gives them smiles all the time. He is also sleeping so much better at night and I am loving it!!!










Here is a pictures of all the kids together at the park. Aren't they cute!!

Favorite Motherhood Poems!!

Some of my favorite Motherhood poems!!

What is a Mother?

A Mother has so many things to do,
From washing, ironing, cleaning to tying a shoe.
She scrubs, she mends, she cooks and sews,
She bathes the children and washes their clothes.
When they forget to wash their faces clean,
And their clothes are the muddiest you've ever seen,
Who repairs the clothes and scrubs them like new?
Of course, that is what a Mother will do.

Who becomes the doctor or the nurse when they are ill,
Applying a bandage or giving them a pill?
Who becomes a teacher when a child has homework?
She must never her duty shirk.
Who becomes a detective to find a toy or a book?
For missing things she must look and look?
Who becomes a listner to every heartache,
To every accompolishment that a child makes?
Who scolds their children when they are naughty,
Or remind them of God when they are to haughty?
Who tends her family with love and patience, too?
Of course that is what a Mother will do.
- Unknown

A Mother's Love

There are times when only a Mother's love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.

There are times when only a Mother's love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.

For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above...

- Author Unknown.

You Were There

You were there when we took our first steps,
And went unsteadily across the floor.
You pushed and prodded: encouraged and guided,
Until our steps took us out the door...
You worry now "Are they ok?"
Is there more you could have done?
As we walk the paths of our unknown
You wonder"Where have my children gone?"
Where we are is where you have led us,
With your special love you showed us a way,
To believe in ourselves and the decisions we make.
Taking on the challenge of life day-to-day.
And where we go you can be sure,
In spirit you shall never be alone.
For where you are is what matters most to us,
Because to us that will always be home... - Author Unknown.


Baby's Smile

Today you smiled, Dear, in your sleep.
What were you dreaming of?
And why did tears spring to my eyes
In a sudden rush of love?

- Barbara Burrow

The Little Things

It is the little things that count
And give a mother pleasure -
The things her children bring to her
Which they so richly treasure...
The picture that is smudged a bit
With tiny fingerprints,
The colored rock, the lightning bugs,
The sticky peppermints;
The ragged, bright bouquet of flowers
A child brings, roots and all -
These things delight a mother's heart
Although they seem quite small.
A mother can see beauty
In the very smallest thing
For there's a little bit of heaven
In a small child's offering.

- Katherine Nelson Davis

Here is a few quotes and sayings about mothers that I also enjoy!!

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish proverb

"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class." -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1907- )

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang

Motherhood!!

I swear there really is no better job than being a mom. I love it so much and love each and everyone of my kids. It makes me so happy to watch them grow into their own little individuals. I love cherishing these moments cause one day they will be grown up and on their own and not needing me for every little thing.

I think this explains it all

What is Right

I can hear the children
laughing in the other room.

My two girls and my boy.

They are happy voices and
I struggle not to think about
the mess they're making.

How technical this
homemaking can be, if I let it.

Cleaning, straightening, laundry, cooking.
Everything must be just so.

But the babies, my sweet babies.
Their big brown eyes, their Father's eyes,
Soft, chubby hands and sweet sloppy kisses.

If I must struggle to remember something,
let it be what is right.

(c) 1998 Shelly W. All Rights Reserved

HOT!!

Today was our first hot day. Hit 95 degrees which for May in Idaho is just CRAZY!! Poor Bradley was so uncomfortable from the heat and being we have no AC it really sucked. I couldn't even turn on the sprinkler for Sara to cool off cause we have set watering days. Only can turn on the water Wed, Fri, and Sunday :( BOOOO! dang city limits! Did give Bradley a cool down bath though he really enjoyed that! We got the fans going hopefully it will cool down the house so Bradley can have a good night!!
Check out this Video of Bradley Cooing. I really love it when he does this. It is really amazing on how fast they start to grow up. Here soon he will be talking up a storm and I will be wishing for these days back. Thank goodness we have sites like this to keep these memories alive and of course backup Cd's!!

Girls

It really is amazing how fast time flies! Ivory is now 7 and just finishing the first grade! She is readying at a 6th grade level and doing math at a 3rd grade level. She is way smart and knows it. So love to dance, sing, and drive her mama bananas.
Sara just got signed up for Kindergarten and did her pre testing. She did great! No issues at all. They were very impressed being that both of my girls never went to preschool. Here are some updated photos of them. Hopefully we will have all the kids pictured together soon!!

Bradley 1 month Photos!

Bradley had some 1 month photos done last week. He is such a cutie! We are still waiting for the CD that has a bunch more photos. Here in the next few weeks we are planning to get family photos done!