She now wears a size 2

I am so sad :( She is getting to be a big girl

Who knew my house was cleaned by a leprechaun?

So I am learning that I am not as good with Holidays as I thought I was. My neighbor blows me away with the creativeness with EVERY Holiday. Today was not a disappointment!!

So her 2 little boys and 1 little neighbor girl, came off the bus to green water in all the toilets, a compass in the mailbox to help them with their treasure hunt, green bags to put their goodies, and then a serious treasure hunt inside and outside. Oh... and their was green silly string all over their deck..... The leprechauns had taken pillows and stacked them up on the couch, put bottles of water and coke cans all of the kitchen in a crazy manner, and put things in odd places. The kids LOVED it and knew that the leprechaun must have hit our house as well (Ummm.... oh no, hear comes the thing that I may not be as "with it" when it comes to Holidays)

So we went on a walk back to my house to see what the leprechaun had done at my house, and I was nervous that they were going to be sadly disappointed, and tried to create my story as to why nothing at my house was out of the ordinary

The little kids walked in to my not so messy, not so clean house, and they KNEW that he had been their as well because so many things were "out of place"

They kept looking around my house and gasping when they would find things that HAD to have been done by this leprechaun...... My Bananas were out of place on the table? My 2 pillows were on one side of the couch instead one on each side! A light was left on in the bathroom, there was a guitar in cohen's room .... a definite sign of a leprechaun they LOVE guitars!!

But the funniest thing was when the kids went upstairs to make sure we didn't miss anything that this "little leprechaun" might have done in our house, so I decided to make Olivia a quick bottle before we left.

I put her in her swing and started making the bottle when the kids came down and totally started freaking out and in loud shreakish voices they pointed to Olivia and said "OHHHH MYYY GOOOSHHHH.... HOW DID SHE GET IN THE SWING.... SHE WASN'T THEIR WHEN WE WENT UPSTAIRS....... OHHH MYYY GOSHHHH THE LEPRECHAUN DID IT"

:) I want to be a kid again!!

Can it be true??

Is she really 3 months old today? These past three month have FLOWN BY.
I love that she is getting a personality, she smiles when she sees me and her daddy, she coos at her brothers and has just brought so much love to our family!! Happy 3 Month Birthday Baby Girl

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

and p.s. how cute are these new shoes of hers!!

A Child's Angel

I LOVE being a mommy!! It is truly a gift that I am everyday blown away with. I learn so much about myself, and I Always seem to get glimpses of God's love for me through my children.
But...... it can be difficult and I struggle sometimes with being a mommy and my responsibilities vs. Steve and his fatherly responsibilities. And MAN OH MAN.... it is so hard not to be jealous and compare. Steve passed me his cold this week ( right after I was getting over the stomach flu from last week... it seems to never end in our house) When he was sick he was able to lay in bed and sleep for as long as he wanted, well now that I am sick guess what.... I am still doing all of my duties and it is hard not to hold that against him. I really try not to I promise, but the desire of my heart and the thoughts in my head are controlled by two different people :)
So that was my heart this week.... not where God would have it to be, and thankfully HE is still working on me and hasn't given up yet!!
But even with all these "Not Fair" emotions building up inside of me I am reminded of a poem that my grandma bryan sent me on mother's day. It is one of my favorites and I have it in my closet where I look at t all the time. So I thought I would share :)

Enjoy

A Child's Angel

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.
So one day she asked God: They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?
Among the many angels, I chose one for you.
She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.
But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy.
Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day.
And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.
And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the language that men talk?
Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.
And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?
Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.
I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?
Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.
But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.
Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard, and the child in a hurry asked softly: Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.
Your angel's name is of no importance, you will call your angel: Mommy
~Author Unknown~

To all of the Mommies out there that sometimes feel like I did.... your right it's Not Fair....
WE HAVE IT SOOO MUCH BETTER DON'T WE :)

Happy 2nd Anniversary!!

I want to give a HUGE Happy Anniversary to my beautiful brother and sister-in-law!! I can't believe it has been two years. The time has flown by, and yet I feel like we were just in AZ :)
It has been so fun watching them grow in their marriage and enjoy the beauty of marriage that God gives to us!!
I also want to say that I am more than THRILLED that they will be making me an Aunt very very soon :) To say I am excited to meet this little guy is an understatement!! I can't wait to do fun things with my nephew like, take him out for ice cream, buy him Christmas and Birthday presents, push him on the swing in the park, make him laugh, and watch good ole kiddie movies with him while eating popcorn while his mom and dad are on a date night :)

You two are such beautiful people inside and out and I know that you will be AMAZING parents to this precious gift from God, and I am thrilled beyond belief to be apart of this stage in your life

Ad by the way this little princess is so excited to see her cousin and show him what life is like on the "outside"

XOXOXOX