Birthday Boy is now 2!

Shepherd's 2nd Birthday

What a blessing today was with my boys!  I had so much fun with them today that we created more fabulous memories together.  They make this momma so proud.  Drew had a rough start of the day when he thought his birthday was today and couldn't, or wouldn't, accept that his birthday isn't till next week.  Anyways we had a blast today.  Took Shepherd to the doctor this afternoon and that boy is at 39 pounds! He weighs more than his older brother.  Drew be nice to him, because in the next 6 months Shep is going to be able to take you down! *Just some advice** :)  After the doctors appointment I brought Shep back home for a nap with grandpa Ken here and went out and ran around to get balloons and a cake for tonight. I came in with elmo balloons and my little loves eyes just brightened up and that was ALL the thanks I needed!

Love you boys!

wow where has TWO years gone??

My Dearest Shepherd,

I can not believe that my itty bitty baby boy that was born almost two years ago is already to this age!  You have been such a blessing and joy to your daddy and myself and we absolutely couldn't imagine life without such a sweet boy!  As we have watched you grow it has been sweet and challenging.  You are such a go getter type of little guy, and you don't mind the idea of getting tossed around while you are playing and having fun in this life.  Your smile lights up any room and your laugh is such a joy to hear.  Thank you for being such a fabulous little guy and a lover!  Your hugs are absolutely precious.  We are so very blessed to have you in our lives and I couldn't imagine a hectic day without you!

Love you so much,
Momma and Daddy

life

definition: the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual.

Interesting huh? Life is so fragile, I know I know you have all heard that a MILLION times, but it is so true! Sometimes when life has a new road for you to go down it may be intimidating but it should be taken as an adventure and ready to explore with eyes or amazement. 

When Jim and I got our orders to Wisconsin we were so thrilled to be able to go down another road in life together and see what all God had planned for us.  I will admit I was thrilled BUT I was really nervous at the same time.  Me personally, I have never been that far away from my family and I knew that I would be leaving all my great friends behind.  Everyone told me, and still are, that I have a great personality and will find friends quickly but geez the nerves just got worse!  After all is said in done...we found us a GREAT place to live, I am starting school for dental hygiene, and the boys are going to start school to meet new little buddies.  Now that is exciting!!

I know that it is really cliche to say that everything will be okay, but really it will be. 

((Just a little food for thought))

happy. giggly. thankful...

little boys! We got to spend Father's day with Daddy!! Yay.  We had a fantastic day.  The boys got Jim some really neat glasses and a bottle opener.  It was a really nice day and we all just had a great time! We went to my FIL's (Father in laws) house for Father's day and boy did the boys have fun! It was such a great hang out and of course I took some pictures of the two little loves for everyone to see.  Jim's dad gets so excited to clean off dirty kids faces so here you go on snapping some pictures of that! Shepherd in one picture looks like he is begging to be able to breathe a little bit. 

On the other hand when we were outside they brought out a HUGE ball, the kind you roll inside, and Drew totally flipped out.  Maybe it was the fact that I was chasing them around in it and screaming! I guess I didn't get nominated for Mother of the Year yesterday at least!!! We had a blast and of course our kids were just rolling around laughing and picking on each other but hey IT WAS FABULOUS!

Ending note: Thank you to all the dad's out there that take the time to spend with your kids.  I especially would like to say I love you to my dad.  He is such a great and Godly man and what a great example he has shown me.  And also to my brillant husband that has just totally taken to fatherhood!!!

Oh Shep, Sheppy, Sheppy Dep, Shepherd...

what am I going to do with you?? You have such a calm spirit about you but lately you have been just so vocal that I have no idea what tomorrow will bring.  You open your sweet mouth and just let out the loudest scream and my ears try to run for cover but it is to late.  You want to do everything your brother does but let's get real here...you are one and he is three.  I don't need you to climb on the bed and jump on it, which your brother is not suppose to, and I surely don't need you to play with the dog food and throw it all over the floor. Oh little guy let's go back to the way it use to be...Oh wait it is only going to get better!! ha! 

Yee-Haw! It's a Birthday shin dig!

My niece turned 5 this past weekend and we were so glad that we could make it to her partay this year! She is in love with horses so she naturally had a 'horse' themed party and boy was it fun!  My MIL (Mother In Law) made the outfits for her and her sister and they turned out ADORABLE! The cake that you see I made and it literally took me about 4 hours to get everything the way that I would like them.  The cake itself is a 16 inch with two layers and the horse on top I molded myself with gum paste and that was fun.  Honestly the mold looked like a hippo before I was done. 

Shep and DrewB had so much fun riding the horses.  DrewB had no problem at all but Shep on the other hand had fun until the horse kicked me in the knee.  Hey I heard that laugh, ha! My knee is fine but it scared Shep to the point that he wanted off of the horse.  Aw the memories I will have during this time in my life!

Anyways HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY again to my beautiful niece and thank you for such a great day!!

laughing, loving, and personality!

Today was a long day from about 4-7pm.  We all went to garage sales with my MIL and we had a blast! Drew had such a fabulous day today that I am crossing my fingers for the same tomorrow but WHO KNOWS?!  Shepherd on the other hand has discovered his vocal range and boy can he squeal!  Honestly I do believe that I have a baby dino sitting in the back seat some days for how loud he gets! Anyways we went to garage sales and found great deals and I also had a girl as me if she could take a picture of my license plate since she does that as a hobby.  Strange huh? I can honestly say that I have never been asked that at all but it does sound a little cool to do.  My two boys have just blossomed so much and I can't believe that they are the age they are at this point.  I will never have 'little' babies but I better get all my cuddle time in before these days end. 

Tonight was so sweet and sad at the same time when DrewB wrapped his little arms around me and asked me if we could go home! I just kissed him and told him very soon.  Aw I love that little guy!