Christian is 5

Five years ago my life changed forever. I had a new baby boy to snuggle and he was the most beautiful thing. Those first few days are a blur, but I know I held you a lot and stared in wonder at the blessing God had sent me and your Daddy. Just today I sat in the church nursery holding a little boy and got all teary eyed thinking of you. There was a CD playing in the room that we used to listen to a lot when you were a baby and it just took me back to the little room in our little white house...those days were sweet and I tried to cherish them all, but even now I sit here wanting to turn back time. To be able to hold you in my arms once more and not have legs down past my knees:) And to take care of your every need...you are becoming so independent and your confidence is growing more everyday...that is such a good thing, but it leaves me realizing you don't need me as much. This fall you will begin going to school EVERYDAY and you will learn sooooo much. You already have such an interest in learning and I want that to continue. You say you'll be an astronaut someday and even though it would take you even further away I want you to try. You can do anything you put that little mind to.

Your sensitive heart is your best and sometimes most frustrating feature of your personality. It can mean some long days when you have that heart on your sleeve, but it also makes me proud when you use it to help others. You are very aware of all things around you and always know when something is different or out of place. Your mind is really starting to work and put things together. Just the other night we were riding in the car and listening to a song called "I saw God Today", you asked how that man saw God and I tried to explain that you can see God in all sorts of things: a beautiful day, time with family/friends, a new baby being born, enjoying something you really like, etc. You processed that for a little while and than came up with this profound statement: (I'll try to quote it word for word) "That's funny...Jesus is God's son and Jesus is God...so they're the same person?!?! Mommy how can He be both? I replied "because He's God and he can do all sorts of great things" and you said " Wow, He sure can!" I can't tell you how much that conversation meant to me...God is working on your heart little man and you are really starting to 'get it'...Mommy, Daddy and so many others have been His tools so far and I know there will be many more, but I love the fact that you are piecing it together for yourself.

Just now you came out of your room and asked what I was doing so I read this to you...I teared up once again while holding you and you asked "Mommy what's that drip?" and I said they were happy tears and you gave the biggest hug and said "it's okay Mommy"

I love you sweet boy and can't wait to see what the next five years have in store for you

Our boy is growing up

Here is Christian on his first visit to church. We were so proud to introduce him to so many new people. He wore the sweetest little light blue bubble suit that he wouldn't want to be caught dead in now:) He was 7 or 8 weeks old and we thought the time would last forever.

Flash forward five years and here he is on his 5th birthday Sunday!! I can hardly believe that all this time has flown by and I've become the mother of a 5 year old. You looked so big on that stage. Mommy and Daddy were both very proud of you. You had the biggest smile on your face as the church sang to you and you held Mr. Bob's hand as everyone went upstairs to get their cake. Mrs. Barbara makes a yummy chocolate cake every month for all the birthday kids:) Mommy even got to have some bites b/c you were so sweet to share!!

PreSchool at the Playground

Our church always has some activities in the summer for the various age groups. One of the little kid faves is time at a park or this year our very own playground. KayKay was nice enough to sit at our house for awhile(during floor work) so we could escape to this fun activity.

My kids hardly ever get to match so when I found these sweet shirts I had to buy them. They read: God made the sun, God made the sea, God made the fishys and God made ME

Fun was had by all and we really enjoyed our new playground equipment. On the slide is sweet Baylor, the swings are Christian, Lila and two of our favorite twins Sydney and Abagail

more fun

Yummy Popsicles
Aren't they the sweetest
Christian and Baylor are in the back--Anna Kate and Jackson are in the front
Here's are friend Jay lovin' his purple Popsicle...He'll be in Baylor's class next fall

new floors

Ever since we have moved into this house we have needed to replace the back door and the hardwoods. The previous owners had rottweilers that chewed through the door frame and every time it rained water got in, soaked the floor in front of the door and caused water damage. We finally got around to doing all this last week. Here is what it looked like when they took the old floors out. Here is the hole that was in the sub flooring that they had to repair before putting the new floor down
This is the 'in process' photo of them ripping up the old floor. The carpet you see in the dining room is no longer there either. We loved the look, but they told us it would be way too expensive to try and leave it.
And here is a not so glamorous after picture--but what can you really do with floors:)


I'm very happy with the finished product and the guys that installed it were really nice...they even came back on Saturday to finish some of it out.

BIG GIRL BED

Over Memorial Day we took the plunge and made Baylor's crib into a big girl bed. We weren't too sure how it would go, but as of this post so far so good!!! Daddy hard at work

All ready to go 'night night'. Now she asks 'I go to big girl bed Mommy?'


Later that week we had a Nana day:) She came over in the morning and we spent the whole day doing fun stuff. We checked out Wild Oats Market, picked out material for Nana to make Baylor a sundress, had lunch at Puffy Muffin, had a little rest time (Nana was the only one to fall asleep), went to Karate and ate dinner at Chick-fil-a. We were all pretty tired by the end of the day, but we sure had fun!

A little of this and that

The kids in their coordinating red, white and blue Mim and Travis came through during Memorial day...His birthday was on Saturday and we had a cookout and than went to see Indiana Jones
Blogger would never let this one go through...always willing to help Baylor was giving her big brother a push on his bike
Last week the storms cut power out at my parents house so Christian had to do his activity book by rainy sunlight/candle light