Let Them Be Little

Well.... the days seem to fly around here and kiddos are eatin, playin, cryin, laughin and GROWIN!!!! They seem to change so quickly and I can hardly keep up! Some days are hard, some days are perfect, some days are sad, some days are happy, but everyday is blessed when you are me! I use to say, "My Life is Perfect"... yes I used the word! Because in my heart... I had it ALL! Since my Daddy has gone, its hard to say that out loud anymore. I still have moments of true blissfulness and think,"Awww, I really do have it all and my life is perfect" but I feel bad to actually say it b/c I am leaving my daddy out. Inside my heart I know I'm the luckiest mom and wife to be right now. I wish I could have been in the daughter department .....only to have had more time with Daddy.... Which is who leads me to this post... I chose this song b/c my Daddy sent me the cd and told me to listen to the song... It's Billy Dean, "Let Them Be Little" It means so much to me and we actually played it at his funeral. I think of my Daddy and me and of coarse me and Nate experiencing this journey of parenthood now b/c the song talks about from the very beginning of how tiny they are.... Noah use to come downstairs to our room ALL the time, now its occasional... but he would want to get in our bed and he would always say, "I want to be in the middle." There is a part in the song that talks about letting them sleep in the middle. I can still hear my dad's voice when he would call and ask me, "You keepin him in the middle?" Anytime little Noah wants! Yes! :) It really does fly and this is a great song for reminding us how fast it goes and to just let them be little.

Grasshopper we played with... His name was Hoppy and he loved Noah!

This would be the LAST picture I took with my good ol banged up camera... only had it 2 1/2 years.... but I think it finally kicked the bucket! :( I actually could have gotten some amazing ones with Hoppy crawling on Noah's arm! Too cute!

Lovin a popsicle
waving to mama
"Do what"
"MeeMaw, I still have my chunky legs, See!"
"You are right mama, I am messy!"

I step away to take pics of Emmie and come back to find this!

TYPICAL BOY!
But a sure sweet one! :)
eyes are tired and he looks funny to me
Whoooo Hooooo! Into the pool he goes!
Slurp it!

Go ahead and laugh! Yes this is our playroom! I moved the furniture around to make the most awesome cave and tunnel you have ever seen! Look in the right corner and you will see someone peekin and ready to crawl! It has been a blast and lots of giggling! Let's just say...its still up!
Sharing Siblings
Crazies!
She's got the head tilt down, ya think?

Grinner!

waiting for Daddy to get her!
Sunday morning chats on the steps
ok I am ready!
Ready for church
Too early for pictures mama!

Jumpin time
Daddy time!
Party time!
Eatin time! Thanks Maddox
Happy Birthday Hayden!

Having too much fun!!!!
what a look!!!
Rascals!
My Loves!
HUH???

Happy
Soccer Boy!
Now listen here!
This is RARE!!!!!! :) Ha!!!!
This is not rare. This is our mornins! :) Love the mornins!

The things I do when I am Deliriously tired!

ok so its Friday! TGIF!!!!!!!!! So it was raining and awesome! Took Emmie outside to see the rain and feel it at 8am! Then Noah got up..... still waiting on the coffee to perk...... zombily sitting on the couch......... Noah wanted to play in the rain??? still in pj's? Haven't had breakfast? What the hay? ok. Well, a lil sissy cried at the door and wanted to go too. How could I say no? It's just rain, right? Opened the door and off they went.... splashing in the mud on their pj's..... laughing and feeling the light rain that still was falling hit their faces. I was sipping on my coffee and thinking, this is fun! :) Sweet girl in the car huggin her baby
Makin sure he doesn't miss a thing they say on the movie


Double Fun
Rain Man
Cereal and yes.... hot chocolate after rain play
"Did you get me Mama?"
Yes, her cup says "Drama Queen"... ok actually its mine :)

An airport gift purchase from my hubby when he went

somewhere a long time ago?



Yes it's mud on her pj's at 9am

"Mama, I'm just getting started."

mud puddle alert!!!
Guess who likes splashing her feet in the mud puddle?

This would be every plastic or soft ball I could find

in the play room. This would be ANOTHER deliriously TIRED moment :)
"Look at my muscles!!! "
Flex!!!!!!!!

Wedding Boy

He told Mrs. Jackie, the groom's mom that she looked like a "beautiful princess" and the grandmother told him he was sooo handsome and he told her.... "well, you're a Sweet Pea!"

Got to love this child!!!!!

My little ring bearer son that informed others after the wedding while taking a few more pictures that He, yes HE, had ALREADY tasted the cake and it was REAL GOOD! He said he stuck his finger in it and now it was "Extra Special" Sure enough, Nate took him in there to ask him again, did he really do it? "Yes, Daddy, I did. Go over to the other side and see. See! Right there!!!" From the 2nd layer down, a nice finger mark from my sweet child!
patiently waiting with his pillow, oops

I mean his TOY to play with DURING the ceremony!!!

Little foot throw back pose

No, he's not getting ready to sprint down like our previous wedding,

he actually walked in EXTREMELY SLOW waving at everyone and smiling. He was going SO SLOW that the flower girl who was walking behind him, PUSHED HIM! He didn't mind, just turned around and smiled and waved to her. :)

Imagine this? A huge spill? :) Who looks the

guiltiest out of these rascals? :) Actually for once,

it wasn't mine! Ha!

Celebrations!

ok so its been a while... here's a few pics of what we have been up too lately... We finished up July with a wedding in Crockett... my best friend since 8th grade... it was fun! Then Nathan and I celebrated our 7th anniversary....we had a wedding in our house this time. :) Nathan and Noah got up that morning to go get me a coffee and flowers and some yummy doughnuts and Noah asked Nathan who Mama was gonna marry this time? Then he proceeded to tell Nate that he (Nate) would be the guy Mama hugged and Noah would be the ring bearer. So I even put on the old wedding dress, Nate threw on a suit coat over his shorts and tshirt.... and I came down the stairs to wedding music. Noah was giddy with excitement. He and Emmie went nuts over my dress. We stood in our entry way and said some lovely things and Noah handed us our rings. Then we ate wedding cake : ) an ice cream cake (Nate's favorite) It was a great day. I cannot believe Nate and I have been together 14 years.... a couple more years and we have been together 1/2 our lives.... That makes me feel really OLD! But that is ok b/c he is the Best man to get old with!
Other than that....Noah cracked a coconut, sleeps with his bible and wants to read it all the time, and is now "Iceman" 24/7. Emmie drank her first monkey drink ( we call them that b/c they have a monkey on them), Kisses me and Nate every mornin with pucker and sound effects, and continues to play with babies all the time. It's so unbelievabley hot and as you can see from Noah's sticker face, we are running out of inside activities! :) Ready for fall! Hugs and Love to everyone! :)

Miss Monkey drink with straw

Sticker Boy

Isn't this the cutest face?

These are 3 dolls from my childhood... Nate makes fun of the red head..she is pretty rough looking! Her name is Crissy and then the other big girl is Cricket and the smaller one is Lisa.

I dresed them all (except Lisa) in Emmie's clothes and bows and she plays with them all the time!

Loving her new doll friends that are the same size as her! :)

Miss Pretty in her #1 bday dress from MeeMaw!

It has a #1 on it with balloons and we love it MeeMaw!

Looking older :(

Don't know why but I thought this was sweet

Me and my Lovely kids

The coconut has been cracked!
Sitting pretty

Noah took this? :) Wow!






Yes, its marker! :) emmie with her baby above and Noah with his hands in his pants?





The coconut process... yes, Nathan is letting Noah hammer the coconut with both of his hands on it :(
Noah tastes the juice.. yuck



Funny funny story...neighbor kids came to my door with these flowers and I thought they were bringing them by for all the neighbors ... I said, "Awww, how sweet.... I think I will take the red one b/c its matches my kitchen" The older boy said, "Well, they are for sale" I said, "Ohhh, ok how much?" The little girl said, "Oh, like 3 or 4 dollars" I said, "Oh, ok" The boy said, "Uh, I think its for the whole thing" I said, "Oh ok well is this your mother's cup that she might need ?" The girl said, "No, we found it on the road"..This being the red walgreens cup the flowers were in. The girl picked the flowers from her parents flower bed out front.... So I bought them for $3.75. I gave each of them $1.25 for the ice cream man. That is what they wanted it for... funny and just made my day! :)

Me and my best friend since 8th grade! Congrats Kristen and Chuck! :)

Noah was getting down at the wedding with my friends grandfather... it was pretty funny! Also, during the father and bride and groom and mom dance... Noah has to get out there and do his air guitar to the music.... always trying to steal the show!!!!