We are ready!

Looks like I'm not the only one ready for baby Jett to be here!!  Lol...sweet Parkerman loading baby Jett up with stickers!

My baby...will one day love another woman

"Mommy, I want to marry you when I grow up"...the words that everyone told me I would one day hear, but nothing ever prepared me for how special they are when you hear them the first time from my first baby boy, Parker.  It fills your whole heart!  :)

Well, today I was reminded that one day he will love another woman.  He, on his own, asked if he could take his money to the store and buy his babysitter (whom he might have a crush on ;)) a flower.  Well, it was the most precious thing ever. He first made me find out her favorite color, and then we went to the store where he carried around his piggy bank and went right to the flower and said "this is it...let's 'buy out'".  Here is a picture of him doing that:

So, later when I was cooking dinner, the boys were playing Legos and Parker brought me this:

It has 3 flowers because "that means I love you"...ahhhh...I'm still the one ;)

His groupies...

Parker, watching tv with his buds :). Don't want this ever to end :). 

Oh BOY!

"Mommy!!" as Parker excitedly runs into the house from the backyard, "I need a jump rope!!"  He's talking so fast and so excitedly I can hardly understand him, "I need to attach Beckham to the power wheel and pull him",  I say "wait, what do you want to do?"  "I want to attach Beckham's dump truck to my power wheel and pull him around!!".  Me: "oh-ohhh kay....alright....please be careful, and don't hurt Beckham ok?".

This was the result...utter bliss in my children:

Everyday, raising boys I am met with the decision of "is this a bad idea?" when trying so desperately not to squelch their adventuresome "boy" side.  Everyday I beg The Lord to help me RELAX the uptight clean freak GIRL in me!!!

When is mud TOO much mud???

When do I make them stop creating a massive swamp of mud?  Oh my...and there is going to be such a huge MESS!!! Ugh...breathe Cathy...breathe...it's not a big deal.

"Mommy!!!!!  Come look what I did!!!!  You are going to love it!!!" As I excitedly run in the backyard to see Parker has unassembled the fort ladder and is super pumped at his skills!  "Oh Parker!  Wow!! (Realizing this could squelch and choosing to not), that IS so cool!  I'm impressed you could do that!"  

What is the line of letting precious Parker follow the workers around the backyard with his tools all while talking to them (of which they don't speak English ;)) learning and being a boy to "ok, we need to let them work!"  

Is it ok that I am completely and totally grossed out by them farting around me?  I get so mad when they fart in my face and laugh!  Agggghhhh!!!!  But as a boy mom, should I playfully laugh back?  How do I do this boy thing?!?!??  

Then there's the trampoline!  They LOVE it, but oh my goodness they rough house so hard I can hardly watch!!!  The whole time loving it and me cringing when they body slam each other.  It's easier when Blake is there doing it with them, but when it's just them two, oh, I cringe.

But them there are the sweet moments:

Parker super cute game he made up where we had to step on each other's socks.

Everyday is filled with UPS and downs, moments of bliss and moments of my uptightness coming thru, just wanting to SCREAM "I want a clean QUIET HOUSE!!!!!!", "stop digging in the dirt and stop rough housing and CALM DOWN and no you canNOT take all the couch cushions off for a fort and NOOO do NOT PEE IN THE DOG BOWLS....no no NO don't throw the pee in the air now!!!!!  Ahhhhhhh!!!!!, QUIT peeing on Beckham!!!".  But as I look down and see a growing Jett in my belly, I know The Lord is giving me wisdom for this life of boys and is helping me...it's just an everyday thing of surrender and asking for His wisdom and ideas and help!!

Row poewee

I love that you love Rollie pollies Beckham...

Both...

Today both my big boys were out being construction workers.  These are moments I cherish...their innocence and desire to be grown up...yet they are still my babies.  

Oh he is so precious

My precious Parker bringing his "tools" out to work with the guys at our house.  I love that boy...