Humbled

This week I have been down.....no reason. It seems like life is passing me by and that my babies are growing too fast! I have found my patience level is at an all time low or maybe that my oldest baby is just testing the waters to see how far she can push me before my head explodes. I have been reading blogs that have babies that are sick, infertility struggles, etc. and I know that I have been taking my life for granted. It has humbled me to sneak a peak into some fellow bloggers lives and see their struggles. Their struggles make mine look ridiculous. It is so easy, or for me anyway, to get caught up in the whirlwind of everyday life and forget the little things. Little things like our health, that we have a roof over our head, and food in the cabinets. I am going to try to work on this and be content and grateful for all of my blessings. Sorry for rambling.....until next time.

Mayes' New Bed!

Well to say the least, we have had an exciting week! Mayes could not be out shined by the attention McKinley was getting.....So he had to climb and FALL out of his baby bed! We took the rail down that night and put up McKinley's old safety rail. The first night was a little rough because he could get out and kept coming out of his room. Mind you, as he was doing this, he was screaming uncontrollably! We finally turned on his lamp and I guess that did the trick, because he went right to sleep. Now, he gets up earlier because he can get out all by himself instead of screaming for MAMA!

Has McKinley found her calling?

Well it happened over the weekend... I knew that it was just a matter of time.... We were at Nana and Pop's....Unattended for just a few minutes.....and McKinley cuts her hair!!!! As Momma said, "It could have been much worse." She cut herself some bangs. She said her hair was in her face! Well, thank you, Mrs. Kelly for making a hair disaster turn out to be, cute.

Happy New Year 2009!

Happy New Year 2009!

Yes, it was freezing out there! The kids were SCARED of the fireworks that made a loud noise, so I did manage to get these 2 shots of them holding sparklers! Never fear, they were heavily supervised :-) The rest of the time, McKinley sat in the garage and watched and Mayes sat in my lap!

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008

These are just a few pictures of the family making our rounds! We had a great Christmas! It went by so fast. This was McKinley's first Christmas where she really got "involved" in her wish list and the whole Santa thing! All she asked Santa for was a REAL baby and a dog with a doghouse. Needless to say, she didn't get what she asked for :( It was really cute! It did not take Mayes very long to figure out how to unwrap, he would tear into the presents! He got the blow up car with lots of balls in it. He opened most of his presents sitting right in the car!

Top picture: Christmas at Granny's---reading a book with Harper

2nd picture: Christmas at Nana and Pop's--I THINK she really loves him!

3rd picture: Mayes' car filled with balls

4th picture: McKinley's art table from Santa