Here is a slideshow I made for Joel for his 5th birthday.
Don't forget to scroll down to the bottom and pause the music.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Happy Birthday to You!
My Baby Boy turned 5 years old yesterday! Where has the time gone? I swear it was just yesterday when I held him for the first time and I became a mommy for the first time! How did he get big enough to walk and talk and not just talk but TALK and TALK and TALK. How is it I now have 3 children? Where did all the time go?
My Joel.. how I love you! What a gift and a blessing it is to be your Mommy! You are such a special and wonderful boy! You have such a sensitive spirit. Things affect you very easily. It was only a couple short weeks ago that you broke into hysterics when Great Grandma and Grandpa had to leave. You had everyone else crying right along with you. It sounded as if your poor little heart was broken. What a wonderful gift to have such a heart, my dear son.
You love people. You are so social and you love to be the center of attention. You love to make people laugh and will try just about anything to get people giggling. Ever since the time you were about 3 months old your laugh would get people laughing. We used to be walking through a store and you would start giggling and the whole store would be giggling right along with you.
You are a very artistic and creative. It always amazes me when you draw something. I can't even draw as well as you, not that that says all that much :), and you are only 5 years old. When you were about 2 years old you drew a man on a bicycle.. and it looked exactly like that, a man on a bicycle. I am not too sure where this talent came from. It definitely wasn't Daddy or I.
I love you so much, Joel! You were one of the best gifts and blessings that God ever bestowed upon me. Some of the very best gifts in this life time are those that surprise us. You were the best surprise I ever received. You made me a mommy!
My Joel.. how I love you! What a gift and a blessing it is to be your Mommy! You are such a special and wonderful boy! You have such a sensitive spirit. Things affect you very easily. It was only a couple short weeks ago that you broke into hysterics when Great Grandma and Grandpa had to leave. You had everyone else crying right along with you. It sounded as if your poor little heart was broken. What a wonderful gift to have such a heart, my dear son.
You love people. You are so social and you love to be the center of attention. You love to make people laugh and will try just about anything to get people giggling. Ever since the time you were about 3 months old your laugh would get people laughing. We used to be walking through a store and you would start giggling and the whole store would be giggling right along with you.
You are a very artistic and creative. It always amazes me when you draw something. I can't even draw as well as you, not that that says all that much :), and you are only 5 years old. When you were about 2 years old you drew a man on a bicycle.. and it looked exactly like that, a man on a bicycle. I am not too sure where this talent came from. It definitely wasn't Daddy or I.
I love you so much, Joel! You were one of the best gifts and blessings that God ever bestowed upon me. Some of the very best gifts in this life time are those that surprise us. You were the best surprise I ever received. You made me a mommy!
Friday, July 10, 2009
This is One Tough Gig
Well here I am at Friday.. what was supposed to be the end of my week without Nathan. I am exhausted, frazzled and feeling very frustrated, so you will have to bare with me on this post. If you are not wanting to listen to someone whine and complain I suggest you tune out for this one. Its 11 am and I just put the kids down for a nap. They don't usually nap this early but I didn't want to see any of them for a couple of hours. I should be napping myself but I just need more than 5 minutes to myself.. without someone. I love my kids but since April has been born I have had very little time without one of them attached to my hip or needing something. I don't even get to sleep in my own bed alone anymore because if I want to sleep for more than half an hour in a row I am better off to just bring April into bed with me. I am exhausted, and feeling very down on myself. This mothering business is HARD.. I have never felt like such a failure in my entire life. I have never wanted to do something perfect more in my life but I feel like I fail more at being these 3 little ones mother more than I have ever failed at anything in my entire life. I guess thats why they say that this is the hardest job on earth.
Praise God.. it is silent in my house right now. It appears they may all sleep for me. What a miracle! Okay time to take a deep breath and gather myself together again. Count to 3 and take a deep breath. Oh there's the baby again. Back to reality again. Dear God please give me the strength to make it through the rest of this week without falling into a big heap and falling apart. I need your strength to make it through this.
Well if you made it through this post with me.. thank you. If not I totally understand.
Praise God.. it is silent in my house right now. It appears they may all sleep for me. What a miracle! Okay time to take a deep breath and gather myself together again. Count to 3 and take a deep breath. Oh there's the baby again. Back to reality again. Dear God please give me the strength to make it through the rest of this week without falling into a big heap and falling apart. I need your strength to make it through this.
Well if you made it through this post with me.. thank you. If not I totally understand.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Going Good
Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to check in and let you all know things are going really well. We took April for her first vacation this past weekend and it went awesome. We stopped every couple hours for her to nurse but other than that she did amazingly. It was a huge help having Joel in the back seat to pop in her soother whenever she needed it. He takes big pride in being a big brother and both boys just adore her. The vacation itself was awesome. We went to my family reunion and it was so nice to see everyone but it went by so fast and I wish we could have stayed longer.
This week is going really well. I will have 5 days straight without Nathan so I am sure by the end of the week I will be completely frazzled but so far so good. Yesterday morning was a little bit hairy when Colin threw up all over the coffee shop we went to. He did that twice and then was fine for the rest of the day, thank goodness. I was a little frightened about having a sick child, a newborn, and also trying to keep Joel entertained. I guess thats what being a mom is all about really.
Well I am going to attempt to make a video update here very soon. I made one the other day but the sound didn't work on it for some reason, and I haven't got a chance to make another one. Keep checking back though because there is one coming very soon.
Just wanted to check in and let you all know things are going really well. We took April for her first vacation this past weekend and it went awesome. We stopped every couple hours for her to nurse but other than that she did amazingly. It was a huge help having Joel in the back seat to pop in her soother whenever she needed it. He takes big pride in being a big brother and both boys just adore her. The vacation itself was awesome. We went to my family reunion and it was so nice to see everyone but it went by so fast and I wish we could have stayed longer.
This week is going really well. I will have 5 days straight without Nathan so I am sure by the end of the week I will be completely frazzled but so far so good. Yesterday morning was a little bit hairy when Colin threw up all over the coffee shop we went to. He did that twice and then was fine for the rest of the day, thank goodness. I was a little frightened about having a sick child, a newborn, and also trying to keep Joel entertained. I guess thats what being a mom is all about really.
Well I am going to attempt to make a video update here very soon. I made one the other day but the sound didn't work on it for some reason, and I haven't got a chance to make another one. Keep checking back though because there is one coming very soon.
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