Thanks Daddy :)

My Dad is an awesome photographer. Seriously I love his pictures :) This last week we did 2 different photo shoots of the boys, one I thought would be fun to do at the park. Big mistake. Apparently when you go to a park with an almost 2 year old that loves slides, he doesn't wanna take pictures. He wants to actually PLAY. Crazy kid. But we got a few cute ones still.

 I love this one :)

 Smiley chunker!

 Too cute.

Then a few days later my parents wanted a picture of the boys to put on their wall. Since they did all the kids school pictures at a different spot they wanted a picture in the same spot of the boys. Makes sense! Try telling that to two little boys who don't like sitting still. Especially together. But once again, my awesome Daddy managed to get a few shots that I absolutely love!

 Handsome Joshie!

Nothing like brotherly love ♥

After much stress and some tears we have some pictures of my boys! 

Love Love ♥

If you need a photographer for ANYTHING, you should try my Dad :) He is very reasonably priced and an awesome photographer and person. Seriously, check him out http://baphotopix.com/.

You never let go

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. I have been so ridiculously stressed out lately. I guess that happens when I don't sleep, have a very crabby 4 month old and an almost 2 year old who thinks he is 5 and should be able to do anything he wants. Seriously. How exhausting. I just need to constantly remind myself that these little monsters are my amazing gift from God and I need to keep praying for patience, because they will grow up way to fast. God is always there and won't give me more than I can handle.

Oh no you never let go, through the calm and through the storm, Oh no you never let go, in every high and every low, oh no, you never go, Lord you never let go of me.




This song was played at a funeral I went to a couple weeks ago. What an amazing family that can sing and honestly believe this while they are going through a horrible loss of their son and brother. Amazing. 

Love Love ♥

I am NOT a morning person.

I knew, when I got pregnant with Joshua in 2009, that it would take some MAJOR adjusting. I am NOT a morning person. I love staying up late and sleeping in late. I always have. I figured, oh well, I'm gonna be a mommy so I will become a morning person. 2 years and 2 babies later, I am still not a morning person. I don't remember the last morning I woke up actually feeling rested. I also don't remember the last time I slept past 7:00 AM. (hmm..I wonder if those two things have anything to do with one another)

Samuel's schedule looks something like this right now:
Eat Constantly.
Sleep Never.

Not much of a schedule eh?

Joshua on the other hand will sleep until at least 8 every day, and when he wakes up he will just lay in his crib playing and waiting for me to come get him. Seriously Sam, take a lesson from your brother and let your Momma get some sleep!!

We are all sick. Boogers, coughs, fevers. The whole 9 yards. It's getting old real fast. It's been about 2 weeks since Joshua got it, a little more than a week since Sam got it and about 3 days since I got it. I hate being sick. So maybe if Sam would sleep once in a while, I could sleep once in a while and we would all start feeling better! I have tried discussing this with Sam, he doesn't seem to care.

I am off to rescue the baby who never sleeps, he just woke up from a 20 minute nap. During this nap I swept, did the dishes and cleaned up toys. Absolutely no resting. Awesome.

Love Love ♥

4 Month old Sammy

Sam was 4 months old on September 17th, so this post is late. Just a little late :)

My 4 month old Sammy is huge!
He weighs 21 lbs 12 oz
Measures 28 1/2 inches in length.
He is off of the charts for both (but what's new? He was off the charts at 2 months too!)
He is wearing mostly 12 month clothes but even some 18 months for the width (chunky boy!)

He LOVES his big brother. He laughs anytime he sees Joshua, especially if Joshua is crying. True sibling love!





He is getting really good balance. Not really sitting up kind of balance, more like some core strength so he isn't a rag doll anymore kind of balance.





Sammy is still a thumb sucker and it is cuter than ever! I love that he gets himself back to sleep a lot at night too :) no getting up just to give him his pacifier.





He is finally starting to sleep better again. We are about where we were a month ago, 7 or 8 hours straight. I LOVE it. There were a couple weeks where he was up constantly and I was exhausted.

His eyes are big, beautiful and BLUE! He has the happiest eyes I have ever seen and looks like he just wants to start telling you a story.





Mr. Sam has an attitude like no other and he has a temper! He just can't seem to get over this acid reflux and we are going to be going in soon again for another suggestion. We are on our 3rd medicine now and it just won't help him. Poor guy screams every time he eats and I feel so helpless :( We might end up having to try formula for acid reflux. I really don't want to but if that's what will help my baby feel better that's what we will do.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We had a very relaxing weekend, Went out to a late night breakfast at Perkins with my parents Friday night for their 27th anniversary and I got a massage on Saturday :) Other than that pretty much just hanging out around the  house with my guys!

Love Love ♥

Where has this week gone?!

Is it for real Thursday already? I feel like our busy weekend just ended. I am definitely not complaining, just wondering where the time has gone! We have done nothing this week. But I am gonna do a little weekend recap, yes I know its WAY late. But we had a busy weekend :)

Saturday-
So Ryan and I both graduated from a little school called PACT charter school. Teeny tiny compared to public schools. On Saturday they had an alumni/homecoming day thing so we decided to stop by for a bit. There was no one there (as expected) and we ended up just letting Joshua play on the park for a little bit and then we came home for naps! Oh and Joshua got to touch a BUS! He loves buses and trucks lately. I didn't realize how many there were on the roads until he started pointing them out to me. Every. Single. One.




Saturday evening Ryan's cousin Travis got married! So we got all fancied up and went to a wedding. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so here are a couple cell phone pictures and a picture of the bride and groom stolen from facebook :)


My beautiful MIL and baby Sam



Me and my handsome little man Josh



The beautiful bride and the groom

Congrats Travis and Erin!!

Sunday-
A few weeks ago my in-laws invited us to go to a vikings game with them. So we ended up going to the Vikings/Lions game on Sunday. What a game! I've never been to a football game before. To be honest, I'm not even sure I've watched a whole football game before. But it was a lot of fun :)

The Vikings ended up losing 26-23. Even though we went into the second half ahead 20-0. Apparently we aren't a 2nd half team. We would be 3 and 0 this year if we only had to play the first half! Instead, we are 0 and 3. Ridiculous.







We had a fun busy weekend! Now the boys and I are all sick and can't seem to get rid of these coughs and sore throats and icky noses. I feel like we just got over this... I am not a fan of this time of year! Hopefully it won't last long. Tomorrow the boys and I are going to check out lifetime fitness and hopefully get a membership! It will be nice to have somewhere to go on those cold snowy winter days to have some fun :)

I hope you are all having a wonderful week! We are looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend at home.

Love Love ♥