Sawyer and I are off to Denver for a long-weekend visit with Hannah, Jarred, and Noah Freese. Matt and the monkeys will be enjoying a "guy's weekend" at home. Have a great weekend!




Bubble wrap dance.

I apologize for the lack of pictures of my little SoyBoy...you know what they say about the second born...that they're sweet, easy going, pleasant, and extremely good looking?...yes, and that they aren't given as much fuss as the firstborn. Forgive me, and please enjoy these pictures of my little PunkyPie.

Two months old - Oh me oh my!

Enjoying his swing with a full belly.


Sawyer's killer smile. Trust me, those cheeks are as scrumptious as they look.


I cannot, for the life of me, get this picture to load correctly. Just tilt your head :).

Hello, remember me? Yes, I am still alive and well - just a bit busy is all. When one adds another child to her brood, an infant, no less, her time is divided into even smaller chunks of productivity. So, the time I normally designate for blogging, during naptime, is being used for dinner prep, laundry, and what-have-you. All the extra stuff -blogging, sewing, reading, etc. - must yield to all the essential stuff - eating, sleeping, surviving :).

(It's been a month since my last post - yikes. Sawyer turns two-months-old on Thursday - yikes. )

Some things I'm loving right now...

• Mr. Two-Months-Old slept from 9:30pm to 7:30am last night without waking. Boo yeah! That's 10 hours of pure and precious sleep. Of course, I didn't get 10 hours of uninterrupted sleep. No, I got up several times to make sure my babe was still alive - still breathing and all that stuff. He was.


• I set the boys up with paper and markers yesterday, and Matt and I sat down to draw with them. You can see what the boys and I drew:

Mason's drawing is the top left, Smith's is the green, and mine is obvious (Yes, I accidentally drew one of my children with three legs). Here is Matt's: Love it.

• Sawyer's precious baby feet...especially his pinky toe and its teeny-tiny toenail. It reminds me that my Almighty God sees to all the details of my life...even my son's perfect baby toe.
  
• Bribing my children with candy ("nee-nee") in an effort to potty train them. After successfully peeing in the potty, they will run about, naked from the waist down, squealing, "I peeeeeed! I peeeeed! Dada, I peed! Nee-nee?" I will have to capture it on video to share with the world - it's awesome.

• Family. I don't know what would become of me without the help of my family (both sides). I might implode without them. Phone calls, prayers, encouragement, Godly counsel -yes, but also the dirty day-to-day stuff...poopy diapers, laundry, meals, babysitting, bathing the monkeys, entertaining the monkeys...etc. Thank you, to all of you, for helping me...I am loving you right now and always. And if you ask me if I need help and I say "no"...I'm lying.
  

Our new computer. It's shiny. It's fast. It's new. And Costco extends the manufacturer's warranty to two years. No brainer.

Beer...actually, alcohol in general, but mostly beer...I've missed it so.

My little monkeys caring for their little monkeys. They hug and kiss them, they change dirty diapers, and Smith has started to "nurse" his baby monkey via his belly-button (much to Matt's chagrin). Loving it.