Happy Birthday Derek!

My little man is TWO! I can't even believe it! Has two years really gone by?

Derek,
My son, what to say? You are an amazing little muffin! You are so articulate when you speak. Last year you were signing, this year you are talking! You are learning so much, it boggles Mommy's mind. You love to narrate your day for me, just like I used to do for you when you were a baby. WERE a baby! Not a baby anymore are you little man? Nope you're a big two year old. You love to play with your friends Grayson and Kadence, and your big kid friends from church. You still revel in the attention from Daddy's youth group teens. You know where "your baby" is and already love him even though you haven't seen him yet. At least that's what you told me the other day. "I love Baby" you said. Made Mommy's heart melt that's for sure. You look like such a big boy in your clothes now. No more onsies and adorable baby outfits. You love Thomas the train, and Veggie Tales, and "Lightning Car" and of course, Buzz and Woody! You're more of a shower kid now than bath, even though the logistics of it are difficult. You are such a helper too. You LOVE to help Mommy with the laundry and the dishes. I hope that lasts! You love Jesus too. I can already see the beginnings of a love for the Lord in your heart. You love to pray to Jesus, and to shout "AMEN" at the end. You remind Mommy and Daddy to pray all the time. You ask us to read the Bible to you and not just your little storybook Bible, but the "big boy" Bible too. When we ask you if you love Jesus, you always respond with a resounding "YES!" We love to see this growing in you most of all Derek. Never lose that heart my son. I love you with all my heart, and I can't wait to see what is in store for us in the next year as we cruise on toward 3!
Love forever and ever,
Mommy

More Adventures....

This one took place at 6:30am this morning! We have 2 cats, one is a kitten and he's crazy wild. I know it's a kitten phase, but I seriously cannot take one more night of my sleep being interrupted by Piper terrorizing our older cat, Calvin. So out of desperation last night Nathan kenneled Piper in the laundry room. We gave him a small litter box in his kennel along with a small bowl of water... (can you see where this is headed? When Derek woke up at 6:30 this morning, Nathan went to get Piper out of the kennel before getting Derek out of bed and, well, let's just say it was the worst mess he has ever seen. Piper had of course knocked over the bowl of water and gotten soaking wet, then slept in the litter box to avoid the water. Since we use the clumping litter he was caked in dried clumped litter this morning. I wish I had gotten the opportunity to take a before picture of Piper, but we were occupied with getting him into the bathtub and getting Derek up for the morning at the same time, so Here are pictures of the aftermath!

Adventures in the Life of a Pregnant Stay at Home Mom

Sometimes I feel like I have it together and like I can do this thing called being a stay at home mom. There are weeks, like last week, that I successfully run my household, cook dinners (or at least successfully get my hubby to volunteer to cook for me! Haha!), organize my home, and care for my son, all while working in a couple of shifts at my for fun part time job and hosting an old friend from high school! I was on top of life last week!!!

Then there's this week.... When this week started off with my mom letting me know that due to illness she wouldn't be coming to visit, I lost all my motivation. So, laundry is still crawling along, the floors well, I just did those tonight so I guess I can check that off my list. But just about everything else has gone out the window... Along with Derek's nap today... along with my nap today...

But it's all part of the adventure right? And on the bright side, I have more weeks like last week than I have like this week. Any other stay at home moms out there experience this?