Inspired by Jessi @ ffdsilvafamily.blogspot.com to blog!  However...it's late, and I have sooo much to catch up on!!!!  But, the opportunity is here!
    Well, let's see... right now we are floating in outer space (kind of--at least if feels like it).  We are currently staying in Fresno, with my MIL (YES...Never say NEVER!!!!  I am very grateful that she hasn't kicked us out yet!)  Why in Fresno?  My wonderful athletic and adventurous husband broke his ankle in a cycling accident.  Sooooo we are staying with family so I can get some help with the kiddos.  Let me tell you, this mamma was going CRAZY for one whole week by herself and no help!  It's been almost 3 weeks, and I know Aaron is dying to get his cast off on the 26th!  Who knows what the future holds...I guess God is really trying to get that point across to me.  In His timing things will work out, not mine!
  Owen is now 3 ( 42lb. and 38in)!  I cannot believe I have a 3 year old!!!!!  A pro on the bike, able to get on by himself and stop by himself on a two-wheeler.  He is obsessed with Fire Fighting, reading about it, dressing up, and rescuing people.  He is learning a lot about God in BSF and starting to memorize whole simple songs like "Hello God this is your day, I am your child, show me your way."  When he's not being my smart stud he is my mini me in terror tantrum mode...and oh-boy just ask the neighbors how good his lungs are!  At least I know he'll be an assertive individual who knows what he wants :)  Trying to figure out how to be a better mommy and nurture that instead of crush it...such a fine line!  He is my favorite little boy, and always will be.
  Harper is 17 months (30 in. and 23lb)!  She has recently started singing and signing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," it is HILLARIOUS!  She absolutely loves "Twinkle, Twinkle" and "Ba-ba black sheep."  She is my "mini sumo-wrestler" dancer, because she sways side to side with the tune and giggles with excitement.  She tries to keep up with brother at the parks, and at home.  My pretty little girl who wants to wear skirts and tennis shoes, bows in her hair and dirt on her face.  She is feisty!  Harper absolutely loves music, singing, and dancing.  She's expanding her vocabulary, slowly (at her pace), and can say "shoes, cheese, bubba, ba-ba (for the song), this, up, NO, and ma (for muah) and guck (for duck duck goose)."  She is the cuddle bug that Owen is not.  She will sit in my lap and let me kiss all over her, or just hold her.  I am soaking that all up!!!!  She is still my eater, and I hope it continues!
  My children are amazing, and I am grateful for them.  Parenthood comes with many trials...and I know they will only get BIGGER...but there are lots of blessings.
  Being a SAHM has its pros and cons...and I was naive to think that life would be BLISSFUL if I just didn't have to WORK! lol  Well, I am learning life is what you make it.  God has given us each day to rejoice in and glorify him.  Many times I fail, but then He gives me tomorrow! God is growing me in so many ways, but mainly in putting him first.  I think this has been one of the hardest lessons to re-learn...because it requires ALL of me and lots of sacrifice.  The way He has changed my heart in the last 6 months is not what I expected, but what I needed.  Studying Abraham in Genesis this year through BSF has certainly shown me what God requires of me.
  "Trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey"...