This has been a crazy week.
Cole is going through a growth spurt, if that's even possible. The child is huge; he's 42 pounds, and very, very tall. And he's 3. T-H-R-E-E. He's been eating everything in sight this week. This is most unusual for my little, well, big boy. He normally could care less about eating because he's way too busy playing, running around wrecking shop, talking non-stop...you get the picture. He never wakes up hungry. Why eat when you can drink juice and milk and go wild?! But when Cole wakes up and the first words out of his mouth are, "I'm hungry!" then you better get ready. He's really eaten more than I thought possible. Of course, I love it because I've never seen him like this before. But, what's the end result? A six foot 3 year old??? Maybe!
And as if he doesn't talk about hunting enough, Eric took him on his first hunt Monday. He went wild! They sat in a ground blind and had a blast. Cole enjoyed walking through mud puddles with his rubber boots and throwing rocks, sneaking around the woods and watching a bunch of baby pigs eat corn off the ground. The best part of it all? It's all on video! Eric took the video camera and documented the whole thing. PRICELESS!!! (By the way, he ate 4 mini bagels while in the ground blind, then left and ate an entire pork chop and green beans for dinner. Yeah, growth spurt!)
Raleigh is great. She's walking like she's been doing it forever, and she's getting fast!!! I forgot how quickly they go from walking to running....she's getting around! I've starting planning her 1st birthday party. Ok, who am I kidding; I've been planning for months now! I have so many ideas; I'm really excited. I still can't believe our baby girl is about to turn one. My, time flies when you're having fun!
Last, but certainly not least, I want to praise God. He has been so good to us, and I could never thank Him enough. He's blessed us with so many things; our families, friends, jobs, a beautiful house, two amazing, healthy children, each other, and His grace and mercy. He is an amazing God, and He can do amazing things. He has been really working in our marriage and on us as individuals, inspiring us in so many ways. This week alone, by His grace, He has brought us closer as a couple than we thought possible. He is teaching us, guiding us, leading us. I can't even describe what it feels like to let go and let God take control of your life. It's incredible.
It's my prayer today that if you are reading this blog, no matter how you ended up here, that you know God and He is your personal Lord and Savior. I promise, choosing Him is the best decision you will ever make. I'm not trying to preach, but I'm just so amazed at what He has done with Eric and I, and I'm so thankful.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
New beginnings
Well, I guess that's what everyone says about a new year; with a new year brings new beginnings. That is ringing true for Eric and I this year. I'm just going to be honest, completely honest in this blog and lay it out there.
Eric and I have been married for 5 1/2 years now. It's been wonderful. We have made more memories than I could ever count; we've been through everything as a couple. We've brought 2 amazing children into this world, bought 2 houses and sold one, faced death in our family, had our share of good times and bad; basically you name it, we've been through it. But one thing remained true; no matter how we committed ourselves to better our relationship with the Lord, we always seemed to fall short. It's not that we weren't seeking Him or trying to do better, we just seemed to fall by the waist side and go our own way. We haven't been to church every Sunday. And we said we would join a Sunday school group when we got married. Well, 5 1/2 years later, we'd failed to do so. Don't get me wrong. I love our God; He is at the center of this marriage. I was baptized in August for the second time in my life to recommit my life to Him. And things have been going great. But for the last month, it seemed like everywhere I turned, something was telling me to go to this class our church has for young married couples. They all have children in this class; the men love to hunt and fish and go on trips together to do so. They pray together; do things together; reach out to others sharing God's word and love. It's just what Eric and I have been seeking and missing in our lives.
So finally, after all of this time of just simply not going, we took that step. And it was great.
We loved the class. And the people. Everyone has at least 2 children. Yay for other moms! They are planning some amazing things to do as a class for this year. We left there feeling like we'd found our niche. Cole had a blast playing with the other children. Raleigh, well, not so much! Completely my fault; she's always with me and only been left with my mom or Eric's mom, except for one other time which also didn't go so well! She's just at that age where she has bad separation anxiety and on top of it all is teething. But I know she'll get used to it.
We've volunteered to help with food for next Sunday. We are so excited to be taking a step closer to better our lives as individuals and as a couple, as well as parents to Raleigh and Cole. I'll keep posting on how it's going, but for now, we couldn't be in a better place.
Eric and I have been married for 5 1/2 years now. It's been wonderful. We have made more memories than I could ever count; we've been through everything as a couple. We've brought 2 amazing children into this world, bought 2 houses and sold one, faced death in our family, had our share of good times and bad; basically you name it, we've been through it. But one thing remained true; no matter how we committed ourselves to better our relationship with the Lord, we always seemed to fall short. It's not that we weren't seeking Him or trying to do better, we just seemed to fall by the waist side and go our own way. We haven't been to church every Sunday. And we said we would join a Sunday school group when we got married. Well, 5 1/2 years later, we'd failed to do so. Don't get me wrong. I love our God; He is at the center of this marriage. I was baptized in August for the second time in my life to recommit my life to Him. And things have been going great. But for the last month, it seemed like everywhere I turned, something was telling me to go to this class our church has for young married couples. They all have children in this class; the men love to hunt and fish and go on trips together to do so. They pray together; do things together; reach out to others sharing God's word and love. It's just what Eric and I have been seeking and missing in our lives.
So finally, after all of this time of just simply not going, we took that step. And it was great.
We loved the class. And the people. Everyone has at least 2 children. Yay for other moms! They are planning some amazing things to do as a class for this year. We left there feeling like we'd found our niche. Cole had a blast playing with the other children. Raleigh, well, not so much! Completely my fault; she's always with me and only been left with my mom or Eric's mom, except for one other time which also didn't go so well! She's just at that age where she has bad separation anxiety and on top of it all is teething. But I know she'll get used to it.
We've volunteered to help with food for next Sunday. We are so excited to be taking a step closer to better our lives as individuals and as a couple, as well as parents to Raleigh and Cole. I'll keep posting on how it's going, but for now, we couldn't be in a better place.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Her first tooth!
Yay for Raleigh!!!
After months of wondering if baby dentures were in her future (haha), Raleigh has finally gotten her first tooth! I found it this morning. Eric and I were celebrating. Cole got his first tooth at 3 1/2 months, so we thought she'd be the same way. But oh no, she's a little person all of her own and decided to wait until she was 10 months! She's been handling it pretty well. She has a cold right now, but other than a little fussy here and there, she's been great! I am really excited. Well I say that now; once she bites me, it's time for a bottle....:)
Just thought I'd share my excitement about my baby girls new tooth. It's a big thing to us mommy's.
After months of wondering if baby dentures were in her future (haha), Raleigh has finally gotten her first tooth! I found it this morning. Eric and I were celebrating. Cole got his first tooth at 3 1/2 months, so we thought she'd be the same way. But oh no, she's a little person all of her own and decided to wait until she was 10 months! She's been handling it pretty well. She has a cold right now, but other than a little fussy here and there, she's been great! I am really excited. Well I say that now; once she bites me, it's time for a bottle....:)
Just thought I'd share my excitement about my baby girls new tooth. It's a big thing to us mommy's.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We had a wonderful Christmas. It was so fun to share it with our two beautiful children, especially that it was Raleigh's first Christmas. They got way too many toys, but they loved it; well, Cole loved it. Raleigh just ate the boxes and ripped the tissue paper! Cole got his first bike with training wheels. You should have seen his sweet face! Priceless.
We got to spend Christmas with both of our families, but most importantly, we got to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. I was so proud Cole knew we were celebrating His birth this year. He sang happy birthday to Jesus for Eric's family. Call me a dork, but it brought tears to my eyes. He has that effect on his mommy. :)
Here are a few pictures from the day. Check out our facebook page for more. I'm so upset with my camera; for some reason, it won't let me view all the pictures or edit them. So, sorry about the lack of and all the red eye. Oh well.
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