Xander is seeming less like a newborn, and more like a little baby. He’s growing a lot, he weighed 9″6 on Monday at 7 weeks old.
Xander in his big boy church clothes. The pants are big in the waist, and ride up like Steve Urkel, but he’s still cute :)
This is a 3 month size outfit!
He’s a good baby! We all surely love him!
Well, it’s that time of month again… that time when Jimmy is at a scout camp, and I start thinking about him, and how wonderful he is ;)
Tonight, as I looked around at my house that is medium messy, I thought of some things that I am not.
I am not very organized. This week we had to find some papers, and it took both of us searching every last spot, and lots of prayers to finally find them.
I am not a great cook. I’ve messed up rice crispy treats for crying out loud!
I am not creative. Tonight we had a really fun Families Supporting Adoption celebration, and I was in charge of doing a table of info about FSA. It wasn’t inpressive, it consisted of printed paper with bullets about each topic, it looked cheesy.
I am not Mrs. Clean. A sweet friend stopped by, and brought us some delicious cinnamon bread. I invited her in to meet Xander, but was embarrassed for her to see my bed wasn’t made, there were socks, and other piles of laundry scattered about my room, and more stacks of stuff not in their place.
I am not looking my best most of the time. I just don’t have it in me to spend a lot of time on doing my hair. I love to have my hair look cute, and be dressed nice, but it’s a rare occasion. 5-6 days of the week my hair is in a pony, and I’m in my comfy clothes.
I share these things that I am not, mostly to laugh at myself. Don’t worry, I’m not depressed about it, in actuality, I think I’m a little too easy on myself in most areas. Tonight I just feel so thankful that despite all of these things I am not, Jimmy loves me for what I am. He doesn’t focus on my weaknesses. He doesn’t complain about my imperfections, and never makes me feel inadequate. I am not great at so many things, but it’s ok because Jimmy accepts me the way I am. If he complained about anything I wasn’t, it would change everything. I think I would be down with myself, and in turn, feel like putting him down, and find things to complain about him. I hope I can be more like Jimmy in showing such love- to overlook the little, unimportant imperfections, and show more appreciation for all that he does wonderfully, because he does just that for me! I love my sweet husband!
Oh my goodness! I just love my girl! Lilly slept on her floor with her big girl one night last week :)
I very much love my boys too! They are awesome!
We made a fort, and had treats. It was fun, (even though daddy makes much neater forts than I do).
So much love! The first thing my kids do when they wake up is say good morning to their baby brother.
Xander getting a little daddy time while daddy did some scout planning. Xander loves this position, Zeke did too.
My blessings on their Care Bear blankets made by Gramma Charlotte. I am so grateful for my kids! It’s not easy being a mom, and some days I feel like the quote I’ve seen, “Lord, grant me patience to endure my blessings.” but there’s nothing more worth while, and nothing more deserving of my time and energy than being a mother. Motherhood is my greatest challenge, and my greatest joy. I am so thankful to Heavenly Father for blessing me with my children!
