Is he a dog or is he a monkey?

Baseball is here!!

Baseball season is finally here. Unfortunately, the weather has caused the opening day ceremonies to be postponed until this Saturday, but Drew's first game is tonight. He's already tried his uniform on and told me "Today, I'm going to take it easy so I'll be ready for my game tonight." Well...alrighty then! I'm curious what his interpretation of "take it easy" is. It's probably much different than mine. We are all so excited about tonight though and will be there in our matching Muckdogs t-shirts cheering on all of our little Muckdogs! This season is especially fun because Drew is on the same team as his two cousins, Tyler and Brody. It may be the only year they ever get to play together, so we're going to take lots of pictures. I think Grandmommy and Popsy are pretty excited to have all three of them on the same team too. Although, Grandmommy couldn't get a shirt listing all three boys' names on the back; she was a little bummed about that.

What comes next...College?

With my coffee next to me, Drew at preschool and Jett napping, I am sitting here thinking about time and my boys. About how Drew has less than 23 days left of preschool, then it will be time for him to march on to a BIG school bus on the way to Kindergarten...about how Jett stood on his own for almost a minute this morning and will probably be walking in the very near future...about how much I just want time to stop, right here, right NOW! It is bittersweet to watch them grow and learn new things, but the thought of them actually growing up is quite terrifying to me. They need me, rely on me, for so much...which is overwhelming, exhausting and sometimes a bit annoying...but deep down, I love it. I love being their mother.

Perhaps all of this is coming from my recent realizaton that all 50 lbs. of Drew is just too big for me to pick up anymore. So, now, everytime I hold Jett, I squeeze him a little tighter and hold him a little longer because I know the day will come too soon when I won't be able to hold him either.

Terrified as I may be, I am so excited to see the boys and men they grow to be. If I can teach them two things in life, to love Christ and to love all people, then the rest will fall into place...and Matt and I will have succeeded.

Going Bananas!!

It's almost silly how much we love bananas! We love them in cereal, we love them on ice cream, mashed in pancakes, we love them with chocolate, or peanut putter...or the best of both worlds: Nutella! Jett loves them in a jar. We love banana bread, banana muffins and banana popsicles! I wonder if a banana tree would survive if we planted one here in our yard? I'm going to have to research that!

Baby needs new shoes.

I suppose it is the curse of the second boy...hand-me-downs. Although, Jett doesn't seem to mind, atleast not yet. For some reason, I feel so guilty every time I go into the basement to look for the next size tub of Drew's old clothes that I have stashed away just for him. I know it sounds silly, but I just feel like he deserves something NEW every once in a while...just for being him- so sweet and cute! So today, he got some new shoes. He loves them!

and this last picture is just because I love his smile...and his drool!

How do you torture your kids? I use sour candy!

I know, cruel, but funny!

Valentine's Day Pizza

It was a wonderful day with my boys. I have so much love for each one of them and today was just a special day to make sure they know. Tonight, for dinner, we made our first homemade pizza. It was Drew's idea to make a heart out of pepperoni. He's so sentimental!