CF Tigers!

My boy's favorite season has arrived.... football! Dave starts counting down the days starting at the end of the last season...and I am not kidding. Now that our boys are getting old enough to stay out a bit later on a Friday night they are loving getting in a little CF Tiger fun. We've got some good friends who also love them some good football and friend time! Here is a kick-off to the season with a pre-game pizza party...  by the time they headed out the door this mama and a certain 2 little boys were more into a movie and popcorn night :) hey... those games start late!

take 2

Getting a "good" picture of all three of my boys these days is proving to get harder as we add more boys! I usually snap about 5-10 pics and hope for the best :) Here are a few of my attempts... Carson seems to be the easiest to work with and he's the baby! Ha! However, I do love the faces I get in all my attempts to get the "good" one. They are sometimes my favorite because it is SO them:) Either way, such sweet little moments happening so much here these days in between the hurry and hustle of life.

First Timer!

Dave took Austin to his first Vikings game a couple weekends ago. Austin was pretty excited to be going by himself with his dad. They had a very fun day planned! Dave took him for a picnic lunch, a trip to the awesome Indoor park, Mall of America, out for dinner, games outside Vikings stadium, and to the game of course. Austin LOVED the entire day... until about 2 minutes into the actual game :) Then he asked if they could go. Ha!
On the other hand, I was home with Jaxon and Carson and we hit up the Air Show in town. While I thought the Thunderbirds were amazing and even brought to tears to my eyes at their amazing skills and representation, Jaxon was ready within about an hour of the whole afternoon. I think we may have switched our entertainment around on our two boys, oops :)  All in all, it was a great day and big reminder that we need to set times up more often of good one on one time with each of our boys. I loved the evening I had with just Jaxon while Carson slept and Dave got to really be with Austin with no distractions. Much needed for all of us I think. 
Thanks dad for planning such a fun day for Austin! Carson will be waiting in line for his turn in the cities soon enough! And don't worry boys... next time we will send Jaxon to the game while Austin and I find us something that has wheels or flies :)

Excuse This House

Thought this was appropriate for my home right now. These days I am happy if I can unload my dishwasher or fold a load of laundry in the same day, but I am happiest if I made time to sit down enough to see into my boy's eyes and just really be... 

Excuse This House 

Author: Unknown

 Some houses try to hide the fact

That children shelter there,

Ours boasts it quite openly,

The signs are everywhere.

For smears are on the windows,
Little smudges are on the doors
I should apologize, I guess
For toys strew on the floor.

But I sat down with my child
And we played and laughed and read
And if the doorbell doesn’t shine,
His eyes will shine instead.

For when at times I’m forced to choose
The one job or the other,
I’d like to cook and clean and scrub,
But first I’ll be a mother.

never say never

I think when I had Jaxon and someone asked me if I was going to try cloth diapers I said something like "never in a million years". :) Well, as I usually learn with things in my life... never say never! I did not use cloth diapers for my first two boys. However, when Dave's sister showed me her super cute, super (fairly) easy, and super financially smart cloth diapers.... how could I not?!?!  I waited until my boy was 10 pounds and out of that poop 10-12 times a day stage. I have loved the new diapers! Heidi uses super cute fabrics and has a new fleece liner that is soft for baby's bum and easy to clean. I love how well they are working and how much money they are saving us!! If you ever considered cloth diapers, check these out! She does make them and sell them and I totally support her product! I can't believe I gave into these, but am so glad I did. Thanks Aunt Heidi!!!

PS Heidi makes these for a fraction of the cost that you find on-line...well worth the up front money :)

3 of my favorite things

Every night the last thing I do before I get into my bed is check on my boys one last time. I love to see them sleeping peacefully and whisper a prayer over them before I end my day. It is one of my most favorite times of my day. It is such a habit that the few times I have been so tired and forgotten, I have almost fallen asleep and then wake with a startle, knowing I won't be able to go back to sleep until I crawl out of bed and sneak into their rooms. I love sleeping little boys... sweet little faces breathing and dreaming good things.

first friends

You may remember a past picture of our small group gals... 4 of us pregnant and 1 little man already here. Well, we are down to one more to arrive...and very soon! Here are the latest three bundles of joy. It is such a blessing to have friends surrounding us with kids close to our own boy's age. Some of Jaxon and Austin's best buddies today were their first little friends as infants. We're so grateful Carson is going to have some peers his age running around at get-togethers and gatherings over the years with our friends! Plus, aren't they so stinking cute!?!? :-)