toys and a confession

I have never understood why used toys always had pieces missing.  Don't those mom's do a major sweep of their playroom looking for those pieces?  I do know that I keep my house more clutter free than most so I guess I had this unrealistic vision that "I wouldn't lose ANY of my sons toys!"  Haha!  I get it now...its not that the mom's don't look EVERYWHERE for that little ball, small plastic shape or last puzzle piece.  It is because the child takes a liking to that toy and drags it all over the house, throws it down the stairs, shoves it in the couch cushions and hides it in basically any spot.  I can imagine eventually Owen throwing toys away and I not knowing about it.

This morning I went on a search for the ball for our ball popper.

This is what I found:  a toy coin for his piggy bank, the piece of mail for his mailbox and a board book under a chest. Take one guess what I didn't find...the green ball I was looking for.

Anyway, I get it now...just saying.

time to get serious

So, when Chris and I first got married we had combined a nice amount of credit card debt.  Thankfully, neither of us had college loans or car payments so we were ahead of most.  We luckily found Dave Ramsey and his amazing book The Total Money Makeover, if you haven't read it you will find it is the best $ you will ever spend!  LONG story short we sold stuff, we didn't go out to eat, we had friends over instead of going out and we paid off that credit card debt and saved up an AMAZING emergency fund.

That emergency fund came in handy when we had to pay off the medical bills from our twins birth.  Then it came in handy when our car needed tires, then it came in handy when I got laid off from my job and helped pay the bills.   Well, now as you can imagine it is almost gone and the gazelle is coming back out and we need some extra cash.

So, I started a little blog (http://declutteringtherandomness.blogspot.com/) and I am going to sell some stuff on there, if you know of someone that is wanting to throw a little man baby shower I have a great kit that we just used that is up for sale!

There will be little boy clothes up soon too!

Soo excited!!

My bloggy, infertility, bonded after losing our angel babies on the same day, turned modern day pen-pal through email friend is having her 

BABY BOY

COLIN 

TODAY!!

Words can not express the joy in my heart when another friend has their long awaited baby!!  

GO Jackie Go!!

UPDATE: Jackie had little Colin that evening, sounds like Mommy and baby are doing great!!

Birthday Party

Well, the invites are ready and going out tomorrow!  Mostly it will be family in attendance, but we did invite several close friends and some of Owen's new play friends!  I would love to invite everyone, but our immediate family is so huge!

Birthday party planning mode is ON!!  I have already started purchasing decorations and cake mixes!

Here is a little sneak peak at part of the invite and a hint at our theme!

Owen: 11 months

I feel like I can't remember this past month, it flew by so fast.  I don't think my brain can even form sentences yet!

• Your first Christmas and New Years!
• You started to throw food on the floor from the high chair on purpose and find it amusing
• You are enjoying sharing your food by feeding us
• You are rolling your tongue to make the brrrrr sound in the back of your throat
• pulling up on lots of stuff
• still crawling on your tummy and you are so fast!
• You know what we are saying, I can say don't drop that on the floor and you will move your arm back onto your tray, then I can say eat it and about half the time you will!!
• dropping stuff down the stairwell and watching it
• we can call your name and you will come looking for us, the first time you crawled all the way down to hall to both of us melted our hearts (we did have to compete with the outlet and doorways for your attention)
• you sing with us when we are listening to music or singing to you
• you love to be held and dance
• you seem to be doing better during car rides over the holidays (this is a MAJOR answer to our prayers!); you even took an 1 1/2 hour nap one of the drives!
• you have started waving and saying bye bye
• you still kick your feet when super excited and twirl your feet!  
• you can do peek a boo and wheres Owen all by yourself with a small blanket on the changing table
• you were so cute saying Ho Ho Ho in your Christmas pj's.
• you love to throw your little colored balls around and chase them
• your favorite toys are: Paul-monkey rattle, most anything Orange, orange ball, orange piece of mail (why you carry it all over the house I will never understand the fascination there!), stuffed animals that move and sing, little red elmo cup (from your stacking set), going in and out of the Laugh and Learn Home especially getting the orange mail from the mail box.  The ball popper is a hit when mommy does it with you.  

All our christmas pictures are on daddy's phone and I need to get them onto my computer.  We were bad about pictures this month except our good friend took some outside for us!  Here is our little baby Owen:

THIS FACE MELTS MY HEART!

In honor of their births

My friend Caroline made these cupcakes in honor of Abe and Benny today. She also told her 3 year old about them.

My friend Katie met me at the Y this morning to exercise and chit chat because she was worried about me being alone today!!

My friend Ashley told me she loves their names from the first time I met her and she uses their names when she talks with me.

My family all checked in on me today

I feel blessed that they are remembered. Two years ago I came home from the hospital empty, I am healed now, but i will never forget.

Happy Birthday my sweet boys

Abe and Benny,
Hi babies, its Mommy.  Did you know I love you so much?  Today is your 2nd birthday and the day we said good bye.  It wasn't fair that we didn't get much time with you.  20 weeks with you inside my belly wasn't near long enough.  I want you to know that Mommy and Daddy love you so much, we think about you all the time and our lives were touched so much by your short ones. We miss you more than we can even admit, because if we think about it too long we might break in half.

Today I am going to kiss and hug your brother extra times and I hope you know some of those are for you both.  Tell Jesus that he needs to give yall an extra special hug from Mommy this year.   I have to take care of your brother right now and I know you are in the best of hands other than mine and Daddy's.

Night Night sweet boys, Mommy loves you.  Mommy loves you soo much.  Night night.

We love you babies,
Mommy & Daddy

did you feel the love come in?