"Okay, Mommy": My Day As A Mommy

A recent development is Jedidiah verbally participating in devotions. I will say something or read a Bible verse and he will often say "Okay, Mommy". VERY FUNNY! Today I was reading some of Proverbs 4 like "love her, and she shall keep thee." Little J says "Okay, Mommy." He said this numerous times as I read and talked. I had asked who "she" was and the older kids said "wisdom." Anyway, I started asking younger kiddos a question. I asked Jedidiah "What are we supposed to do with wisdom?" Of course, he responded that he didn't know. I told him that he was supposed to "hug wisdom in his heart." I tried to get it to more of a level for him and even that I know is really only planting the seeds for understanding later on. Anyway, after all this I think G asked Little J "do you love wisdom?" his response "Nay!!" Truthful for a 2 year old:-) Anyway, I am thrilled he is starting to participate in devotions and I heard him say "Bible" today pretty clearly.

When Babe was having family devotions the other day he was reading out of Nehemiah and asked Big C what the word "beseech" meant. Big C said that he didn't know but that "besiege" was something like when your trying to take over a castle. Cute. 

Isaiah 28:10

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

In Other News . . .

The question of the day was: 

"Mommy, what makes your body know when you are married?" I say, "What do you mean?" Child- "You can't have babies until you're married." :-) Got it :-) Me-"You can have babies when you are not married but it is not the way God wants it. It is more like you tell your body when you are married. Have you heard of keeping yourself pure? 'Yes'  Well, that means that you don't do things with your body that are meant to do when you are married."

End of Conversation.

Never a Dull Moment:-)

Cute Quote of the Day:

"Sleep [slept] well. Head on pillow."

That was little J after he got up from a nap that was very difficult for him to go down for. He woke up happy!

I often tell him to put his head on the pillow.

Afternoon with Family

My brother Q, Me, and my cousin L.

This last Sunday our family went up to the church my younger brother pastors and spent the day there. After church we went to their home and they hosted a get to together with one of my cousins on my mom's side and us. Our family really enjoyed the day of fellowship with both my brother's family and my cousin and some of her family! The kids ran around and played and some enjoyed playing with Uncle Q's and Aunt T's chickens. We really did have a great time of fellowship and my sister in law was soooo careful to serve a meal I could eat without hesitation. I really appreciate her thoughtfulness.

Also this last Sunday morning Babe got off his last shift at NORAD! It was an exciting day knowing he was done with his shift work. Babe LOVED the job and loved the people he worked with but was so glad to be leaving the schedule. His crew threw an unofficial party for him. One lady baked a cake and wanted to make it look Navy so she frosted it blue and put a Captain Hook on it and a Blue Angel aircraft. Pretty funny and kind! I read the card that was given to him and he is going to be missed. His crew enjoyed having him as a boss. The Lord was so good to Babe throughout this job. The Lord gave him strength, patience, wisdom, focus, stamina, and excellent crew members throughout his time there. Now on to the next challenge . . . Babe found out this week that he has been accepted to the College of William and Mary to work on a MBA! Lord willing, he will start his studies part time this coming fall. He has worked on and prayed about the possibility of this for awhile and his military comrades have encouraged him toward it. I am excited for him and I must admit proud of him as well! I am thankful for how the Lord is working in his life. He loves academics and is preparing himself for what the future may hold. Never a dull moment in this house!

Last Pulmonary Appointment?

 The girls have their ID wrist bands on ready to go back

to their appt. They both are pulling on the bands and checking them out.

A nurse saw the girls in the waiting room and called them something

like a "smile making factory on wheels". Sweet.

 Pulmonary appts. are VERY LOOOOONG appts. As sweet

as the people there are I won't miss those appts.

The girls favorite part of a pulmonary appt. is tearing up the examination table paper.

This fun lasts for awhile and keeps them busy!

They love it!! By the end of this appt. no paper was left connected to the table:-)

 The lady that has taken care of the girls was very sad we were moving and that 

she wouldn't be able to see the girls. She said she had really enjoyed them.

We had such good care for their pulmonary needs and that

is a tremendous blessing.

We'll have to get some paperwork done in our new area but

it shouldn't be a big deal. I had taken the pulse oxcimeter with me when I went house hunting 

and tested Baby B's oxygen and she did GREAT! It seems their pulmonary needs should

be behind them when we move to a MUCH lower elevation!

Growing Up

Yesterday Babe and I were out sorting the garage and the kids were out too. G decided it was the day Big C should learn to ride his bike and that he was going to work with him! Big C was very hesitant to learn knowing it entailed falling a lot but G got him going and Big C ended up learning faster than any other of the kids!! G used a technique we learned from friends of ours. They told us about first riding down a hill so they can learn balance without having to concentrate on pedaling. It works! Big C is our 3rd kiddo to learn that way. G did a great job working with him and G told me that Big C thanked him. Our family tradition is that on the day one of the kids learns to ride a bike we eat McDonalds for dinner and so we had a McDonalds meal last night!!

Good job Big C Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you! You worked so hard!
G, your a great big brother and we're thankful for the time you invested with Big C. He'll always remember that you taught him to ride a bike!

Cuteness

 J saw the girls laying on the floor and he went and laid right between them

which is just so cute and they enjoyed it.

Today J had baby B laughing and laughing by purposely making silly noises.

 R cuddled up with Baby B

 J wanted Baby B and then he wanted a book!

Such cuteness!!

Gabriel's 12th Birthday

 G the birthday boy. He just turned 12 years old!! My baby isn't so much a baby anymore! So thankful for G and his great spirit which to this mom means more than a whole lot of other things in life. G is a head in the clouds type kid. He thinks and thinks and thinks and reads and reads and reads. He reads A LOT. He LOVES legos and is a huge fan of Lord of the Rings (pretty much our family is). Recenty he has taken up some fun type sketching and enjoys sitting and doing that. He wants to save up his money to buy a stop-motion-animation software kit so he can put his legos to work!

My sister-in-law and my nieces were able to come with us to Hungry Bear restaraunt for Gabriel's birthday breakfast. He LOVES going to Hungry Bear to have sausage gravy and biscuits! It will probably be our last trip to the local favorite before our move:-( At breakfast Auntie T gave him his gift which was lots of different types of candy all representative of answers to questions she had asked him earlier. Very neat and fun! Later in the day we went as a family to a super mini golf place that we have enjoyed in our time here. The kids LOVED this and J was THRILLED with hitting a ball around! On the way home he kept saying "hit ball", "hit ball"! G loves mini golfing too and we actually golfed last year on his birthday.

In the van on the way down to the Springs to golf G opened his gift from us. He was THRILLED to say the least. He had wanted this lego set sooooo badly before it was discontinued. That caliber of gift is not normal for us to give but this year our kids have given so much to help us with the twins, etc. It is nice to make a childhood dream come true before they're grown up. You don't hear G thank us in the video. He was much to overwhelmed in the video but he thanked us over and over and over and over again later. The next day he told me how much he enjoyed his birthday. It was the best ever for him. I realized later I forgot to take pictures of him with his birthday cake!!!

Thanks G for being a terrific kid.

When watching the video below notice the green neck pillow G is wearing. He had wanted his sister "A" to make him one of her neck pillows which are better than store bought ones because of the stuffing she uses in them. He WAS SOOOOOO Happy that she made him one he really truly wore it around the house much of the morning and took it with him in the van. He loves it. He also got a great card from Big C and craft made pig from his brother R. R also bought him a $10 game for his Ipad which was very generous for a boy that doesn't make much money!!! G really did have a fabulous birthday.

J eating breakfast at Hungry Bear

Visit From Cousins

 When we returned from our house hunting trip 2 of my nieces and my sister in law came for a visit for a few days. It was great to see them and hang out. "A" really enjoys playing with her doll Kaya with her cousin who also has a special doll. I know they will have good memories playing together with their dolls. It won't be much longer and they will be far away. The kids had so much fun playing a running around with them and it was so nice for me to sit and talk with my sister in law.

J enjoyed being apart of the BIG kids.

Fun with cousins at the playground!