My favorite Name!

Daniel's grandfather turned 83 on Sunday!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!  

Matthew definitely enjoyed eating his own cupcake!!

Grandma and grandpa came down from Idaho and we had a little get together here at our house.  Grandma, grandpa and Tamara came over early to get some ice cream made.  I was trying to get things ready, but of course Matthew was a little nervous that I was going to leave him and so was clinging to me for dear life.  This made it a little hard to get things done.  Tamara offered to feed him and so I put him in his chair.  The moment I did that, he started saying, "Mommy, mommy, mommeeeeeee!"  He did this for about 5 minutes when grandma said, "Do you wish you could change your name sometimes?"  I thought about it for a moment and said, "Nope, that's my favorite name!"  

I LOVE being a mother more than I could ever have imagined.  I never knew how much love could come from someone so small until they placed Emma in my arms, and somehow it just keeps growing.  Somehow your heart grows with each new addition as well.  What a blessing!

My cousin's wife, Holly, had this quote on her blog:

"The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only-- and that is to support this ultimate career."

-C.S. Lewis

I love my job, even when it does get hard!

Matthew loved Daniel's cousin's new little baby, Katelyn!  He kept wanting to hold her and trying to grab her from aunt Bev.  It was so funny to see all of the different expressions on his face.

I think these precious children are better than any coworkers or any praise from a job well done!  My favorite name is and always will be MOMMY!!

I love being a mommy

My sweet little Matthew is a serious "mama's boy."  I went and got my hair cut yesterday and Tamara watched my children while I was gone.  Both Emma and Matthew were asleep when I left and when Matthew woke up, she went in to get him.  He looked at her and frowned, then turned away!  He did let her get him up however, and he wasn't terribly fussy.  I came home about 1/2 hr. later.  He was sitting on the ground with a chair blocking the view so I couldn't see him.  As I came around the chair into his view he looked up.  His face immediately lit up and he gave this enormous grin.  He then reached both hands high in the air for me.  I picked him up and he totally snuggled with me.  He just kept pulling away and looking at me, then going back to snuggling.  Now remember, he is not a snuggly boy, so it makes me very happy to get snuggles from him.  Anyway, it was really precious and it really made my day.

Here is a picture of my haircut and my cute little ones.  I like this hair cut much better than the last one.  Happy day!