Let's be thankful!

This morning Lane woke up asking for a cookie. I told him no and gave him oatmeal. He didn't complain and ate all of his oatmeal and was happy about it bc he hadn't had it for a while. He ate his oatmeal on the step to his playroom bc he is not allowed food in there. Well his bowl was empty but still sitting there so I threw a cookie in there to see what he did. When he finally saw it you would think he won the lottery! It was so cute and funny. He jumped up and down, "A cookie, a cookie Momma a cookie!" Why can't we all be so thankful for the little things? I love the innocence in children. The simplest things make them so happy. It makes you want to do more to make them happy. When we grow up it becomes more difficult to make us so happy so ppl stop trying so hard. I want to be more like Lane. I want to be so happy over the small things. I think I actually am since having children. One reason is we can't afford a lot of things. A toddler and 2 infants gets pretty expensive. We are making it though. I know I am more excited when we get to go out now though. I am more appreciative I guess you could say.
I really appreciate all the ppl that have helped us along the way. So many ppl have given me clothes, mostly girl clothes bc that is what they had but thats fine bc it is less we have to buy. I have a group of friends on the internet that are awesome. We have been talking for years. Whenever one of us has a baby we all send some $ and a card to them. I don't know if they know it but the money they sent me actually bought Lane's Christmas presents. If that money hadn't come then he would have got nothing. We had spent all our money while I was in the hospital for preterm labor with the twins and then the twins were born and we had to spend more on things. I am so thankful for these things. God always makes things fall into place and I have learned and still am learning to be more thankful for even the small things.

I hope you are always this happy!

I love this pic. No all of his head is not in it but so what. This pic shows him at his best. He can be so happy sometimes I love it. He can go overboard being excited but that is one thing I love about him. I hope this never changes. I hope the mean people of the world never break my child. He is a sweetheart full of love. This is the smile I get over the simplest things. You want some candy? You want to go bye-bye? You want to see Poppa? Dadda's home! I love it. I hope he is always like this.

My worst enemy

I see you everyday, and it makes me sick. We stare each other down watching to see how close we will get to one another. If you get close enough to me I will knock you out! I know you felt that water I threw on you the other day. That made you run. You have been in that corner for way to long. I wish I could kill you. I asked Donny to do it but for some reason he hasn't. Standing there with those long legs just looking at me. I pray you aren't having babies bc that is the last thing we need. You better stay away from my kids too. They don't need your dirtiness rubbing off on them. Lane would probably like you bc he likes nasty things like that. The thought of you makes my skin crawl ewwwwwwwww. Yet everday I know I will see you. I know your scared of me as well you should be.
What am I talking about? A spider that has been in my shower since we moved here! You didn't think I was talking about a person did you? Come on I am a lady! That stupid spider is up in the corner of shower where I can't reach. It watches me everyday and sometimes comes closer. I will get it one of these days. Hopefully I get it before it gets me!

Are you choking?

I was sitting in the living room and heard Lane coughing really hard in the other room. I knew he had snuck a piece of candy so I was worried he was choking on it. I put the baby down ran into the room and started hitting him on the back. When I stopped he looked at me crazy and said "OWW MOMMA!" and rubbed his back. Much to my surprise he still had the candy in his hand. I guess he was just coughing. What Lane learned from this, don't cough around momma or she will beat you up!

You've sure got your hands full!

You've sure got your hands full! I hear this everywhere I go with the kids. Yes I do but seriously 3 kids is not that much! People today are so set on a 2 kid limit, it is annoying! I understand people saying that to me bc I do have 3 under 3 but it still does get annoying! We started trying for #2 when Lane was 11 months old so they could have been even closer. God definitely knew what he was doing spacing them out at least this far though. I actually found out I was pregnant again on Lane's 2nd bday! How great is that? His 3rd bday is next week, I can't believe that it has already been a year.

I have a friend that has 4 kids and one on the way and she really gets the you sure have your hands full. She says some people can be down right rude, what's up with that? You are not the one taking care of her kids or mine. She does an awesome job btw and I think I am doing pretty good myself!

People once had dozens of kids so why is it so taboo now? I don't understand. Children are gifts from God. I do think we are done having kids but nothing is permanent. Donny would like more but I'd like to be done with the baby stages in a few years and move on the the other stuff, we'll see.

So next time you see me in Walmart just know that yes my hands are full but my heart is also full, full of LOVE!!! :)

Love

Love

Last but certainly not least is Love- Lucas. He is my love baby. When Lexi was in the hospital and I couldn't be with her I was so thankful to have this little guy with me, loving me. He is very loving. He is a bit of a mommy's boy I believe but that is okay. He loves everyone though. You can just see how much he loves his brother and sister. If his sister starts crying he will stop crying and watch her, if they are close he will hold her hand, it really melts your heart. He loves kisses and to cuddle. He is known as baby brother or brother bear. He is Lexi's protector already. He thinks Lane hung the moon. He loves to watch him and laughs all the time at him. Lane really enjoys that. This one has enough love to share with everyone.

Hope

HOPE

This is my middle child, Lexi. She is also my only girl. She has given me so much hope. The twins were born 4 weeks early and this one was a 5.5 pounder. When she was born I heard her cry so loud and thought wow she has healthy lungs, but I was wrong. When she took her first breath it punctured a hole in her lung. I did not find this out until the next day. They weren't telling me what was wrong with my baby girl until then. I prayed so hard for this one. I had hope though. I knew God would take care of her and he did.

She had to be airlifted to Children's Hospital and stay there for 8 days. She was on all types of machines, it was so sad. I didn't get to hold her until she was 4 days old. She was on feeding tubes, breathing machines, all types of stuff I didn't even understand what they were for. I had a c-section and didn't get to stay with her or anything, plus I had her twin brother at home to care for. My husband stayed with her though, he was so amazing. This girl has him wrapped around her little finger! I stayed prayed and hoped she would be okay. Everyday the dr.'s were amazed at how wonderful she was doing. Everyday something else got to come off of my angel. Finally after a long 8 days she was home!!! I am so thankful for this girl. I call her my angel baby. She also goes by Sister Sue, lol.

Faith

FAITH

This is my oldest, Lane. He has made me have more faith day by day. Before becoming pregnant with him I found out I had endometriosis and would have problems getting pregnant. We did get pregnant once on our own, that baby didn't make it. I took medication and we prayed for another little blessing and then we were blessed with this little guy.

The beginning of my pregnancy was scary. I had a huge cyst bc of the meds I had to take to get pregnant. I was so worried I'd lose this baby too. I had a wonderful friend that really helped me through it. She came over and we would hold my belly and pray. I was about to have to have surgery to remove this cyst while pregnant and the dr. did an ultrasound and the cyst was almost completely gone! God did it! He saved my little guy. The dr. couldn't believe his eyes! I could though bc all that praying had given me peace and I knew God was going to take care of it all. I gained so much faith while pregnant with this one.

He is also my little monster. He is as stubborn as the day is long! I think God gave him to me before giving me the twins bc he knew I'd have faith that I could handle 2 at a time if I handled Lane! I love this boy to death but he tests me everyday. He is so strong-willed and wants to do what he wants. My husband reassures me that this is a good thing and he will not be pressured into things as a teen. I have to have faith that this is true. I have to have faith that this one won't make me lose my mind! He is not that bad but he can be a stinker. I love him to pieces though and wouldn't have him any other way, well maybe I would have him pottytrained!

Faith

FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE

These are 3 important things to me. I think my children symbolize each of them. These are my precious angels.