The little(est) brother

My little sweetheart!  Look at this face!!!  Muuuuaaah!  I can't get enough.  He's super cute, super sweet and sleeping MUCH better!  He has three teeth, and scoots around.  No crawling yet.  Kinda squeaky.  Zeker the squeaker.  :)  He also twists his hands around a lot- its so funny.  Very easy.  Loves his Mama.  Laughs lots for brothers. 

Zeke's Baby Dedication

Overwhlemed

I am so overwhelmed with everything I have going on that I feel dizzy.  I thought maybe it would make me feel better to organize my thoughts by writing them out.  So here is everything I'm overwhelmed with:

• Messy house
• Praying about doing childcare for two boys
• All the prep work I have for being a tutor for Classical Conversations
• Homeschooling
• Not reading all that books I wanted to this summer
• Not catching up on my baby books & scrapbooking
• Jonny only has one week left of summer and we didn't get everything done
• Getting enough husband/wife time
• Being a good mom to FOUR BOYS

It's also overwhelming to think that a month from now, our life will be busy with:

• Young Life
• Classical Conversations
• House Church
• Jonny leading worship for The Well (youth group)
• Children's Ministry
• Soccer
• Book Club
• Childcare??

Praying for God's wisdom & strength.

"Commit everything you do to the LORD.  Trust him, and he will help you."  -Psalm 37:5

Mini Movers!

We signed Siah up for the Mini Movers class that Eli & Noah did when they were two.  I thought it would be interesting to see each of their personalities when they were two taking this class.  Pretty funny to see Eli & Noah's two year old personalities line up with today's personalities (for the most part).

BOYS!

Boy updates haven't been at the top of my priority list lately, but I'll do a little one.  Here are pictures from our day yesterday:

Zeke!

Zeke is 7 months old today!  He's wonderful.  He's started eating foods now, so that's a new activity that shows off some more adorable faces.  Zeke has this one look that I like to refer to as the "goober face."  He's sitting up better and better, loves to grab toys and watch his brothers.  He's not very giggly and doesn't have any teeth yet.  Zekers is, once again, not sleeping well.  I can't figure it out.  About 3am he wakes up and then wakes up every hour after until morning.  Even having him in my bed next to me doesn't help.  This tired mama is really hoping this phase passes quickly.  Anyway, that's about it.  Here he is:

 

Giving Gratitude to God

Thankful for so much!!

• A job for my husband for next year!
• Jehovah Jireh!
• A clean kitchen
• Cuddling with my boys
• Movie night with Eli & Noah
• Grocery shopping with Siah, watching him get excited over simple things
• Zeker slobbery kisses
• Zeke sucking on my hair- I take it as a sign of love :)
• Reuniting with my husband after a week apart
• YL kids getting saved at camp!!!
• My mom being SOOOO helpful while Jonny was gone
• Classical Conversations
• 8 years of marriage!  Praying to be one of those sweet 80 year old couples walking hand-in-hand.
• Zekey coos
• Siah giggles
• Noah's silliness
• Eli's funny comments.  For example; Me:  "I hope she didn't find out, I don't want to spill the beans."  Eli:  "What beans?  You're not holding any beans."
• A lovely home
• Working vehicles
• Shampooed carpets
• Psalms
• Wonderful friends
• Flowers blooming
• Full calendar
• Fun visit with relatives
• Exciting news for someone dear to my heart
• Pretty smelling lotion
• Ice cream
• Naps
• Pastor Rob
• Cindy Rodgers
• Excitement over summer ministry event
• Yummy chocolate coffee drinks
• Running with my son
• Cuddling with my husband
• Prayer
• Healing
• Brothers treating each other with kindness
• Brothers showing empathy
• Feeling appreciated
• New recipes
• Park Days
• My new camera
• Talking with my grandma
• Remembering what God has done for us