Quick! Get The Flip Video, Momma...

Daddy, N and Lil' Peanut: 12.30.07

I think I was washing dishes or other and I kept hearing N laughing his belly laugh. I went to get the Flip Video to record it but unfortunately it didn't last as long as I had hoped. But I did get N doing his jabbering that he's been doing as of late. He just cracks us up with it.

This is rare that they were not doing the Smack Down Daddy show (jungle jim daddy playtime), instead daddy is running the show. I just loved hearing N's laughter and hearing all the commotion. It just makes life a little more sweeter...

I love how mommas and daddys can play so differently with the same kiddles. I love that their daddy can get different reactions and responses to his and their play and silliness. It too is a sweet sound in this life of ours.

Lil' Peanut cracked me up when she said, 'cheese' to the video camera. She thought I was going to take her picture. It is just so like her to have done that. She is always ready for the camera...

Life is precious and going by so quickly. But thank goodness to photographs and Flip Videos that we can capture a moment in time and remember what was happening at that time and place; and to be able to share it with others. Life is good, as the saying goes.. Indeed it is!

Brothers...

Okay, so this doesn't have a lot of action to it but I just wanted to show my two cute boys together.

This was taken the morning after picking up M, from his birth dad, for his 12 day stay with our lil' family. All the kiddles were excited to see each other as always.

This time together with the boys just reminded me of all the times I had them together on the ottoman, the couch or the floor just hanging out with one another, as they grew up together.

I hope to keep up the tradition of photographing them together so I'll have a chronicling of their times together.

They truly are brothers no doubt.

I love you my wonderful and precious boys!

Love always,

Your Momma

Brothers and Sister...

N, M and Lil' Peanut...

I just love this new Flip Video unit! It has allowed me to catch a few videos and easily place them in my blog. I didn't have to be a techie to figure it out. Well, that's not really true. Mh had to install the program and all the things that it required one to do, in order for the Flip Video to function appropriately. I just needed to know how and where to put the USB cable in to the laptop and upload. The latter was the easy part. Thank goodness for a techie/geek of a hubby He's the best!

I love being able to see my kiddles in action. It just brings great joy to me! I hope you also are enjoying them. If not, please feel free to comment on that.

It has been mind boggling to think that we've only had Lil' Peanut for the past two months. That's all. It seems so much longer.

These three keep me/us very busy and when it is only N and Lil' Peanut, the two of them keep me very busy. We run, play, laugh, tickle, dance, attack one another and so much more. Being 40 and having these young kiddles is work. I definitely didn't see myself having this age of kiddles at this ripe old age of 40. I hoped for it in my 20's or 30's. Oh well... I got them now and there's no turning back on my part, ever. What joy!

Motherhood is one of the sweetest parts of my life. Truly.

These Two Little Kiddles...

Lil' Peanut and M... "He who must obey She!"

The kiddles continue to amaze us, make us laugh out loud, grit our teeth, sizzle on the inside, boast of their many antics and simply make us thrilled to be their Momma and Daddy!

With M's visit this time around, it has been a bit more exciting for all of us. He's been on this biting rampage, particularly with Lil' Peanut. Lil' Peanut seems to retaliate immediately with no thought in giving M the benefit of the doubt. Can't blame her sometimes. But she is quite a little drama queen so there is no getting away with anything with her. N is the smart one of the bunch. He keeps to himself the majority of the time, but also knows when to steal a toy and run with it... When neither are looking! M and Lil' Peanut just seem to egg each other on and definitely have the sibling rivalry, bantering and bickering thing to a 't'. It must mean they are too much a like. And they are... Eek!

As you can see by this short video, M and Lil' Peanut have a complex relationship. He bites and she demands him to go where she wants him. Oh, it's just so funny, until someone gets hurt. And they do...

It will be very interesting as they all grow older together to see how the dynamics change or stay the same. I'm hoping Lil' Peanut will calm her bouts of drama and for M to just let things roll off his back. As far as N goes, I have no doubt he will continue to be a pretty easy going and big teddy bear-like boy. But one never can be completely sure on these things. Regardless, I look forward to all the time I get to have with all of them and continue to grow with them, as they learn, grow and explore their individual worlds as well as our collective world together.

Children are amazing and wonderful creatures to behold!

How very lucky I am to have a few of my very own...

This Momma Turned 40...

Thai birthday dinner with my wonderful hubby... Yummers!

December 8th is a good date every year, as it is my birthday. But this year was one of those monumental numbers and a marker of how much one has lived thus far... I never ever imagined being 40 one day but here the day has come and gone and I'm just the same, but just one more day older now. I guess in my mind I was just going to skip my 40's and head straight to my 50's or something. Who knows what I was thinking... But I've heard from many a woman that the 40's are truly fabulous. So, I'm taking that to heart and looking forward to what my 40's have in store for me.

As this year moved swiftly, and my time to ring in a new rounded number for the coming year approached, I began to look forward to this newest chapter in my life. Because this past year and a half has been such an amazing whirlwind and blessing all rolled into one, I think my turning 40 was actually welcoming. If that makes any sense... Hmmm...

To have turned 40 and have two kiddles to call our own, all American homeowners in a great neighborhood, have a husband whom I've been married to for 16 years and counting, and who loves me everyday, and to have so many friends and family that love and share in our lives; what's not to love about turning 40?!

My world so far has been filled with friends, family, new and old acquaintances, learning, hopes, dreams, losses, pain, tears, changes, renewal, forgiveness, repentance, blessings, faith, fear, doubt, grief, happiness, joy, children, growth, sweetness, disappointment and adventures. And now my life from here on out will entail more adventures to come with all of the above interspersed throughout I'm sure.

It's good to be 40!

In Bed Thinking...

Oh, I have had so much to say lately but it only comes when I'm just about to pass out with sleep.

I've been getting this whirlwind of topics to write about and then I apparently close my eyes and I am out completely, before I can even think to grab pad and pen to write it all down.

And then I come to the computer to try and write the next day or other and nothing comes out. Bummer.

I think I've started and restarted writing on various topics, only to get frustrated with not saying what I really wanted to say. And what I had conjured up the nights before I passed out.

So, all is lost when it has come to my writings.

Unfortunately, this is all you get to read this time around.

Hopefully my next entry will be a bit more exciting.

Yeehaw!