i did it...

i took both girls to the mall today......

i really did....

and to think, just two years ago....i really thought that would never be possible because they would be too active, too out of control, and i would not be able to handle it. but, you know what...

we had a great time! we shopped (for a wedding gift, and a few summer items), we ate lunch, we laughed, we walked (alot!) and we had a wonderful experience!

i look at them and really wonder how we made it to this point, and yet there are so many things to come....beckett is only 2 after all, and brielle only 4! we have so many more experiences to have.

an then there is braydon....i missed him today. being in school all day changes things for him, i feel like i don't get those outings with him anymore, or those quick runs to the store, or even the library. i remember when it was just he and i, and we would jet all over the place because it was only us and our schedule....no one else. i miss those days at times, and the close bond i have with my little boy....he is becoming so much more right now...and so fast!

i did it, i really did it.....

these kids, we made these kids....GOD gave us the gift to raise them.....i love it! I love them!

Beckett turns 2!

I really can't believe it...my "baby" is 2! Where does that time go? How come it goes so fast? This past week, every time I walked by a family with a tiny baby I felt a twinge inside of me.....that feeling of, "oh, what would it be like to have another baby." I am very content with our family, and don't really want to have another baby, but the idea that all my kids are beyond that "baby baby" stage is just crazy to me. I look at Braydon now and he is this handsome young man, with intellect, humor, ideas, and personality.....and he is 6! really! and then there is Brielle...she is changing before our eyes....into this beautiful young girl with so much spunk and energy....where did my baby go? Now, Beckett...in the past few months has just blown me away with her words, humor, her spice of life.....where did my baby go?

I am really excited for what is to come in the future for our family, it just seems to happen so fast. People tell you when you have a baby to enjoy it because it will move so quickly....it really does!