Happy Mommy Day!

Here I am writing this post and thinking that I am the luckiest mom alive!!! I have a wonderful husband who takes care of me and our children. I have two very special children who brighten up my life every waking moment and even when they are silent and sleeping. And today is a day to say Happy Mothers Day to our mommies!!
Mom- you have always been there for me no matter what the situation is good or bad. Thank you for standing by my side and holding my hand when times got tough or even when it was the most exciting moment of my life. You are a wonderful person and I hope that I pass on to my children as much love and support that you have given me to them. Thank you and I Love you with all my heart.
Bobbie- Thank you for being my mother in-law. I am very lucky to have a wonderful person like you in my life and in my childrens life. Thank you for teaching me new ways to dress up my cooking. I enjoy watching and learning different techinques that you have to show me... I have learned a lot (not sure if my cooking has) :) but still trying new things.
Sherrill- Thank you for being an encouragment to me! You have made new changes in your life by walking and eating right and it is an encouragment to me to see that I could really do it also. Thank you for encouraging me and giving me new ideas for future cooking and also what works and doesn't work... Thank you again.
To all the mommies out there Happy Mothers Day!

New World!

So Josh and I decided it was time for us to start a new adventure. My sister in-law called about a month ago and asked if we would be interested in getting a dog... what a dog. I told her that I would have to talked to Josh see what he would say (knowing that he probally would be like no way "not until the cats are gone) when talking w/ him he was very interested. Maya is a boxer, 2 yrs old, already trained. PERFECT for our family. I called Beth back and told her Josh said yes (which she couldn't believe) and she called the lady back. A week later I got a hold of the lady myself and she wanted to have Maya taken to the vet to get checked out to make sure everything was perfect. Yesterday was our first meeting and she is perfect... Josh comment was " he couldn't ask for a better dog" . So we are now going to start a new adventure w/ owning our own dog. It is going to be interesting.. The kids love her and so do we... i will have picture once we actually get to bring her home.

Potty training!!!

So this last week I ran out of swimming diapers for swimming lessons. So I decided that she was old enough that she really didn't need to wear them anymore... After getting out of the pool I made her sit down on the potty both times she went w/ out any problem. Very proud mommy, I even did the potty dance w/ all the other mommies watching... Yep silly girl I am. I just wanted Miranda to know how proud I was of her. So on saturday morning I decided that it was nice outside and we would just leave her pull up off for a while (I was prepared to clean up pee) but low and behold she came to me and told me she had to pee... yeah!!! I sat her on the potty and she went.. WOW! She ended up going for Josh and was pretty good all weekend. Now Monday is here and she has done very good except for one accident but we can move on and now my little girl gets to wear panties and be a big girl!

Sunny Day!

Or at least my kids thought that it was... They wanted to try out one of the gifts they got from the Easter Bunny (at granny's house). It was a raining day but it was fun anyway. They also love to be with each other and you can see it in there faces.

Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a wonderful day I know we did.

Happy 1st Birthday Eli!

Happy Birthday Big Boy!!! It has been so much fun to watch you grow this last year!

Swimming

We have started a new session for swimming for both of the kids. Jonas is in Pre 2 and loving every moment of him. His is now floating on his back and swimming under the water. It is so fun to watch each lesson and see his progress. That kid is a amazing. Miranda is still in the parent tot w/ Josh. She is doing great also. She is wanting to swim on her own and goes under water like a champ. I am so very proud of my kids and excited for this summer to have two swimmers.

This weekend is suppose to be really nice and we are looking forward to it. We are having our first BBQ this weekend. Josh and I are planning to work outside and get our yard looking nice. Hopefully the weather stays nice so that we are able to do that... So much fun... But we have some things that I want to get done this year so hopefully it will look nice.