Oh, these boys. 

I love them.  They are two of my favorite people.  I absolutely love how they interact with one another.  They are so different from each other but fit so perfectly as brothers.  They truly love each other.  They truly love me.  Even when I'm a grump or frump...they don't seem to care.  It's so refreshing to be around two boys who love life.

Lately, I just love to listen to them.  They say some pretty enlightening things sometimes. Like last week when Sam so gently asked, "Mom, why is your belly getting so big and jiggly?"  Made me laugh and cringe at the same time. 

I tried to let his comment slide for a couple of days, but he insisted on an answer.  So, Eric and I finally answered with this, "Sam, we're having a baby!"

Yes, folks, we're having baby #3!!  Due September 1st.  And yes, my belly is already getting big and jiggly.  Sam wasn't joking.  And don't forget about Max...he likes to poke my belly button regularly because yes, it's already poking out a little too much.  Ahhhh...pregnancy!

I know baby #3 will fit in just as perfectly as Sam and Max have.  I really can't wait to meet him (her)!

good for the soul

The sunshine this week has brought everyone out of hibernation.  It's wonderful to see neighbors out and about again and be out and about ourselves.  We've pulled the bikes out, played in the yard, and enjoyed blue skies.

Here are a few favorites from our week of warmth...

- practicing up for tee ball this spring (Eric is loving that Sam is loving everything baseball related)

- Going to the zoo...friends were plentiful...animals were not.

 - Finding Max asleep upstairs (my personal favorite)

And last but definitely not least....

- Looking forward to an ENTIRE weekend with Eric HOME!! (okay,maybe this is my personal favorite)

Life is good.

Max

This little rascal is refusing to take naps.  We're going on six days of no naps, people.  That's six days too many.  A mom is allowed at least a few minutes to herself each day, right?  He's also been waking up at 5:45...in the a.m.  Oh, and yesterday he colored my family room wall with a green Sharpie.  Needless to say, he's on thin ice around these parts.

It has seemed nearly impossible to describe the wonder land of ice we've seen around here the past week.  I've tried to explain to family far away what it's like, but words just can't do it justice.  

"It's like icy, icy."

"You could literally put on your ice skates and skate all around the neighborhood."

"You would die to see this.  It's, um, like, unreal."

See?  I'm no good at descriptions.

Thankfully, Eric pulled out the camera one evening and got some good shots of our 'neighborhood turned ice skating rink.'  I think these pictures do the ice justice. 

Do you get what I mean now by 'icy, icy?'

In other news, we spent most of last week at home since everything (even church!) was canceled.  We made messes mostly...

and played lots of hide and seek.  Oh, and I'm sure thankful for Netflix.  It definitely saved me more than a few times this week!

 

Here's to a new week and a fresh start!

 

 

Ice

I feel like we've experienced nothing but extreme weather since moving to Indiana seven months ago.  From the insane and nightly, summer thunder storms to tornado like winds that knocked trees over like they were nothing to the wild ice storms hitting us today!  Why do we live here?!?!

We are totally encased in ice out here today, but in an arctic/tundra sort of way, it is kind of beautiful.  The sidewalks and roads resemble ice skating rinks, so we took the boys for a sled ride around the neighborhood and along the trail near our house.  It was so quiet out.  Sam was in heaven.  Max refused to keep his gloves on for long, and had tears for most of our walk, but it was fun nonetheless.  

 

Okay, the beauty and awe of the ice has already worn off.  I'm ready for spring.  Eric and I decided at dinner tonight that we WILL live somewhere warm after all of these midwest winters.  They are brutal.