The Blessing Box {By Holden!}

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Back for another week of The Blessing Box!  

This link-up, hosted by Natalie, Cait, Jordan, and myself, is an opportunity  for you to share your blessings each week  and to read about the good that God is working in others' lives as well. This week, I'm handing the blog over to Holden so he can tell you about the blessings in his life! ;)

Best friends to play with and birthday parties to go to! (Emery and Lola...a.k.a. Emmy and Wo-wuh.)

Swinging at the park!

Pizza!

Cake!

Getting tucked in under a cozy quilt!

Doug the Pug!

Coloring!

Walks outside and feeling better after being sick.

Mama!

Dada!

Baby!

Mama says to grab the button and link up below to share your blessings!  Sharing is nice!

The Blessing Box {A Date}

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Back for another week of The Blessing Box!  

This link-up, hosted by Natalie, Cait, Jordan, and myself, is an opportunity  for you to share your blessings each week  and to read about the good that God is working in others' lives as well. Grab the button above and link-up at the end of this post! ***
Shon and I got to go out for a "date day" this past Friday.  We don't get to go out alone as much as I would like. But I guess that makes it that much more special when we do!  I am blessed with wonderful in-laws.  Could not ask for better!  They often offer to come up and watch the kids so we can go out- which is an hour drive for them.  They love their grandbabies and I know they enjoy the time alone with them... while we enjoy our time alone without them.  Win-win for everyone!  Holden LOVES both sets of grandparents and is pretty much in Heaven when they come to visit or babysit.  
For our day out, we went out to eat at PF Chang's which I had been craving for a while.  Then we went to the mall to shop around a bit.  We bought a few things for OURSELVES!  We got Starbucks while there of course.  To finish the day, we went to Trader Joe's (which isn't close enough to us to be convenient) and got some fun treats.  It was a great day out and went by too fast as usual.  
Brooks is a stinker and will not take a bottle...but he was still a good boy for them.  We are so blessed to have great parents that are also great grandparents to our kids.  And we are blessed to be able to go out for date day every once in a while and to enjoy spending time together.  We like each other a lot. :)

Brooks {5 Months}

Brooks turned 5 months old on September 2nd!

Brooks, at 5 months...

- You love toys. You notice, play with, and reach for everything. You are very chewy and chew on everything. You love your "exersaucer," and bumbo seat.

- While playing, you can get really loud! Most of the time you are kind of quiet, but you definitely have a voice and make lots of loud noises!

- You are not a fan of taking a bottle. Your Mamaw and Papaw watched you while Mama & Dada went on a date one day and they could not get you to take a bottle. You were still a good boy without it though. You have only had a bottle 2-3 times... so I guess you just are not used to it.

- We had to move you from your rock and play sleeper to your crib late this month and you are not a fan. Sleep has gotten very rocky because of it. We had to move you because you started rolling over in it and scooting down which is dangerous. :(

- You wear some 3-6 month, 6 month, and 6-9 month clothes...just depends. You have started needing 6-9/9 month sleepers for the length. You are a big boy!

You are just the sweetest, most content, happy, smiley baby and we love you to pieces! Everyone comments on how smiley you are and it's true. You're a happy boy! And we're happy that you're ours!

The Blessing Box {Days at Home}

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Back for another week of The Blessing Box!   This link-up, hosted by Natalie, Cait, Jordan, and myself, is an opportunity  for you to share your blessings each week  and to read about the good that God is working in others' lives as well. Grab the button above and link-up at the end of this post!
I feel so blessed to be able to stay at home with my babies. We have made sacrifices and have gone without things we would like to have, but it is so worth it for us.

Staying home isn't always easy. I get overwhelmed with the constant messes, the constant diaper changes, just the constant in general. Sometimes I just have to get out of the house and need a break and I'm very thankful for a hubby who totally understands that.

Regardless of those days that leave me feeling defeated, there is still no place I would rather be. I feel called to stay home and raise my babies right now and I cherish the sweet moments with them while they are so little. I know there will be times in my future when I wish I could get these days back.

The Blessing Box {Our Firstborn}

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Back for another week of The Blessing Box!   This link-up, hosted by Natalie, Cait, Jordan, and myself, is an opportunity  for you to share your blessings each week  and to read about the good that God is working in others' lives as well. Grab the button above and link-up at the end of this post! *** Well, last week I focused on the blessing of our precious little surprise...our second son, Brooks.  So today, I would like to focus on our firstborn - Holden Ezra. Holden just turned TWO this past Friday, September 27th!

Holden will always be the one who made me a mama here on Earth.   His existence is an answer to many prayers and a great triumph after heartache. It is hard to believe he is two and yet every day, life before him gets fuzzier and fuzzier. Holden is sweet, smart, and funny. He likes to cuddle (on his own terms), gives us lots of kisses, and returns our "I love you's." He amazes us by how smart he is - counting, shapes, alphabet, colors, word recognition. He makes us laugh with his silly antics -  dancing and singing with great enthusiasm,  fake laughing, jibber-jabber. He's also a challenge at times. Temper tantrums, stubbornness, lack of reasoning. But that comes with the territory of having a two year old, right?   Especially a two year old BOY I'm told.

No matter how frustrating a day has been though, the good still far outweighs the not-so-good. I am blessed every minute to be this boy's mama. I never lose sight of the fact that there are so many  people out there who would love to be in my shoes. I was there once and I will never forget. It's a great privilege and blessing to be a mom, and I'm so glad I get to be Holden's.