moments

When we were in Florida there was this moment. This amazing moment that overwhelmed me. I was sitting on the beach, snuggling my sweet precious babe sound asleep on my chest, waves hitting my legs, watching my love play in the ocean with my big kids and laugh and laugh and laugh! I was literally overwhelmed with love for my family and thanks to God for his provision. I am so blessed to have a husband who adores me and his children. To have 4 healthy babies! To live in a home, drive a nice vehicle, have friends and money to provide for our needs. We are BLESSED. So incredibly BLESSED. We do not have a lot, but we have more then enough. There is no greater feeling then holding my babies close and Im extra lucky that my sweet newest babe is extra cuddly, its a reminder over and over how much I love them- my heart over flows! That moment on the beach I was so reminded of Gods sovereignty, sovereignty over marriage, sovereignty over my childrens personailities and how they fit together to make a family, soveriegnty over new life, and soveriegnty over his creation- wow

YOU ARE 2

Reiter, I dont know how it happened but you sweet baby boy are 2! You have really grown up lately. You talk a lot, and although it is hard for a lot of people to decipher what you are saying your daddy and I can usually figure it out. You love Choo choos, dinos, trucks and guns. You are all boy! You play super rough and hard. You have the most infectious grin and laugh. You have SO much energy sometimes you just start running in circles because you cant get it all out! You love your brother and giving him kisses. You are big for your age weighing a whopping 30 pounds but you are also super tall! You are still obsessed with your binky and blankie, you call them both "doggie" because the blankie has a doggie print. I know we will have to break the binky at some point but I also know that is gonna break your heart so we havent tried yet! You are a joy sweet boy. Stubborn, lou, wild and spunky, but still a joy! Thank you Jesus for giving us Reiter Micheal,may he grow into a man who loves you and runs after your plan for his life, help us to daily commit him to you! HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY sweet man!

vacation...

July has been a busy month. We started out spending several days in Dickson with family celebrating the 4th. Kevins family farm there has become so precious to us and we absolutely adore spending time there. Our kids have so much freedom to play outside and run around like crazy. We sit on the porch and catch up. We take the kids fishing and Kevin always gets in time to go shooting! We took the kids to watch fireworks, which they enjoyed but were bored of before they were over- it was a long show and they are young! Over all it was an AWESOME few days!

Kevin had to travel to NY for work, so I took the 4 kids 51/2 hours away to Jackson to see my Nana and Papa. I was so proud of the kids and myself for making the trip without daddy. Over all the kids were terrific travelers and we made the trip there and back in good time and in good spirits! We loved seeing Nana and Papa and the girls enjoyed going to VBS all week with their big cousins. We ate way to much good food, stayed up past bed times and PLAYED HARD! It was an awesome week, an awesome week that I took 0 pictures of! Next we loaded up and headed to Florida to vacation and see my sister and her family. Seriously we havent had a true vacation since Averi was 3 months old! It was so much fun! We spent 2 days at the beach, 1 day at the Tampa Aquarium, 1 day swimming in James' parents pool and 1 evening at a mini amusement park (that was far to expensive but the kiddos LOVED)!It was an 11 1/2 hour drive and on the way down we dealt with a very fussy newborn and a case of car sickness that resulted in vomit EVERYWHERE, but it was worth it for the amount of family time, laughter and fun that was had when we got there! My kiddos LOVE being outside, like their momma, and loved the beach, also like their momma. They swam and splashed and found seashells and buried one another and built sandcastles. I hope those memories are engrained in their little minds, because they are in mine. Precious time together!

3 months...

Fischer man, You are now officially 3 months old! WOW how time is flying! You have turned into a mellow happy fella, you laugh and grin easily, sleep fairly well, and love to cuddle with your momma (which I am eating up by the way)! You prefer to be held so when we are out you spend a lot of your time in your Ergo, and now thanks to mommys friend Mandy, the Moby wrap! You seem to like both a lot and typically go right to sleep! You love your siblings, especially your big sisters- or as we call them your other mommas! They want to hold you all day and are so helpful talking to you when you start to fuss and mommas hands are full! You eat every 3 hours and usually only get up once at night although some nights more. You LOVE to rock and I am happy to oblige that! You nurse 99% of the time but will take a bottle if Daddy has to feed you for some reason without a problem. You can roll from belly to back, love your light up floor mat and love to be rocked! You are as handsome as they come! You actually have some red tint in your hair which is so fun! Happy 3 months you sweet baby boy!