Those of you that haven't walked a mile in my shoes, have no idea how hard it is getting everyone out the door before 6:30am knowing you will not walk back in those doors until 5:30-6 or so that evening. And when you do walk back in those doors after a long day at work, there is no rest time. Dinner needs to be cooked, dinner needs to be served, dishes need to be washed, babes need Mommy/Daddy time, babes need to be bathed, babes need to be put to bed, lunches for the next day needs to be prepared, laundry needs to be done...and then, it's all of a sudden 10:00pm. Oh, and did I mention that we moved to a new house? And we have boxes upon boxes that still need to be unpacked? Ha! Yeah, let me pencil unpacking into my schedule somewhere. *Yawn* Sounds exhausting, huh? But, I have to admit, it's a life I wouldn't trade for anything in the world.
As exhausting as all of the above sounds, I have the best life. I can't imagine life any other way at this moment. I often sit and wonder what in the world I did with all the free time I had before kids. How boring my life must have been.
Enough about me and how crazy life is, let's talk about the little Sunshine's of my life...
Max...his name means "The Greatest". People with this name tend to be idealistic, highly imaginative, intuitive, and spiritual. They tend to be visionary and may inspire others. This couldn't be more true when it comes to my Max. His imagination is as big as the sky. I love watching him in the moments when he is deep into playtime and seeing his imagination come alive. He smiles and laughs nearly all hours of the day, and that is such an inspiration in this crazy world we live in.
He is now 26 months old. (2 years, 2 months) He is growing like a weed, but is still a bit of a tiny tot weighing in at 24lbs. Max hasn't been much of a talker outside of basic words..."Momma, Dadda, Mawmaw, Papaw, bye, choo-choo, ball." We actually went thru testing for autism/asbergers a while back thinking that was the issue. All tests came back clear, and everyone decided that therapy was the next step to get him talking. So, we are now in speech therapy and he is learning lots of new words. The 1st thing he learned in therapy was to sign and say "please". My heart melts when he wants something and sweetly says, "Pweeeeese". But let's talk about hearts melting for a second...the 1st time he said, "I love you", I wanted to cry. He's learning lots of good things thanks to our therapists, Brittany & Kelly.
Ryleigh, aka; Rybug...her name means "Valiant". The definition of valiant is; possessing or showing determination. If you know Ryleigh, you know that no words have ever been more true than these words. She is the most determined child I have ever known. She will go far in this world. This girl has "Leader" written all over her. One of my favorite traits of her is her strong will. She reminds me so much of myself. Her will is not one that will easily be broken (and I hope it never is). I know that because of this strong will, she will not be the type to let people run over her.
She is now 14 months old. (1 year, 2 months) She is so tiny and petite. She barely weighs 16lbs despite the fact that she can out eat a grown man at every single meal of the day. If food is around, Rybug is eating. :) She still wears size 6-9 month clothes, and size 1 shoes. Speaking of shoes...it's her favorite word these days. If you go into a store, she starts saying. "shoes" because she wants to go look at the shoes.
Let's take a moment and talk about her hair. This hair...it's all over the place. UNTAMABLE! Y'all don't even understand. If I put something in her hair to tie it back out of her eyes, it gets ripped out immediately. I have to bribe her with food just to get her to keep a bow in her hair long enough for pictures. (She apparently gets her love of hair bows from me.) :)
Enjoy some pictures from the kids birthday party. Can you believe they are 1 & 2?
Happy 1st birthday Rybug
Diva
A boy and his trains
Ladybug and Thomas party
