Wow

Wow...time flies.....

my oldest turns 12 in a month, I remember the day he was first realized as a dream come true, MY dream, MY desire.....he is a gift from God, MY gift and I love him so.

Will time ever slow down?

I will take the time NOW to enjoy them now, before another 12 years pass and he's in love with someone other than his mom....

My children are my gift, my heart and soul, what I live for.  I couldn't imagine life without either one of my boys.

Thank you Lord for blessing me with the best title ever, MOTHER.

Happy Birthday Coop

I can't believe my baby is 7............

Happy Birthday to the cutest 7 year old I know. 

Birthday party pics to follow soon.

Wow...he's really 10.

My baby, the one I tried to have for 8 years is now 10 years old....

W o W

I can't believe how fast time has flown. 

He's 10, double digits.....he's so handsome, so smart, so funny, such a pain in the butt.....but he's MINE and I love him.

Happy 10th Birthday to my Peyton Gregory....I love you more now than ever, but not nearly as much as tomorrow.....I thank God daily for choosing ME to be your mom, YOU ARE AMAZING!

You're one of the greatest things that has ever happened to me, I love you.

My God is an AWESOME GOD.....

"the steps of a righteous man (child or woman) are ordered of the Lord".......heard that before?? 


I have COUNTLESS times and until today hadn't truly witnessed it in my life, much less in my child's.


Peyton had to have a few test run at the hospital today, all came back normal by the way, but regardless...
for a 9 year old, 19 year old, 39 year old or 99 year old the hosptial can be a very spooky place.


Today it was an ultrasound and an Upper GI series.....we had the ultrasound, bingo no big deal, the GI a different story....thinking about swallowing that crap on an empty stomach didn't sound too appealing to anyone much less a 9 year old. 


We were sitting there waiting to be called back and then all of a sudden we heard his name called and when we stood up to go...low and behold there was Ms. Becky.  Peyton's face went relaxed and his shoulders showed no fear....I nearly cried at the sight of her because I knew Peyton would feel much more calm with someone he knew.


***Okay this is the awesome part.....Ms. Becky is Cooper's best friend Walker's Grandmother.  Cooper met Walker THIS year in school at ELCA....we first met Ms. Becky with Walker at karate (Walker and Peyton take lessons at the same studio) then again at Walker's bday party, she and Walker's family are the neatest thing in our life since God gave us Gran and family.  God knew when he put Walker and Cooper together that today would occur....HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!!!!!


God knew Peyton's steps and had them ordered....today it was obvious.  I nearly cry just sitting here thinking about how awesome God really is.  Peyton did the test BEAUTIFULLY...no tears, no hesitations, or reservations.  It was a really cool day for me.  I felt God's peace and presence, just like Peyton did.


God thank you for keeping your promises to us, I am humbled once again by your Awesomeness!!

Wooohooo for me....

today Peyton had an orthodontist appointment.....I was NOT looking forward to it since the wallet is on the kinda tight side....VERY tight.

Peyton was apprehensive about it, he's just that much like me.

they called and could see us 45 mins earlier, hooray for that since we had to go over towards Southern Regional...

we get there, Dr. Hunter checks him out and says well mom, this is one beautiful mouth, I have people pay me thousands of dollars for a mouth like this. 

WOOOHOOOO i was soo happy. 

The only reason we went was the boys dentist wanted his bite looked at.  Dr. Hunter said if the gap between his two front teeth didn't close up, he could put "buttons" aka brackets on them and for 100.00 and in 6 weeks have him all fixed up.

I was rejoicing all the way back home, so was my wallet!!

Love you 2nd....

In the kitchen the other day Cooper says to me..."Mom do you know who I love 2nd?"

of course my initial thought was "I hope it's your dad" but of course I didn't say anything to the sort and asked Cooper "No honey, who do you love 2nd." and his reply was "You mommy, I love you 2nd."

I WAS CRUSHED......but then I thought..........well let's wait and see who's at the #1 spot...

so I asked, "Well Cooper who DO you love first?" and he replied "Mom I love God first, because He loves me as much as you do."

my heart melted...

Stay Tuned..........

Okay so this friday, pending NO RAIN....my sweet Cooper will be in the Homecoming Court at ELCA!!! He will be representing his 1st grade class. We are so proud of him and can't wait so......stay tuned for furter updates and pictures!!!

A small Victory indeed

Okay so after i was feeling guilty about the benadryl,

Peyton says to me this morning..." Mom can I go to bed tonight as early as I did last night?"

Me..."Sure baby, why are you still not feeling well?"....

Peyton "No mom I feel fine, I just feel so good today after all that rest last night."

Allelujah choir singing in the back ground.............AHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

then of course dad has to chime in and remind him that tonight is "Wipeout" on ABC....so needless to say no early bedtime for any of us tonight....it's all good. I'm just glad he's feeling better.

Evil Mother or Not?

So the boys haven't been feeling well lately and we've been on the go so much that I feel like it's partly my fault....

So tonight they both, along with their runny noses and coughs got a dose of benadryl and off to bed they went.

EVER BEEN THERE??

EVER DONE THAT??

Should I feel evil? Peyton couldn't even keep his eyes open at the dinner table, I kinda felt bad...
but he NEEDED the rest.....

Oh well, tomorrow is another day and hopefully this one will find them well rested AND feeling better......darn those allergies....