Wordless Wed.

John

Just wanted to show some love to John. I am truly blessed to be married to this man. He is the best husband and father. He keeps things exciting around here. He does not take me for granted and shows his appreciation for my cooking, cleaning and child rearing. And last but not least He loves me. Not an easy task, but he loves me. I love you John and thank god everyday that you are in my life. I will love you to the moon.
The First letter of John - Chapter 4 :7-12
7. Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.9. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.10. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12. No-one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Brother and Sister

So I always knew that Laynie was a great big sister. Even though we have our days. This one day was a great sight and confirmation that I have great kids and that they will be awesome brother and sister pair. Every morning usually starts the same way with Laynie and I going to get Tanner and get him ready to eat breakfast. Laynie and I tell him good morning and then she is off to her room to play while I change his diaper. This particular morning he was in a great mood so I changed his diaper and decided since both kids were fine doing there own thing I would check some email and pay some bills. Our computer is in Tanner's room for the moment and I sit on the floor and do my thing. Like any mom would agree when you hear silence coming from your child's room you are going to check it out because you never know what it is or what is going on. Call Laynie's name and get no response. My back is to the door and I hear Tanner moving around and cooing in his bed. I call Laynie's name one more time and this time I hear giggling and it is not coming from her room it is coming from.........Tanner's crib! Now that did not sound like Tanner giggling so I get up and I see the most precious thing I have ever seen and my daughter telling me that she loves her brother and is the best big sister. This is a priceless picture that I got from that day and this will be a day that I will remember and tell them both when they are older.

My Family

As I was blogging today I was sitting in Tanner's room and he was in his crib just cooing and making the sweet noise he makes and it made me get teary eyed thinking that my wonderful husband and I have two beautiful kids and that we are very lucky. My mom while I was pregnant with each child got me a book and the books are "Mother to Daughter" and "Mother to Son" I look at this books at night reading just a few pages and storing them in the back of my mind. I want to share a few of my favorite with you from each book.

Mother to Daughter:

*Start now to be the kind of mother you always wanted to be. Don't wait until she is eighteen.

*Keep in mind that all she wants to be doing-for the greatest part of her young life-is what you are doing.

*Remember, the traditions you establish now will be passed on to her daughter.

*Never let her question that you love her unconditionally.

Mother to Son:

*Accept the fact that boys and girls are different.

*Don't forget as a baby, he will always be looking for your face. It will be that way forever.

*Watch out when you're changing his diaper. baby boys shoot straight in the air.

*You'll remember his laughter at this age forever.

I am very thankful that God blessed me with a great family and look forward to spending the rest of my life with John and us raising our kids to the best of our ability. Love you all and God Bless!