Remembering Matt Turner

Today I'm participating in a Blog/Twitter Day of Silence in honor of Matt Turner.

Please lift up his wife Julee, their daughter Preslee and the rest of their family during this difficult time.

They will need your prayers in the days, weeks and months to come.

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 7}

I guess it was inevitable that eventually the cold bug would hit our house. And it hit us like a ton of bricks. We're all four coughing and sneezing and walking around like zombies (well mommy and daddy are). So needless to say I don't have a lot to share today. No mushy post to go along with a cute picture of one of my littles.

I didn't walk around with my camera today snapping pictures. All I wanted to do was curl up in my bed and wish that it would all go away. I think I hate it most for the kids. I hate watching them feel so helpless. But today is one of those "real life" moments. Where nothing is scripted out. And I guess that's what this 31 days is all about.

Also, would y'all please be in prayer for Julee Turner. She lost her husband in a tragic car accident last night. They have a 10 month old little girl Preslee. If you think about her in the days and weeks to come I'm sure she would appreciate your prayers.

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 6}

Today was somewhat of a depressing day at our house. Most of you that read my blog probably know that I'm a HUGE Auburn Tigers fan. And my husband is 10 times worse than I am. So needless to say our loss to Arkansas today put a damper on things. :( And can I go ahead and state for the record that Auburn is terrible when it comes to playing at 11am. I mean really, we're awful!!! I know that we're not THAT good enough to play during the "prime time" hours, but hey did you see how tough we played LSU? That was a night game. Somebody help this tiger girl fan out! Ha!!

But even though we didn't pull out the win I dressed my babies up for the game. Hey, I live in the South. If it's college football Saturday, then the boys are dressing up. :)



Jaxon sporting his sheshe made paw print bloomer set! I loved how this turned out. Ashley did a wonderful job!

I fought all morning with Bryson to wear his shirt. I wanted to get the boys pictures made in together, but it just wasn't going to happen. I'll admit that I was a little disappointed. I feel like they are growing up SO FAST and I want very much to bottle up this time with them. This time where I can get away with them wearing matching shirts and Bryson still being able to wear monogrammed things (I know that is drawing to a close and I'll probably be in mourning on the day it's over).

He finally came around after the game. He woke up from his nap and saw that little brother was wearing his, so he had to jump on the bandwagon too. 

 

Good moments or bad ones, one day when the boys are grown and off to college I'll wish I had this time back with them. Even if I didn't get that exact picture I wanted, I'm going to wish my babies were still this innocent.

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 5}

With my new work schedule starting this upcoming week, I've found myself looking at pinterest and some of my favorite mommy blogs a lot for ideas to do with Bryson since I'll be home more.

I was on Instagram the other day and saw where Lyndsey posted a picture of her daughter painting pumpkins. I thought to myself "why in the world have I not thought of that?" Something so simple and easy.

So all week I've been on a mission looking for pumpkins, paints and paintbrushes. I made sure not to let Bryson see any of these things because I knew he would have a melt down right there in the store about wanting to hold the pumpkins or asking to paint "RIGHT NOW!"

He was so excited when I told him he was going to get to paint pumpkins today! He immediately headed for the door asking a thousand questions. I laid out the pumpkins and he began painting away.  I showed him how we had to dip our brushes in the water each time we painted with a different color. He is my little rule follower, so he made sure to tell me each time he put his brush in the water. Always wanting mommy to know he's doing as he's been told. :-)

This little project lasted almost 2 hours! I think we might do this one again in a few weeks. Ha!

And I have these three adorable little pumpkins sitting on my front porch.

31 Days Series - Being in the moment {day 4}

I'm linking up with The Nester.

Today didn't start out like I had planned. It was grocery shopping day and I had several things that I needed to get done around the house also.

Here lately it seems like we are going through the terrible threes. I don't know where it came from, but as soon as Bryson turned 3 the whining and smart attitude came with it. It's an everyday occurrence where he and I battle with one another. And it usually starts right when he gets up. So needless to say I wasn't looking forward to going to the store after the morning we'd had.

I'm not really sure when it hit me. Maybe on our way to get the groceries, but I completely forgot about what had happened that morning. I realized that there are going to be A LOT more days where he and I will battle with each other.



But there are only a few days left where I'll get to take these two little ones with me to the store or to CFA or the park. I'm not going to get these days back.

So no matter what happens at the start of our day things can turn around.

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 3}

I'm linking up with The Nester.

I am so thankful that we have been blessed with such wonderful friends. We all have grown so close over the last 5 years. We have kids that are very close in age and I hope that they will be able to remain friends forever.

I know I've talked on here about one of Bryson's VERY BEST friends, Elaina. Her mom and I haven't been able to tell if its because they are boy and girl or a few months apart, why they can play so well together. It really is fun to sit and watch them interact with one another. I really believe they are the best of friends.



They cheer each other on and will encourage the other. It really is amazing to watch your little ones grow up and develop these friendships.

I think I could learn a few things by watching these two.

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 2}

I'm linking up with The Nester.

Lately I haven't gotten to spend a lot of one on one time with Bryson. And I think he's kinda' sensing it. I have found since becoming a mother of two how difficult it can be sometimes to balance your time between your kids. I'm almost 6 months in and I'm not where I want to be, but I'm making progress.

Today Bryson had his first dentist appointment (I'll be sure to blog about that after the 31 series), so I thought it would be a good time for me and my oldest to have some alone time.

We had an AH-MAZING day! We talked about all the stuff he loves (Cars, school, church, and Toy Story). We talked about his brother and daddy. He sang every song to King George and the Duckie while we were in the car.

I was so proud of him while we were in CFA, because he ate all his lunch before he asked to go play. I even let him pick out a toy from Target for being so good.



I told Clay late this evening that I get sad sometimes at night because I think about how fast the time goes during the day. Oh how I wish I could slow it down!!!

I was so thankful for this time I got to spend with Bryson! I want him to know that he is still loved by me even though he doesn't understand why Jaxon sometimes gets a little more attention. I don't ever want him to feel like his brother was/is loved more.

That's why I think these one on one "dates" with him are important. I can't wait to plan more of them!!!

31 Days series - being in the moment {day 1}

I'm linking up with The Nester.

Mondays are probably my least favorite day of the week. I'm either getting ready to go back to work that night after being off for the past week or its the start of my first night off.

Well today it was the start of my first night off. Which usually means that I'll end up being awake for over 24 hours. YIKES!!!

On these days I will get Bryson ready for school and drop him off then come back home and either put the baby down and catch up on the DVR or do a few house chores.

But today I decided to skip the house chores and rock Jaxon to sleep.



I rarely rock him to sleep during the day. Because I'm always thinking about what needs to get done while he's taking a nap. Mom fail I know! And I feel guilty for missing this one on one time with him that I have on these days.

These days are so few. I'm going to blink and soon they'll be leaving for college. I don't want to regret that I was too worried about the dishes in the sink or the mounds of laundry that needed to be folded. My baby is only going to be a baby for just a little while.