Amazing little blessings....

Every day seems so busy and the hours just tick by so quickly. I feel like i am missing all these moments with our babies.  Jerry and I just said today that we can't believe how big Abigail is getting.  Every day she does something new and amazing. And Tai....well, he is so so big.  He will probably pass Abigail up in height and weight before he is one year old.  Yep, you read that right.  He is already 13 pounds at 3 1/2 months old and Abigail is 21 pounds at 22 months old.

Here are a few things I was reflecting upon today...
A note to my sweet daughter:
Today and every day I am in awe of your beauty. You have a beautiful face but an even more beautiful heart. You love to help mommy with so many things...
cooking, sweeping, feeding Tai, giving puppies treats, washing (playing) dishes, reorganizing the bathroom drawers, (un)folding clothes, wiping Tai's mouth and patting his back after he drinks his bottle, closing the doors as we leave a room

Mommy loves the way you.....
give me a hug and a kiss out of the blue, hold my hand in the parking lot, say hello and goodbye to everyone that will hear you, sing your ABCs with "mElmo", sit in my lap at night and sing Jesus loves me, scream Hi Dada when he enters the room, hold Daddy's hand every where you two go, hold me tight tight tight when we dance in the living room......Baby, I love you more than words can say and I am so thankful God let me be your mommy.

A few words to my little man:
Tai you had me at hello! :)  You are starting to smile as Mommy enters the room. Our midnight, 1, or 2 am snuggles are my favorite, You are starting to hug my neck and hold on tight, I love to see you grow and boy are you strong!  You giggled for the first time on Saturday and it made me giggle too. What a great smile you have and it is so contagious. My favorite thing is the way you look and smile at your sister.  You two will be the best of friends.  What a blessing you are!  I love you and can't wait to hear your little voice say Mama. Thank you Lord for the son I always knew you had for me.

Love,
Jenny aka...Mama

Health and Heat

It has been a while since I have posted anything and based on Jenny's last post I'm sure there are some questions about how I'm doing.  The craziness associated with my collapsed lung has subsided.  I have my last follow-up doctor visit today.  I saw a specialist last week and he assured me that this was something out of my control and I did nothing to make it happen.  I'm just one of the people that is at risk for it.  He said I am cleared to go back to doing everything I normally do, just maybe laying off the maximum weight lifting for a while.  The other thing I can't do yet is swim because my wound from the chest tube is not fully healed.  That's a bummer because I was off work last week and couldn't get into the lake to swim or ski.

Enough about me, last Thursday we took the boat out in the morning for Tai's first trip to the lake.  He did awesome, loved every minute of it and like most babies fell asleep to the hum of the motor.  Abigail did great as always and had fun swimming with Mommy.  She does a great job of following directions and loves to "drive" the boat.  They are both growing so much.

Abigail is now wearing size 4 diapers but she is also starting to tell us when she is going to the bathroom.  I have a feeling we might not ever see size 5 diapers.  Tai never seems to stop eating.  It is funny how different they are because we had to constantly force feed Abigail with her bottle but with Tai we have to make him stop.

They are a constant joy to both Jenny and I.  We just wish that it wasn't so oppressively hot outside so we could enjoy the long evenings.  Yesterday our digital temperature gauge read 114 degrees at 4pm.  Just way too hot for the little ones, even in the shade.

More to come later including pics from our few outings last week.  Time to go to work.

Jerry