My little teenager

Last night, Riley gets this grin on her face and starts laughing. She says to me, "Last night, I had a dream. There were two of us riding in a car (giggle, grin, hehe!)." I asked her who it was. "It was me and Gavin (a friend from church)! I was driving and he was riding." I say, "Oh yeah, where did you guys go?" "(Giggle, grin, hehe) We went to a restaurant, we were on a date." "Oh really, did you have a good time?" I asked her. "(Giggle, grin, hehe) Yeah, and then we got married and you and daddy and Sandi and Drue (his parents) and Nonnie and Emmy and Aydia were all in our wedding and we lived happily ever after, hehe!"

I seriously felt like I was talking to my boy crazy, giggling, teenage daughter about her first date!

Oh Riley, what are we going to do with you!

Yay giveaways!

Sweet T Family is hosting a few blog giveaway's to promote the move to their new blog site! Go check it out, there is something for everyone!

Chalk!

Last weekend, we had a garage sale. While I was wheelin and dealin the customers, Josh and the girls played with sidewalk chalk!
I can't tell who had more fun, Josh or the girls!

Caterpillar...

Look at this cute little guy I found in my front yard!

What's behind the name?

When we knew we were having a little boy, we really felt that we wanted to pick a strong name for him. When we thought about having another baby, we really felt like we could see a boy in our family so well. We felt that with Josh's profession being a firefighter, and being gone for long periods of time, it would be great to have a boy that we could raise to take over and be the protector when daddy is gone (obviously, that will be a while from now!). We also felt that having a boy, he could help fight off all those boys we are going to have wanting to be around with his 2 sisters, one of which, is already boy crazy! We chose Ezekiel Joshua. Sometimes, this name seems too big for a tiny little baby, but he will grow into it! Ezekiel means, God will strengthen and Joshua means God saves/rescues. It just feels so fitting for the vision we have for our son and the kind of man we want him to grow up to be!

Give away...

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Wowza...

It has been a crazy few days around our house. I was really hopeful that the "terrible two's" had left us, but boy, was I wrong. From the moment we wake up in the morning, to the moment we go to bed the last 2 days (and today so far) have been tantrum city. I am stressed beyond belief. I can feel my shoulders tensed up and I have had a headache since Sunday. I would say that I can't wait for the three's to hit us, but sadly, three's (at least the first half, it seems to be much better now) were worse than the two's for Riley, so if that is the case...WOW! I don't even want to think about that. I am trying my best to remain calm and deal with this behavior like I know that I need to, but some days, I just want to send her to grandma's house, or really anyone's house. I need a break. No, I need a vacation. I am so thankful that my mother-in-law offered to take the girls for me tomorrow night, it could not have come at a perfect time! Hopefully that will be enough of a break to get me rested and ready for them to come back! Josh took the girls to get some donuts, so I am trying to take some deep breaths before they get back. Please pray for me to have the patience and energy to deal with this. I need it. Hey, maybe this explains why I feel so tired all the time suddenly, oh wait, no, I am just pregnant!

Well, so this whole post isn't such a downer, I will leave you with a sneak peak of Ezekiel's room!
Here is the all famous mother-in-law! She came to help!


My good friend came to help as well!


Thanks ladies!