Charlie's TWO!!!

I can NOT believe my baby is two years old! Where does the time go?? I feel like it was just last week when I was nursing every three hours and wondering if I would ever get a full nights sleep again...

Oh to my Charlie....

     You are such a sweet and handsome little guy. You love to play with blocks and build "towers" just to knock them down and build it back up again. You have such a big vocabulary, you say "peese" and "tank oo" all the time. You have learned over these past two years how to stand up for yourself and you like to be heard! You love to have books read to you, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" Is one of your favorites, you have it memorized! You love when I read you any book though... Just like Henry, you love the song "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" but you refer to it as "Christ the Lord" and you know some of the words and sing along. You love a bath and would go outside first thing in the morning if I let you. Recently you learned how to ride your little bicycle with training wheels and it is the cutest thing ever! You love your family so much and get so excited when you see any of them. I could go on and on.... I am so proud that God has given me YOU! You are such a blessing and I love to watch you grow and unfold into a little boy. I love you so much Charlie boy! Happy Birthday!

Meeting your brothers for the first time... Aug 22 2010

One Week Old

AWESOME Hair!

Boomer Sooner!

Happy Boy!

Wild Hair for a Wild Boy!

Loves Ash and Cor's Christmas Tree... :)

Silly boy with your tongue ALWAYS out... 

Just one month before your second birthday!

August 18th, 2012

What a special day... I do not think I can put into words what this day was like, the ones that come to mind are incredible, miraculous, unbelievable... you get the picture!

The excitement from this day actually began on the 17th... I got up early that morning because I was observing the first day of school, (went through the day checking my phone several times) got home and the kids fed, bathed and in bed, relaxed a bit and just as I was dosing off I got a text from the BFF... contractions for several hours and just minutes apart, she was on her way to the hospital, it was GO TIME! The excitement began! I got out of bed and dressed only to find out my car wouldn't start... grrrrr!!! Luckily I have another best friend who so graciously came to pick me up and off we went to baptist hospital.

After a good twelve hours of labor (and not receiving an epidural for several hours makes it HARD labor), the world was about to be blessed with a beautiful little boy... I was so incredibly blessed to be able to be in the delivery room with Ash as her son made his debut into this world. I can not describe the emotions that went through me that day and even now as I am typing these words. I have always been a sensitive person, but put a baby story in front of me and I've lost it... the water works begin.

I am not exactly sure why this delivery has had me overcome with emotion for days now, but it has. I was so honored to be apart of such a special moment, I was proud of my sweet friend, I was nervous for her, I was excited and I pretty much cried like a baby through it all... Being present when a baby is born into the world is like nothing else I have ever experienced. It allowed me revisit my own deliveries and meeting my children for the very first time. It is so hard to believe that my time was so long ago. There is just nothing like becoming a mother and every single time and every single baby is just as special.

So I am so happy to say that Truman Jennings White was born on August 18th, 2012 at around 1:15 in the afternoon, weighing 8lbs and 21 1/2 inches long... he is beautiful and I love him.

So proud of you Ash! You are an incredible Mommy!

Psalms 127:3 "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him."

Wrapping Up Summer...

Is summer really coming to an end? It always feels like we just started our summer adventures when the end creeps up on us. Tonight was our last night for all of our family to be on break, Justin goes into work tomorrow, James goes next week and I go the following week. Too bad summer break doesn't stretch until the end of August?!

So much has happened this summer, I finished 13 hours of school. Justin began and finished his first semester of graduate school. Henry and Charlie started at our church's learning center, and in a week James will begin at a new school. We are full of and accepting change as it comes our way. As our schedule begins to go into full force, I am anxiously awaiting the routine.

Today I took Mr. Henry to get the staple removed from his head. Last week about ten minutes after I dropped off my kiddo's, the director at the child care center called my cell phone, (this is never good). Henry had fallen off a riding toy and hit his head. A rock had punctured a hole in his head and the rock was stuck in it!!! Talk about the longest ride of my life... to the center to get my boy!! As we arrived Henry was acting like nothing had happened, just as he continued to act in our four hour wait in the emergency room. That boy is so tough, as the doctor removed the rock, he screamed (which was more from us holding him down so the doctor could pry out the rock) but he only shed one tear!!! I am thankful for his toughness, I however was a complete mess.

A mother can never imagine anything bad happening to her child. You do not ever think about freak accidents happening to YOUR children. I am thankful that our accident was minor and he was all fixed up within a few hours and today his head is completely healed. The thoughts and feeling that went through my mind while driving to pick him up were horrific, and anticipating the pain he might endure while getting the rock out was treacherous... I hope that I never have to go through that again... (I am sure there will be more to come, but I can hope right?)

I pray for my kids ALL THE TIME, but I am pretty sure the Lord heard from me more that day than he has in a long time! I am just so grateful for these three boys, we are blessed beyond measure and I do not know how I can ever praise God enough for these blessings.

The crazy thing is... as much as we love our kiddos... God loves us even more... Can you fathom that kind of crazy love??

Forever Grateful.

Until Next Time...