Grace can now wear shoes and they don’t fall off. Yay! And she is very excited about it too. Check out my new shoes she says.

Yay!!!!! After about 5 puddles we got some dribbles in the potty!

Grace only wants her mama. All the time. I love it but I think Daddy is feeling alittle left out so we are working on some Grace and Daddy alone time.

Tonight Timmy wanted to be held like a baby and had me hold his sippy like a bottle. It was really sweet pretending with him. He kept trying to put his finger up my nose and I would move and he would laugh and laugh.

Yesterday was our valentine shoot and it went amazing! I can’t wait to get them back. We got a sneak peek and it’s adorable!

Today Tim took the bills over and I feel so relieved. Money is hard to manage when there’s more bills than money. But Tim sat me down and told me that what we have money can’t buy. First of all we have each other and then we have these beautiful healthy happy babies. Sometimes the stress of money brings me to tears but I know God will always provide what we need. Now I can focus more on the kids without the worry of money.

Last night everyone came up and we went to a bonfire. Timmy rode a pony and went on a bounce house slide over and over again thanks to Uncle Tom and Aunt Sam. They had a nice band and a hayride. It was just so nice us all being together.

Yesterday Grace turned 6 months old! She gets sweeter everyday. Though last night she woke up at 2am and wanted to party. She didn’t go back to sleep. She’s napping now and it’s 11:00.

She weighs 17 pounds and 12 ounces. So far she’s tried bananas and last night I gave her a taste of mashed potatoes. And by taste I mean the teeniest tiniest piece.

She’s sitting up by herself and she moves all around but not yet crawling, at least not forward. She kinda crawls backwards. Her first word was Dada and he was a very proud daddy.

She adores Timmy and they have started to play together and had their first fight over a toy. She loves the see and say and she loves books.

No teeth yet but we are definitely teething. She has the sweetest giggle.

She says no way to bottles and she is a big time mamas girl. When someone tickles Timmy she thinks he’s getting hurt and she cries with her bottom lip out and big crocodile tears. It’s so sweet. She really loves him. She would rather watch Timmy than even eat! So it’s hard to breastfeed if he’s around.

Today is our first attempt at potty training!

Timmy is talking more and more each day. Some new sentences are:

Mommy, Are you alright?

Oh Sanison, come hereeeee.

You want to go for a walk?

He calls my parents Memaw and T-da.
He calls Carol Nanny.

Madison and Denver are now Sanison and Beaver.

He calls Grace, Gracie and sissy.

Sam is Sam, very clear and probably his favorite person.

Max is Mac.

He names all the Mickey Mouse clubhouse characters.

&&& there’s the occasional oh shit 😦

Grace will be 6 months on the 29th but she is so ready for food. She is always grabbing at Timmy’s anything so tonight we gave her a frozen banana to gnaw on bc I thought it would also feel good on her gums. The girl is a fan! I can’t believe this sweet little baby is growing so fast that she’s already eating food.

My kids adore each other and it brings me so much happiness. I was writing out thank you cards and I hear the sweetest giggle and then an all out belly laugh and there’s Timmy hugging and tickling little grace. She think he is the best thing and she’s probably right! He is such a sweet brother.

Our friend Dawn sent me a picture of Timmy and Cade, it must have been right after Timmy’s first birthday. I feel very emotional about it bc in the picture he still had that baby look and now he’s clearly turning into a boy. I miss my baby.

I spend every minute of every day with my kids and it never feels like enough time.

Today my dad surprised me and went to the store and bought all my favorite things and all Timmy’s favorite things, warms my heart.

This morning I was really bummed out between waking up to a screaming boy at 5:30 not falling asleep until 4:09 because of a hungry girl and a messy house and not enough money to pay the bills and the list goes on. I decided to take the advice of some of the Christian books Ive been reading and get some alone time with God. Timmy went down for a nap and I laid grace in her play pen and I prayed for rest. And rest was what I got. I took a little nap and woke up to my dads little surprise, straightened out the house and enjoyed some play time with my kids. I am truly blessed.

Timmy loves to bake. He goes and gets his stool so he can help with adding ingredients and mixing. Daddy put his back out so we made him banana nut muffins. The cutest part was Timmy carried them to him in bed. So sweet❤️

Playdoh is messy and I can’t stand it. However, want to make Timmy happy? Just give him lots and lots of playdoh. Today tho he learned how to use the compressor to make spaghetti but of course he’s calling them snakes. Then he takes the scissors and cuts it all up. Only a mom could understand the development that is going on right now do now I’m a fan of playdoh.

I want to remember this moment forever. Grace just sleeping in my arms. She is almost 6 months old and it’s hitting me hard how fast she’s growing. I want her to know how much I love her and if I could freeze time it would be in these quiet moments of me just holding her. I could put her down but I can’t. She’s too precious.