Today we started God’s little explorers with Timmy. He’s alittle young for this curriculum but I wanted to use this year as a practice run for me and him. I think it was a successful day. We spent some time with the bible, we did playdoh and a puzzle. Then it was lunch and naptime. After nap we went outside to play in the sandbox. Now he’s in the bath. It doesn’t sound like much but in the eyes of a 2 year old and a mommy of 2 babies it was a day well done! I’m excited about tomorrow 🙂 we are going to make binoculars and go on a treasure hunt.

Grace learned some big things today too! She started crawling backwards. I hate how fast she is growing. I feel like I just want to stare at her all day so I can remember how sweet and beautiful she is.

Early in the day we took the kids to the brevard zoo. We loved it. Especially the train, Timmy is train obsessed right now. I was especially surprised when the train went through animal enclosures! An ostrich tried to get a ride with us. My mom came up to watch the kids and went to the shooting range and to get a pedicure. Miss Grace cut out date short because she did not want anything to go with the bottle. Even that 2 hours alone for a mommy and daddy tho is enough to remember what it’s like to date. We really enjoyed ourselves and made good memories.

A lot has happened since my last post. Christmas is always so busy. I finally have a minute. Grace is sleeping in her swing and Timmy is sleeping my arms which is pretty rare now that he is a big boy. He just giggled in his sleep ❤️. Thanksgiving was at Aunt Jessica’s. It was very nice, the weather was gorgeous and the food delicious. The week after that we had a family get together for Timmy’s birthday. I made ziti, his favorite as of then. He won’t eat it now. The week after that we went to Disney. It’s a tradition we started to celebrate Timmy’s birthday in a special way bc it’s so close to Christmas. We don’t want him to feel like his birthday isn’t important bc of all the Christmas excitement. Next year Aunt Jessica says they are coming with us. We spent 2 days just in fantasyland. We really had a nice time, both kids were so behaved. Timmy’s favorite ride was the people mover and he was so tired that he fell asleep sitting up on it. When we got home all of us came down with the flu. The kids got double ear infections. Mommy was not a happy camper. We are literally just getting 100% better. We were so sick on Tim’s birthday that he had to get his own dinner and cake 😞. Christmas was wonderful. Timmy and Grace were so spoiled it was insane. There are toys in every closet of this house! Timmy was really into opening presents this year. It was so fun to watch him oo and ahh over gifts when he opened them. I’m pretty sure grace got every girl gift they make for her age. For New Year’s Eve we had Kelly and Nathan over. The kids played so nice and we really enjoyed celebrating with them. & I think we are all caught up 😊.

Timmy is laying on the floor of the den singing Twinkle Twinkle little star over and over again🌟

Last night was the official start to sleeping in a big boy bed… And it did not go well. We put a second mattress on the floor in case one of us needed to sleep in there. It started off good but at 1:00 everything fell apart. Tim went to sleep with him because I had to take care of Grace but Timmy continued to scream until 2:30. I think I made things worse when I tried to show him shadows were not scary by doing hand puppets. That made him scream even louder. But on a positive note, nap time was a piece of cake. Went to sleep no problem but not in his bed.

It was the most beautiful day. Grace and Max were baptized together. Such a special memory for our families. Me and Jessica planned the whole thing together and split the cost. The church ceremony was gorgeous. Both babies were complete angels, sleeping thru both the mass and the christening. Erica is Gracie’s godmother and her and John bought her a diamond cross, blew me and Tim away. She’s such a lucky girl to have such a generous godmother. Craig is her godfather and we were so happy to see him in a different light. He is really taking this role seriously and it has brought out families closer. He bought Grace a pink sparkly bible and a cross with an angel to watch over her room, it’s just lovely. We had everyone back to our house, all 50 people and it turned out perfect. The weather was breezy and 70. The kids were adorable playing together, reminded me of when I played with my cousins. We catered publix and I don’t think I will go another way for a party. The food was so fresh and delicious for under $300. Jess made an awesome pasta salad and we had a professional cake made that was as beautiful as it was tasty. My friend Dawn is so dear to my heart. She treats me and the kids like family. She bought Grace and Timmy and Max the most beautiful wall art for their rooms that I know they will treasure forever.

Letting Timmy feed himself is a messy experience. He did really well this morning with his yogurt. He’s a pro with a fork and today was a big success with a spoon.

It was Timmy’s first Halloween (really second) but first one walking door to door. It was so cute. Daddy walked him to each house, he couldn’t say trick or treat but he said bye to everyone. The weather was gorgeous. Aunt Toria took Grace to a couple of house trying to get candy for herself but they didn’t buy it. We had a really nice Halloween. I made mummy dogs and Aunt Jessica made fingers out of cookies and almonds. She also made a green goblin drink. When we finally got home I ate most of Timmy’s hard earned candy. Oops.😋

He was very proud of this contraption he made with a fork, my headband and his sippy cup. Aunt Erica called it a sippy purse 🙂

I don’t know what’s going on but Timmy is waking up at 1am the last few nights. I find him sitting in the corner of the crib crying. It’s so sad so he’s in my bed watching Peter Pan but now no one sleeps except Daddy.. How he is snoring while Timmy uses him as a pillow is pure talent.