Reed Update

Hi, we are moving to across the pond very soon.
I have been quite overwhelmed with packing our life in a 7 ft long and 4 ft high box!
And we have sold our big car, so know we are in the little one.
I am truly coming to terms with the bible verse on being content in all situations! Philippians 4:12
We could all learn a lot when we get rid of lots of the junk in our house.
And truly, there are things that I am sentimental attached to,  but really we just had a lot of stuff/junk/toys.........
Here are the Moving Stats:
Chelsea: 14 weeks prego and doing good. Feeling good about the move and overwhelmed with the moving. Good thing i have great friends and family. Happy about the next adventure that God is taking us on.
Andy: SUPER DAD, he is an awesome Mover and has been taking this so well. He is my calm cool and collected man. I could not do this without him.
Henry: He is my little 3 year old stud, he is active and on the go. He likes to play and swim. He has been our little fish this year. He is excited to move to Bristol, England. And then go to the Bristol Zoo.
Sydney:  She is doing good, i think she might have a little british accent when she comes back to the USA. She is growing lots lately. My little 1 year old. She is my sweet little girl. I am starting to get that girls are sort of emotional......... That is an understatement. She goes from 0 to 10 in like half a second. And this a little new to me.
And Baby Number 3: Well we get to find out the sex in 2 weeks, just so we know what to pack.
My guess is BOY. I will have another foreign born babe.

Well, that is all for now..

What Angelina Jolie and I have in common

Well friends it has been quite a crazy Month of birthdays here at the Reed household.
We celebrated Henry's 3rd birthday. And Miss Sydney's 1st birthday together.
This is a couple of the pictures from that day.
We celebrated with family and lots of yummy food and really an answer to prayer. I am so happy that we were able to celebrate in the USA with their family. I thank God for his hand and plan for our lives.
Henry had a blast with all his cousins and the presents. :)
It is so cool to see my little man growing and turning 3 years old. He is quite the sweetie. And i am taking all the hand holding that i can! I know it is going to go fast.
His birthday is June 6th and we are going to go to Henry's favorite place the zoo.
Hence the zoo cake, made by his Aunt Mish.
As for Sydney. She was a birthday pro. She loved on her family and loved the opening of presents.
She is our little sweet pea and even now I am sad that she is growing so fast and gaining such independence.

Although I must say I am not to sad, because YES indeed I am PREGNANT again and by God's grace will be doing the 1st birthday thing another time!!!!
So, what do Angelina Jolie and I have in common, well, all of our kids were born in different countries.
Henry born in Mexico, Sydney the USA, and the third little one will be in the UK.
The due date is December 26th. So, i am like 10 weeks now.
So, that is the crazy news of the Reed clan!

Happy Birthday Sydney

Today is my baby girl's 1st Birthday. Now, she is officially a toddler.
How time flies when you are have such a perfectly cute baby girl.
Sydney came to us at just the perfect time. I honestly was so excited to have a little girl baby.
I was excited to see the differences between her and Henry.
I was excited to do her hair and paint her toe nails.
And she has only gone above and beyond what I would hope for in a little girl.
Sydney is a good combination of sweet and sassy. The sassy is just now starting to show it's fun little side. ;)
What else can I say but I am so thankful to be her Momma!
Now enjoy 12 months of Sydney!

Love, Mom & Dad & Henry

And then He kissed me.

Happy 7th Anniversary to me and my sweet Andy.

This post is a little late because our anniversary was actually on May14th.
On our actual anniversary we played 9 rounds of golf. Something we have never done and we had so much fun. It was so fun to be kid free. Fact of the day: I am the better golfer, but probably not after 18 rounds, i would be to bored. 9 holes was quite a lot. :)

Let me tell you the 7 things that I have learned since being married to Andy Roo.


1. Andy wrote me love notes everyday on our honeymoon and he wrote me poems while dating. I have one framed in our bedroom. And to this day he still writes me letters. :)

2. The list of nicknames has grown through the years, here are a few for you to laugh at: Andy Roo, Cheecher, Cheech, Alfie, Babe, Antoine.

3. Andy's my protector and best friend. We have never gone to bed mad at one another.

4. Andy's hands always feel like sand paper, but i still hold them.

5. Andy is still a germ-a-phob. He won't wear breathe right strips because he thinks more bacteria or dust in the air gets into his nostrils, when he wears them.

6. Andy is hardly ever mean, we all know that i am the moody/ mean one in our family. And he is continually nice to me. Even when I don't deserve it. He is the true definition of LOVE.

7. My heart has grown 700 times more than i did on the day we married. Words barely describe my love and how it grows. Andy is the best dad and husband for our family. God really knew what I needed and I am ever so thankful to him. My life is so full with Andy.

Crazy Train

These are my new favorite pictures of my kids. I will interpret them for you.

1. I love my brother and I want to give him a kiss.

2. I love my sister, she is my best friend.

And this is our crazy mom,  isn't she glorious in her pajama's and lovely glasses!

Missions Monday on Wednesday

Well, today is one of those days where my mind is constantly on the move. Thinking of any and all the worries/fears/joys that are to come in the next couple of months. So, i want to be honest about them and share the things that have been keeping me up at night lately.

As, you may or may not know, we are planning a great big MOVE to the U.K. this July/August.
Andy and I have felt this "Call" on our lives for awhile and we really believe that God has lead us to this point for this time. We feel called to be missionaries right now in this time in our lives. So, I want to move and do the job that God has for Andy and I in England. Yet, a part of my heart is constantly in battle with God's direction on my life.

I struggle with fears of something happening to my family both good and bad, and i have no way of being apart of it.
I struggle with knowing parts of my life are going to be more lonely, just due to the fact of not knowing anyone and having to make friendships.
But more than anything I struggle with my kids future, as a Mom, I want the best for them. I want the best schools, the best friends, i want them to always be able to get the best things. And I know that life is not meant to be that way. It is just hard, to know that things that make your child so happy, like their family, are going to be taken away. Even if its only for awhile.
I struggle with uprooting my children's lives and starting them over in a different country.
I struggle with the adjustments my kids will have to make, (really it is just Henry, Sydney is still so young).
I struggle with struggling, because I don't want to be that way. Many people are a lot worse off, and truly I am blessed.

Anyway, I found this blog, that spoke on "Missionary Kids" or MK's. And the life that they have. It was one mom talking about how her kids struggled with the move they made and what they realized and tried to help their kids understand.  It truly was a great read for me on this day. God spoke right to my heart, helping to calm me down and remember that his ways are higher than my silly ways!
Henry is still quite small, but I do think this blog helped me to feel better about all the changes that are going to take place in his life.

Here is the section that was so helpful for me:

After a few tearful conversations and heartfelt prayers, my husband experienced an aha! moment while reading the Gospel of Luke. After the Passover Festivities, 12-year-old Jesus decides to stay behind in Jerusalem without his parents’ knowledge or permission. Three days later, Mary and Joseph finally discover their son in the temple and promptly take him home. Have you ever wondered why Jesus accompanied them to Nazareth? Simple, because they were his parents and he belonged with his family.

Encouraged by our new-found insight we humbly approached our children. “We want you to know that we love you very much and we know its been tough year. A long time ago, God called mommy and daddy to be missionaries. We are thankful for his calling. But the missionary calling is our calling. Not yours. You have a different calling. God called you to be our children. And since he called you to be our children, wherever we are in this world, that is where you belong. Because God called you to be a part of our family.”

Whew.

I appreciate that our fellowship wants to affirm and support our children. Being an MK (a child of a missionary) has unique challenges. But we don’t affirm pastor’s kids by calling them pastors. And for a very good reason. Because they’re not. Such a calling would not be an affirmation but a burden. The mantle of missionary (with all its responsibilities) belongs to those called by God.

Yes, my children have a call from God. But it’s the same calling your kids have: to be a part of a loving and nurturing family. Families, not titles give our kids a sense of belonging. If and when our children feel called by God to be missionaries, then we will affirm their calling. But until that time, we will just let our kids be kids. 

Adventureland aka: My life

Life has been crazy around her the past few weeks. Really an emotional roller coaster.
We had District Council last week and pretty much got the remaining funds needed for England. So it looks like we are for sure going to be going to Jolly England coming this July/August.  It will be right when the Olympics are going to be going on.

We stepped out in faith for this journey and God has truly provided for us every step of the way.
I like saying that we have trusted God with this completely and that on our own we would not have made it. It is so true.

So, now we start planning our MOVE to across the Pond with the kids.
But in other news, we have been planning a little girls First Birthday. A big brothers 3rd birthday.
Celebrating Melissa's birthday. The month of May is chocked full of birthdays/ anniversary. What a fun month.

Here are a few pictures that i love that we took for Sydney and Henry's birthday. And i love them.
Henry looks so big to me, and Sydney just looks so sweet. I am blessed for sure.

Anyway, that is just an update.
Chao for now.

Missions Monday

Well its Missions Monday and I have a perfect story to share.

It is sort of an explanation of why we do missions. Its so people can experience Jesus! Our Father, our Healer, our Savior.

We got this letter in the mail from the Executive Director of Assemblies of God Missions, Greg Mundis. He is a great guy and this is a great story. I am writing it for you to read.

Dear Friend of Missions,

Thank you for helping us share the hope of the gospel throughout the world by your faithful support of missionaries and ministries.

I want to share with you and amazing testimony from a missionary working in a highly sensitive country.

A local woman was hospitalized and lay in a coma at or near death. Her husband went to begin funeral arrangements. When he returned to the hospital, his wife was up, dressed and packing to go home.

The husband and physicians were dumbfounded and asked her what happened. She asked them, "Where is the doctor with the long hair and white robe?" No doctor in the hospital fit that description.

The woman didn't know anything about Jesus, but she saw a painting of Him hanging on the hospital wall. "That is the doctor who came to me," she told them. Jesus had graciously appeared to her, looking like the painting so she would be able to identify the Man who visited her.

The woman removed her own tracheal tube, feeding tube and arm injection tubes after Jesus came to her. The missionary shared that the woman still had a drain tube in her abdomen, but she pulled that out when she got home and had a neighbor sew up the wound.

As amazing as this story is, it gets even better. The woman talked to Jesus after He healed her and said, "You healed me. Will You heal my paralyzed boy too?" That night, the woman's husband heard someone walking in the house. He got up, and there was their 5-year-old son- who had never walked previously- up and walking around the house!

The story doesn't even end there. As a result of these miracles, there are now six new churches being built.

Testimonies abound as God is making himself known throughout the world. I believe He is preparing the Church for miracles beyond our greatest imaginings!

So All Can Hear, Greg Mundis

~Isn't that the coolest story. It really inspires me this Holy Week to think about our All Powerful, and All Loving God.

Thats all for now, Chelsea

We love the Zoo!

Hi we are the Reed's and we LOVE the Zoo! We got our money's worth out of that Zoo pass.

If you ask Henry what his favorite song is and he would sing: We are going to the Zoo song.

Henry knows what everyone in the families favorite animal is.

For example: Mine is the Giraffe. Andy's is the Tiger, Sydney's is the Ladybug and Henry's is the Lion.

Don't you love the pictures. One of my faves is Sydney's new teeth, she has a huge space in between and this Momma is lovin the space. It gives her this unique sssss noise.:)

Interview with my sweet hubby

We are watching some TV, and I decided to interview my hubby and write it down for you.

Here you go:

Did you like dinner tonight?

Yes, i thought it was yummy.

On a scale of one to ten, how was dinner?

Ummm,, maybe a 7.7. (this is a lie, because we just ate enchiladas and they were only okay)

What was the best part of your day?

Doing the puzzle with Henry and eating an apple together.

What did you want to be as a little boy?

I don't know, i think i wanted to be a writer.

Do you think Anderson Cooper is cute?

Cute,, i don't think any guys are cute!

What show would you rather be watching?

Only in America by larry the Cable Guy. (our new fav. show)

Did you like your haircut experience today? (He got his hair cut today:))

Yea, i saw our neighbors, you know the ones to down with the hot tub.

Um, no, i don't know them.

Yea, there names are ............. and ..............

No, I still don't remember them.

Well, they were at the block party.

Ohh, well i still am drawing a blank.

Thats okay they are nice.

If you could eat anything right now, what would you eat.

I could go for some Thai food right now.

If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?

Siberia

Really, where would you go?

Hmmm, I don't know. Where would you go?

Hawaii

Hawaii, yes, i would go there with you. Love you Cheech!

Love you too.

Well that concludes our convo on tonight March 20, 2012.

Just want to do a shout out to my sis and brother in law: Paul and Becky.. Happy 13 years of Marriage we Heart you!

Post about Chelly

Hey friends,

I thought I would post on me tonight. This hardly ever happens, so pay attention. :)

Weird things about me now, my Left eye is weird and red pretty much all the time. The doctor says it is due to wind and dryness. I am not a fan, but I am thankful I have two eyes that can see.

And now onto some random facts about me:

1. I am a spoiler, i look up the end to every Bachelor at the begining of the season. Yes, i do watch that retarded show~ I also looked up the ending to the second Hunger Games book. I read the first and loved it and couldn't wait for the ending to the second.

2. Also I am in the process of reading this book: All I need is Jesus and a good pair of Jeans.

It is a good read, and I would recommend it to all the Momma's and Women out there.

3. I have been thankful for God's grace lately, i really have been feeling undeserving of it.

4. One tv show that I catch myself watching lately is: Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy. Yes, call me a loser but he is funny... :)

5. I went to a bible study with some of my girl pals on friday, and I had to say some things I think I am good at. I want to say them on here so that I remember saying them: I am a Good Mom. It is a hard role, but I love it. I am a good encourager. I am honest. I am Strong. I am a good Nurse. Those are the things I listed.

Talk to you later pallies.:)

Missions Monday

Well, today I am posting on some of our good friends who are Missionaries. Today is a perfect day for them to represent Missions Monday because they are leaving TODAY for a 36 hour trip to Indonesia. Yes, you read correctly 36 hours in the plane with 3 kids. I can't even imagine. So, say a prayer for them.

This is Tim and Doris Eckert. Their kids are T.J., Ariyanna, and Gracie. They have been good friends of ours for the last 6 years. They are missionaries from Iowa like us, and this is their second time going to Indonesia.

Let me tell you a little about their family: They totally want to follow God's call on their lives. It is no piece of pie to live in Indonesia. They go without many of the luxuries of life that many of us take for granted. Doris truly makes me want to be a better Momma, and better woman of God. I admire her a lot, she has been such an encourager in my life.

They are moving to a remote part of Indonesia, pretty much away from the civilized parts to an area where the Boogie people or tribes are. IT is where we get the saying of the Boogie Man. They are ministering to these people by teaching and pastoring at a school and churches. They will be planting churches in this area.

Doris told me that she doesn't even know if they will have an oven because it is so hard to get it there.... I mean i had no comment when she told me that, i think i said you are SUper woman, and that I already told God I would definitely be needing an oven no matter where I am. ;)

Here is one last fact about Doris. This is what she wrote about herself on facebook: I have dedicated my whole life to serving the God I love and the people He loves. Tim and I are currently serving the people of Indonesia and praying that those whose lives we touch will know the love of their creator in a new and amazing way! I am daily overwhelmed by God's goodness, His grace, and just by who He is.

Please pray for the Eckerts. Pray for God's safety on their lives, and that their kids would adjust well to life in remote Indonesia. Pray that God would open up the hearts of the people in Indonesia and they would see lives changed.

That is all for this monday of Missions Monday.

My Peanut

Well today is Sydney's 8 month Birthday! She is my little peanut!

Here are 8 cute little facts about my cute little sweetie pie!

1. She is a "peanut" she has slowed down on the growth scale and so we are trying to nurse more and feeding her lots of fatty foods. Don't you wish someone would tell you to go eat some "fatty foods". I already know where I would go this minute and eat .:)

2. Sydney is taking 2 naps a day, she lays down quite easy. But, I am still putting her in the stinkin swaddle thing................................ I hate the stupid thing, it drives me crazy. She usually has her left arm out in the morning. No comment.... I know i need to axe it.. But she sleeps well and I am nervous. If i were a dog i would be one of those little tiny ones that shake.. I would be the nervous butt shakin dog...:)

3. She can wave "bye-bye". And it is super cute and princess like.

4. Sydney kind of has a growly noise she makes a lot.

5. She loves her brother Henry and watches his every mood. She is starting to not like when he

steals her toys though..

6. Sydney's best friend is her Mommacita. She likes to do all things with me and has been having quite a hard time being away. It is weird seeing that i have been her real only source of food for 240 days. "wink wink".

7. Sydney burps every time she gets up from a nap. She is quite girly.

8. Sydney has tiny little girl feet, they are slender and cute and pretty much the toes are always painted. That is thanks to her Aunt Melissa.

She is pretty much perfect!! and I am so thankful for her each and every day.

Missions Monday

Well Andy came back from his week long stent in England.

We can all say that we are thankful for daddy's return!!!!

And thankful for sisters!

Andy traveled to Bristol, England. Which is in the South West of England. He then stayed with Pastor in Portishead, England which is 10 minutes from Bristol. The last couple of days he stayed in Cardiff, Wales, which is only a hop, skip and a jump from Bristol.

Andy met with Pastors that we are going to be working with while in England, and just wanted to check things out and do some planning with the missionaries and pastors we will be working with. I wanted to post some pictures so you can see a little glimpse into our future.

Some random things we found out: 1. They do not have Kraft Mac and Cheese.. So, we are going to have to either bring a lot with or start making home made.

2. Andy took the Pastors family some presents like candy and a football (american), stuff like that from the USA that they don't have. One of the young children really liked the Peanut butter M&M's that Andy brought, and he came up to him and said: "Andee, These are Gorgeous!"... I just thought that was super cute, and also made me think that my speech is pretty lame!

3. Andy ate some BANGERS and MASH, for those who don't know what that is, it is Sausages and mashed potatoes. He said it was good. He said that drink lots of tea, and eat lots of beans. Not quite sure how I feel about this yet, I am more of a coffee and Mexican food kind of gal. But, i have yet to try the cuisine.

Well that is all for now, now enjoy the pictures:

This is the pastor's house in Portishead.
This is John Wesley's pulpit from the church that he preached at over 10,000 sermons.
This is the Marina in Portishead. Look at the green grass and it is Winter!

This is a castle called Caerphilly in Wales. How cool is that!!!!

Missions Monday

I am just chalk full of posts lately :)

I have thought of a new thing to do like once a month and I a

m calling it "Missions Monday".

Andy and I have been missionaries now for 6 years a

nd we just have a ton information on how to do missions and friends who do missions. So, being that I am leaving soon and want to keep people up to date with what we are doing with their hard earned money. I thought I would post on

here to show everyone bits of my world.

Not every month is going to be about us, but maybe others that we know who are doing great things for the Lord. So since this is the first one, I will post on us!

We will be leaving in the spring time for Bristol, England. We don't have a planned date yet.

Andy will be pastoring a church once we hit the ground and we will also be working with college students in the Engage Program. Check it out here: http://www.engagemylife.com

We really hope to impact Britain with the love of Jesus Christ by doing many different ministries. I will update you more on this as we get over there and figure things out.

Anyway, i would ask that you pray for my kids. If it were just Andy and I, it would not be that big of deal. But I really worry about my kids, will they be fine. Will they know their grandparents well. I really don't want them to miss out on knowing their family. That is my prayer request. I read a quote that said that 98% of missionary kids responded saying that if they got to choose how to live their lives all over again, that they would choose to be a missionary kid every time. This is comforting to me as a mom, and my prayer that they would know their parents chose to listen and follow God for their lives, even when it is hard. Even when they did not want to move again. We know God has great plans for us!

That is all for now.

The differences between a mother of ONE and a mother of TWO

Okay, I found this email in my archived emails about napping and sleeping issues that I was having with Henry.

I thought that this needed to be my post of the day. It is quite funny!

I wrote this "sleep consultant" and actually paid her money because i think Andy and i were desperate for help with all of our concerns with Henry's sleep.

It is crazy because I wrote this almost exactly 2 years ago to the day. So Henry and Sydney were at the exact same age.

And it just goes to show you that first time mom's, are yes indeed a little crazy.

I will say Sydney has been a dream sleeper, but then I wonder if the actual problem was ME, because, she does wake up every now and then. But, I am a little slower responding or I am just too tired!

Anyway, I hope you get a kick out of the email, i sure did.

I also feel sorry for "Deb the sleep consultant". In her email responses she should have just written, let him cry it out, you big baby!!!!

:)

Hi Deb,

My name is Chelsea Reed. I am interested in the day's worth of email responses towards my sleep questions regarding my 7.5 month old son Henry.

Let me know when this works for you to email me back the responses.

Information about my son:

Henry is 7.5 months old almost 8 months

His usually wake time is 7 am, today it was a little off, he got up at 6:15 though

I am trying to do 2 naps a day, sometimes we still do 3 if they are not long.

His nap schedule feels to me to be different daily, sometimes they are 2 hours long, and sometimes 45 minutes. Most of the time they are an hour long, with the morning nap at 9 am, being the longest.

I have been keeping his bedtime strict, it is between 6-8pm. He is always asleep around 8 pm.

The nightfeedings and nightwakings are also just dependent on the day. Lately for the last week, he has slept 3 times through the night until he wakes in the morning. But then other nights he will wake up around 1am, and yet still other nights he will wake at 3 am and act starving. So, sometimes I go in and Nurse him and then after nursing we give him a bottle of like 6 ounces to fill him up. This lasts for about 20 minutes if I go and feed, also I feel as though his diaper needs changed by this time in the night as well, so we change it, only if he gets up.

Henry does not snore.

My current problems, are that during the day time we are trying to get him to eat every 4 hours starting with his wake up, and trying to get him to eat the 24-30 recommended ounces of formula during the day. The issue, is that it is like pulling tooth, but since we have been doing it, I do believe that it has been helping. But like I said, we have to hold him down, to get him to drink the formula. This feels odd, like I should not be forcing it. He usually doe eat like 5 to 6 to 7 ounces when we hold him.

Other issues are that everyday seems like throwing dice, each day is different. I am a stay at home mom and so I am able to keep him on the same schedule for the most part. And during the day, naps are pretty much the same time: 9am, and 1pm. It is just the naps themselves that are completely different each time.

At night it seems to be different each day as well. I am not sure if he is actually hungry or if he is just used to getting up. My husband and I try our best to not run into his room immediately when he wakes. Sometimes he will go back to sleep, but others not.

I also get so much different information that it is sort of confusing what are Henry's actually needs at night time sleeping.

Henry is in the 70th percentile for his weight and he has had no medical issues, he is a very healthy boy.

Well, i think that is pretty much all from my end.

Thanks,

Today

This is my little man on two separate occasions and YES he is wearing that ugly CARS shirt that he is completely obsessed with in both photos. I sort of want to hide it, but aggh yes, I am drawn immediately to a pair of pink cowboy boots that I loved and I am sure were pretty ugly..So I will let him choose it.

In other news, Henry's spare moments of the day he likes to arrange his trains into a GIGANTIC train. He is pretty awesome at it!! Makes me happy to see how he is getting so creative.

Tonight we went out for a 1 hour dinner date due to a helpful babysitter aka my Mom and sister. We got a gift card to Outback Steakhouse. One of our resolutions this year: to go on more dates. It is truly amazing what one hour of talking with your husband will do for the good ole marriage! :)

Well, signing out for now...

New Year

Wow, it has definitely been awhile since my last post. I was in a blog funk so to speak.

I feel like it's lame to apologize for not posting since this is not a requirement but more of a choice of my free time. Anyway, one of my goals for the new year is to start posting every week, since I am soon to move to yet another country. I want to keep up on these changes of my life and remember them well. So, I give you a little bit of some eye candy of my family!

My sweet husband turned 29 this week, and we both thought of the journey we have been on and we just feel very blessed. I have this app, on my i -pod for Charisma magazine, which is a Christian magazine about news in the Christian world. An

yway, one of the stories that has been tugging on my heart lately is about an Iranian Man who is imprisoned for his Christian faith, he has been tortured and in

prison for 3 years. And, the things i thin

k are: How come that is not me? Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you were a christian living in a country where your faith is not "recognized" and because of that you were tortured or punished???

Anyway, we feel blessed to say the least. It has challenged

me to live my faith out better.

Speaking of faith. We had Sweet Sydney dedicated recently. It is sort of like a baptism, just a little different. Anyway, it was a wonderful celebration with all of our family and a moment that I want to remember forever and hope she always know how much she is loved~

Update on Sydney: She is 7 months, weighs 16 pounds. She

is sort of a little peanut. Henry was 3 more pounds then she was at this age.

She can roll over, but really is not interested in that, instead she bends and twists to get what she wants. Our little gymnast. She still only breastfeeds, i sort of have quit trying to give her bottles, and instead we are starting on sippies.

Henry update: He is 2.5 years old now. He is sleeping in a toddler bed, quite well and we are trying to get potty trained. He is a super brother to his sister. They both love each other so much, and it makes me think of previously when i worried about his reaction to getting a sibling. It has been only a blessing. He is still loving all things CARS and trains and his daddy.

Well, thats all for now folks. See ya later!

My day in pictures

My day: I woke up at like 5am, hearing Henry, he was making some noise and saying something about something??? He has been having some either night mares or dreams lately that wake him out of sleep and wake me as well. Usually I tell Andy to get up and check on him, because he tends to go right back to sleep when his daddy tells him to, but not for Mommy.

I then got up an hour later to pump and then I fed Sydney around 7Am.

I drank some yummy coffee, with some yummy coffee mate, got breakfasts going. And I tried a new breakfast I read in a magazine which was some sort of egg thing you microwave and add cheese to in a coffee cup, and it tasted like rubber.
I then thought about my brother Joe. (He is pictured above, this was taken at Hickory Park for my Dad's 60th B-day, he is pictured below).

Joe is in school at ISU, and we miss our Uncle and brother around these parts. My sweet brother is 19 now, and I remember being his big sister and toting him around with me. He was the cutest baby and still is pretty cute as an almost adult.
Joe most recently got a tatoo on his arm, it is pretty cool for a tatoo. He showed it to Henry and Henry was amazed, he immediately gasped, i could see him thinking in his little brain...How does that sticker not come off?

Speaking of stickers, Henry is obsessed right now with Stickers, Cars and Animals. He loves these things, and gets so excited for them. Which makes my day, i can see how easy it is for parents to give their children tons of toys, it just makes a parents heart smile to see their babies smile.:) The above picture is of like 40 bandaids that we played with and Henry put on his shirt. You can never have enough stickers!
This is how my day ends, we cuddle, play, do baths, nurse, read books, tell stories, say prayers, burp, rock and off to bed. It takes like 2 hours for the whole shabang with both kids and cleaning up but, i do treasure these days. I keep reminding myself that in a year, it will be different and in 10 years, these are precious, long days. Long days, but short years.

Anywho, those are just some tidbits from my day.