Monday Memories in Motion

Whew

What

A

Day

I am putting my feet up

and letting out a deeeeeep breath

Thank the Lord Kevin came home for an early night....7:00

First in a very long while

and it was amazing to watch his patience with baylens

on and on and on demands

lasted about ahhhh

a minute

thank goodness Sam and Bo were on their A game

or their may have been a small

eruption

at 145 Parkway Drive

and thank goodness Piper had not dug anything up today

or

Well I don't want to think about it..

So

I have had one of those days that I have really reflected on

while I have been at stop lights in the car

It really was an amazing day....

But first I must paint a picture.....

We started the day at the peditrition for Bo's check up

which during the entire visit Baylen was grabbing my chin saying

I wanna go home I wanna go home I wanna go home

and yes

over

and over

and over

I swear that child is a broken record

it is like he gets stuck and he will not let up

really he will not

So if that was not enough

I got to surprise the three of them with......

Flu shots

Yeah!!!!!

they were thrilled

So then off to the playgroud

Which I thought would be good

But the three of them at the playgroud

Not so much

Bo wanted to play zombie and scare the you know what out of Sam and Bay

which were not into it at all

So instead of hearing

I wanna go home over and over

Here I heard

Bo Stop

BO Stop

over and over and over

The highlight was when Bo ripped his shirt off and did a lap around the track

only stopping for chin ups

and then Baylen wanted to join in

only to stop half way around the track

at its furthest point to yell

Momma

Momma

get me

get me

So I did

and our journey contined to the orthadontist

Which my luck had some older grandmoms in the waitning room

which did not seem at all interested in my brood

and gave me that look I have gotten

many times with three kiddos

and a belly

So as they were on and off the couch and fighting over the tooth chair

I decided to get them some hot chocolate

which was a bad choice since it was SOOOOO HOT!

Baylen did not understand

and so we went again

I want some

Its too hot honey

I want some

its too hot honey

and on and on

until he proceeded to pull it out of my hands

and yes

it went all over the sofa

Soooooo

moving on

we were called back to a very little room

with nothing in it by very breakable things

like models of teeth

and sharp things

So as they were telling me about the thousands of dollars it was going to take to fix

Samanthas teeth

Bo was using the stool to spin around and around and around

as he opened every drawer asking

whats that

whats this

and putting things on his head

and I would calmly say

Bo sweet honey love bug

lets not do that

And then Baylen

oh bless his heart

was on a new phrase

perhaps the worse of the day

mommy I need new diaper

new diaper

new diaper

new diaper

as if the new scent that has just appeared in the room

had not made us all aware

I had to excuse myself for a moment

from three doctors

to go and take care of buisness

So

if I could do it over again

no

I would not take two boys between the ages of 2 and 6 to a orthadotist consultation

but

on a posisitve note

we did make it through

only for Samantha to tear up in the parking lot

about everything that was talked about

she was not in the slightlest phased about how here brothers acted

she was more concerend with what was said

the money it was costing

the surgery

the cranks

and all the other strange words they were using that she did not understand

but knew could not be good

I realized that I had not yet really digested all of that

since I was consmued by

thing one and

thing two

did I mention that my pants were way too tight at the waist band and I swear they were cutting off circulation to the babies head

So

we calmed down and we moved on and we delieved thanksgiving food to the needy

which put things in perspective

which it always does

and then I came home

and sat for a moment

and read an update from the little girl Samamthas age battleing cancer

that is not doing well

and is in lots of pain

which put things into perspective

and then I saw on the news that the little boy that had a limb fall on him

was responding but still had tubes in him and a long road ahead

which put things into perspective

So

as I was wallowing in the dollar signs

and the uncomfortableness that I feel

and the patience that was being tested

I found myself smiling and really thinking what a wonderful day it really was

That I crave taking care of so many

and seeing how far my patience really will go

becuase I know in a blink of an eye

I will have no more braces to pay for

Boy that climbs the walls like Spiderman

Diapers to change

or pokes in my belly

I will just have a super clean house

that stays that way

because no one will come through to wreck it

and that will make me VERY sad

even if it sounds nice for a moment

so

Was today a good day

why yes it was

it was life for me

and it ended with giving Bo a quarter at the grocery store and letting him decide if he wanted to put it in the basket for the salvation army

or put it in the machine to get a plasitc toy

he did ponder

but he chose the bucket

and it made my heard swell

and then to see two happy boys over joyed with cookies from the bakery

it is the little things

And that Bo seemed so proud of himself at basketball practice

as he kept wiping his forehead with the sweat rag he instisted on bringing

and his manners were soooo good....he loves to impress

he really does

 

 

Tree Decorating Time!

 

Love that she loves her hair done and bows!

Making cookies for teachers Thansgiving gifts

Go Dawgs

Baylen celebrating after the Georgia Win and the number 1 and 2 team fall

Gooooo Dawgs

Sam picked out these pjs without knowing what I was putting on baylen...

cute

They told Santa what they wanted...

bo said ninja zane and Samtntha said an easy bake oven

Five Points open house....very fun

Just off the horse ride...Baylen LOVED it

Bo told me he was a chef

and made me a flower

carrots on yogurt around a cucumber

nice 

Bo found it quite funny that I can put things on my belly

They both are pretty facinated with the kicks they can feel when they put their hands on my belly

I hope I never forget the feeling of a baby doing sumersaults in my belly

I hope I never forget the feeling of Samantha grabbing my hand

I hope I never forget when Bo hugs me out of the blue and says mommy I just love you so much

and cuddles at night in our bed

I hope I never forget how it feels to rock Baylen singing songs with a blanket and a passy

 

So keep on looking people

keep on looking at me with the eyebrows raised

and the whews

you have got your hands full comments

not really

my heart is full

that just about sums it up