Tula= 24 lbs 8 oz
Mav= 23 lbs 7 oz
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Maverick is walking!
The best video I have so far. He started taking steps last week but he is getting up and doing it on his own now quite often. Yay Maver!
Mav having a laugh with the boys
The boys had made this craft and when they showed it to Mav he thought it was totally hilarious. Provided lots of entertainment for him and then us, of course, watching him laugh.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Surfer Daddy...
A few videos of John wakesurfing today. He has improved so much this trip, I am so proud of him. We have been having lots of fun out on the boat and in the water, I even decided to try it myself...no videos yet, I will post pics eventually though. Anyways, John is having a blast on the boat and sea doos everyday and bummed he has to go home tomorrow. Here are some clips of what he has been doing all week...Every time he falls in Tula has to yell from the boat "you okay Daddy?" and won't stop asking till he says yes.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Home Sweet Home!
I have been home for just over a week from my trip to Brazil and am still trying to process it all and readjust back into everyday life. Trying to find the balance of regaining the routine of life and implementing all of the change that I realized needed to happen in my life while I was away. Trying to mix the old with the new. Attempting to find a balance.
Balance is a funny thing, really. I wilkipediaed it. What is balance really? People always talk about trying to find it. But it is actually, in the metaphysical or conceptual sense, balance is used to mean a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other. Regarding motion or a physical sense: "The senses must detect changes of body position with respect to the base, regardless of whether the body moves or the base moves." Hmmmm. With respect to the base. I like that. With respect to the base. What is my base? What is your base? I guess I have to find a deeper, clear idea of what my base is to determine where the balance lies. So really. That is what I am trying to do. I will go into the details about Brazil and my actual trip in another post. It was full of revelation for me, every day there were new truths presented to me. Some I loved to hear and have needed to hear my whole entire life. Others were more diffucult to digest. Or accept I guess. For example, I learned so much about God's love for me. how when everything else is stripped away I am still his child, and resting and relishing in that, every day, is exactly where He wants me. I didn't like to learn about some of the priorities in my life that I put way to much energy into with little to no return. No one like to admit their own faults and failures, and although God was so good to me in showing His love and grace in my life, he was faithful to show me where I am "falling short" and changes I need to make. I am going to try and think less and do more. I am going to pray more and facebook less. I am going to pour more quality minutes into my family than a large quantity of time that I am kinda sorta unavailable. I am going to make time for me, because I learned, so clearly, that being the best me I can is the only way for me to be the best wife and mom. I left for Brazil really looking forward to the break from my everyday life, and I sort of felt guilty about that. Even to write it out here it still feels weird to "say out loud". But I learned there that that's okay, for me. I need what I need, and instead of trying to smother the idea, I am going to embrace it.
I missed my kids and husband and comforts of everyday life terribly. I missed my big comfy bed and shower and all the fixins. It was good for me, to see what I really missed and what I did not. If you ever are curious to know what is important in your life, go away for 9 days and see where your head is at while you are away. I missed time for me, the most though. I needed to just go through life and think and be with my thoughts for longer than a toddlers naptime. It was a beautiful time in my life, and I will forever be grateful to my husband and mom and dad for making it possible for me to go. I know the kids were well taken care of, and once I got to Brazil I just allowed myself to enjoy. Knowing I had left and what was done was done, I was able to be totally present, mentally, spritually, and emotionally for the week and that is the greatest gift I have ever, ever been given.
So thank you guys so much. I love you and loved hearing all the stories and fun things the kids did while I was away. I came home to a spotless house. What a treat! Mom, I came home to a happy and well fed husband- thanks for taking care of my man. And Tula and Mav, though you won't understand for a long, long time, thank you. Your resilience and adaptabilty made it easier for me to leave you guys. Two of the most confident little kids I know. The fact that you guys are angels enough to let me feel okay leaving you gives me more peace than you could understand. And my prayer is that it was not in vain, that I will be able to repay you a million times more in love and truth and knowledge that I gained while away.
There are many stories I hope to one day share with you guys about my trip. God used the fact that I was a Mommy every day to help me relate to people there. I had a heart for the Brazilian Mamas, sometimes more than for the children, truth be told. But the most important lesson that I learned while away is who I am, and who you are, when all else is not there. When no one is looking. If, God forbid, it was all taken away. I am a child of God, and that is where my identity begins and ends. Everything else is secondary, even being a Mommy to you two precious babes. My prayer for you, in your life, is that you will always remember, in all decisions and whenever you are contemplating life, that YOU are a child of GOD. That you will honor that relationship first, above all else, and know that everything will fall into place accordingly after that. For now, I don't really know what that looks like, but I am going to try my best to live a life of walking it out and setting an example for you guys. Remember that still, small voice I wrote about before Brazil. Yeah, it's that. But guess what? The more you listen to it and live in obedience, the louder and more consuming it becomes. In fact, there is nothing still or small about it at all when you are fully submitted. Read this and know it is my prayer for your life. For your children and your children's children.
You are my world, Tula and Mav John. Mama is so glad to be home in into your loving arms. The giggles and snuggles and all the good things about being a Mama I missed like crazy and I am so glad to be back. A new Mommy, with a new love to share.
More on Brazil later.....it's gonna take me awhile to get caught up here. To all my readers who are so patiently waiting to hear about it, thank you. I promise I will update this week, ASAP!
Balance is a funny thing, really. I wilkipediaed it. What is balance really? People always talk about trying to find it. But it is actually, in the metaphysical or conceptual sense, balance is used to mean a point between two opposite forces that is desirable over purely one state or the other. Regarding motion or a physical sense: "The senses must detect changes of body position with respect to the base, regardless of whether the body moves or the base moves." Hmmmm. With respect to the base. I like that. With respect to the base. What is my base? What is your base? I guess I have to find a deeper, clear idea of what my base is to determine where the balance lies. So really. That is what I am trying to do. I will go into the details about Brazil and my actual trip in another post. It was full of revelation for me, every day there were new truths presented to me. Some I loved to hear and have needed to hear my whole entire life. Others were more diffucult to digest. Or accept I guess. For example, I learned so much about God's love for me. how when everything else is stripped away I am still his child, and resting and relishing in that, every day, is exactly where He wants me. I didn't like to learn about some of the priorities in my life that I put way to much energy into with little to no return. No one like to admit their own faults and failures, and although God was so good to me in showing His love and grace in my life, he was faithful to show me where I am "falling short" and changes I need to make. I am going to try and think less and do more. I am going to pray more and facebook less. I am going to pour more quality minutes into my family than a large quantity of time that I am kinda sorta unavailable. I am going to make time for me, because I learned, so clearly, that being the best me I can is the only way for me to be the best wife and mom. I left for Brazil really looking forward to the break from my everyday life, and I sort of felt guilty about that. Even to write it out here it still feels weird to "say out loud". But I learned there that that's okay, for me. I need what I need, and instead of trying to smother the idea, I am going to embrace it.
I missed my kids and husband and comforts of everyday life terribly. I missed my big comfy bed and shower and all the fixins. It was good for me, to see what I really missed and what I did not. If you ever are curious to know what is important in your life, go away for 9 days and see where your head is at while you are away. I missed time for me, the most though. I needed to just go through life and think and be with my thoughts for longer than a toddlers naptime. It was a beautiful time in my life, and I will forever be grateful to my husband and mom and dad for making it possible for me to go. I know the kids were well taken care of, and once I got to Brazil I just allowed myself to enjoy. Knowing I had left and what was done was done, I was able to be totally present, mentally, spritually, and emotionally for the week and that is the greatest gift I have ever, ever been given.
So thank you guys so much. I love you and loved hearing all the stories and fun things the kids did while I was away. I came home to a spotless house. What a treat! Mom, I came home to a happy and well fed husband- thanks for taking care of my man. And Tula and Mav, though you won't understand for a long, long time, thank you. Your resilience and adaptabilty made it easier for me to leave you guys. Two of the most confident little kids I know. The fact that you guys are angels enough to let me feel okay leaving you gives me more peace than you could understand. And my prayer is that it was not in vain, that I will be able to repay you a million times more in love and truth and knowledge that I gained while away.
There are many stories I hope to one day share with you guys about my trip. God used the fact that I was a Mommy every day to help me relate to people there. I had a heart for the Brazilian Mamas, sometimes more than for the children, truth be told. But the most important lesson that I learned while away is who I am, and who you are, when all else is not there. When no one is looking. If, God forbid, it was all taken away. I am a child of God, and that is where my identity begins and ends. Everything else is secondary, even being a Mommy to you two precious babes. My prayer for you, in your life, is that you will always remember, in all decisions and whenever you are contemplating life, that YOU are a child of GOD. That you will honor that relationship first, above all else, and know that everything will fall into place accordingly after that. For now, I don't really know what that looks like, but I am going to try my best to live a life of walking it out and setting an example for you guys. Remember that still, small voice I wrote about before Brazil. Yeah, it's that. But guess what? The more you listen to it and live in obedience, the louder and more consuming it becomes. In fact, there is nothing still or small about it at all when you are fully submitted. Read this and know it is my prayer for your life. For your children and your children's children.
You are my world, Tula and Mav John. Mama is so glad to be home in into your loving arms. The giggles and snuggles and all the good things about being a Mama I missed like crazy and I am so glad to be back. A new Mommy, with a new love to share.
More on Brazil later.....it's gonna take me awhile to get caught up here. To all my readers who are so patiently waiting to hear about it, thank you. I promise I will update this week, ASAP!
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