Catch Up!

I know, I know.....I have been neglecting the blog lately! But today the boys and I have enjoyed a day at home. We have stayed in our jammies and watched lots of Mickey Mouse, done some laundry, and just spent some sweet time together. Speaking of laundry...isn't baby laundry just the sweetest thing? That may sound crazy but it makes me smile. I love the way it smells and folding all those tiny pieces just reminds me that it doesn't last long. I hate doing our laundry but there is something sweet about folding burp cloths and onesies. I guess because it will soon change to poop stained undies and socks covered in mud. 

Collin is doing great! He is spends the majority of his days eating and sleeping, what else do you do at two months old? Last night he went 6 hours before waking up for another feeding. Praise God! It was wonderful to get six straight hours of sleep. Hopefully we are getting closer and closer to sleeping through the night. ( I guess to some people that is sleeping through the night but for me I need 8 hours). He has also started smiling the last two weeks. When I catch one of his precious grins it melts my heart. It is one of those sweet reminders in the midst of a crazy day of why it is all worth it. He is growing like a weed. He is quickly moving out of his 3 month clothes and into his 6 month clothes. I have already had to pack up a tub of clothes he has outgrown. He is our chunky monkey!!! At seven weeks he weighed 12 pounds 3 ounces. That means he gained 5 pounds in 7 weeks. His Mommy's milk must be like gold. ;) 

(Collin on his 2 month birthday!)

Carter is full of energy and trying to test my limits every time he has the chance. He has been giving all kinds of grief over potty training for the past couple of weeks. I feel like I'm going crazy. He will poop in his undies and then go outside, take them off, and through them over the fence, or in the tree, or on the roof. Yes I said on the roof! When I picked him up from Mother's Day Out last week his teachers informed me that Carter had thrown his shoes on the two story church building and the janitor had to come with a latter to retrieve them. They weren't at all bothered by this, instead they were convinced that they were teaching a future professional baseball player. I will admit he has a great arm on him.  But I am tired of cleaning up poop, and having the neighbors return all the toys they find in the alley, and worrying at all of our friends houses if he is going to chunk all there toys over the fence. I have to admit it is quite funny! I don't know why he enjoys this so much, but he does. The backyard is starting to look bear as the roof begins to fill up with toys. He throws everything up there. When the roofers came to give an estimate they threw it all back down but it has all made its way back up there again.

( I took this picture out of the window from the second story....lets see what we have here? A pair of shoes, tongs, golf clubs, bottle of bubbles, toy cars and a cup. Yep, thats my son!)

Chris is hanging in there. He is taking two classes in summer session 2. He leaves at 7:15am and I don't see him again until about 10:00pm Bless his heart, his plate is overflowing. I think we are both so ready for him to be done with school. But we know there is an end, so we are just holding tight and hanging in there. I can't wait to be in our new house, have my hubby home for dinner, and feel like our normal family again. I think I will appreciate "that normalcy" more  than I ever could before.

And Me: Well I'm doing lots of laundry, soaking up every memory with my quickly growing baby, making special Mommy time with Carter (he tends to feel a little left out), and trying to make myself get up early in the morning to spend time with the Lord. I have really felt convicted about that lately. Soooo......New Rule! No Blogging, No Facebooking, No emailing, until I have spent some time with the Lord each day. It is essential for me as  a woman, a wife, and a mother. Without that quiet time with me and the Lord, I am frustrated, overwhelmed, and in a bad mood all day. That doesn't do anyone any good.  Now that I have put that out for the world to know, you can hold me accountable. If you see me facebooking early in the morning, feel free to ask if I have spent time with Lord yet! I'm serious, I am not good with self-discipline so I am insisting on the help of others.

So today (after having some quiet time) I had lots of Internet business to take care of. I had several emails to return, pictures to upload, and some research I had been meaning to do. I spent some time researching about Collin's ABS. I wanted to find some things out for myself about hand surgeries, Dr.'s, and so forth. I feel more informed and equipped now which is a good feeling. 

The other thing I had been meaning to do some research on was vaccinations. I know, I know, I know......... its a controversial topic! I was raised getting all my vaccines, my mom worked where they administered theses vaccines, and Carter has had all his vaccines so far. So why now am I second guessing? I am responsible for every decision I make for my children. And I don't want to make any decision with blinders on. I want to be informed about every decision I make for them. So I had to ask myself......Do you know what they are getting? Do you know what the risks are? Do you know what the risks are of not getting them? Do you know what these do to their bodies? Do you know where these vaccines come from? Have you prayed about this?And the answer to all of these is NO! So I decided that I would become informed about what I am going to put into my children's bodies. I am not against vaccinations. I don't know that much about them at this point. I have just decided to become informed. So I did some research today and I plan to talk to my pediatrician about it some more as well. But most importantly Chris and I have decided to really pray about this and ask the Lord to show us what is right for our children and our family. Maybe its going along with the CDC's guidelines. Maybe its just delaying the vaccines until their bodies are stronger, maybe its spacing the vaccines out, maybe its not doing them at all, I don't know my opinion on it yet but I know that I need to be in the "KNOW" about this whole vaccination thing. In the midst of my research I came across something extremely disturbing. I found out today that there are three childhood vaccines that are made from aborted fetus cell tissues. Drop every health issue at the door, this is a moral issue that is obviously being kept in the dark. You can read more about this your self here. You can also google vaccines from aborted fetal cells and find out more. This really rocked my world when I read this and is even more reason why I need to partner my research with prayer.