Tuesday, March 4, 2014

March THREE {on the fourth}

They like to take all the pillows off the couch and build boats or walls or forts or hideouts. It's a rare occasion that they put them all back. At first I contemplated making a rule about not taking cushions off the couch. But...I'd rather them take the cushions off and use their imaginations than keep the living room pristine with them glued to the tv because there's nothing else to do.


They are growing, growing, growing. Fighting and talking and laughing and eating {a lot!} and wrestling and making messes and learning and it's going all so fast and yet so slowly sometimes.


I seriously don't even know how I managed to capture that picture. Nothing short of a miracle, folks.


I am exhausted and full and happy and sometimes yelling and hugging and kissing and tickling and teaching and correcting and loving. I am filled to the brim and yet often completely drained. Motherhood is a complex thing.
Blaise is finally sleeping better {glory hallelujah!}, Noah is reading like a fiend and it thrills my heart every time he reads a book or a word or a sign and Jude is always full of questions {and stories} about life and God and so soft to the gospel despite his challenging behaviour at times {which one of us doesn't have "challenging behaviour" in our own lives?}.

I am just trying to live each moment to the fullest and soak it all in.

Every month I take pictures of my boys on the third {or fourth}. See past months here

9 comments:

  1. Amen to all that sister. and.that.photo. FRAME IT xoxo

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  2. I love this post. Simplest truth. Love it. Love you. Love those boys.

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  3. Awesome photo of the boys. It's a keeper for sure. Did a little happy dance when I read, "Blaise is finally sleeping better {glory hallelujah!}". You guys are always in my thoughts and prayers. Much love. xo

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    1. Ah...miss you guys a lot! Email me your cell (if you have one?) and we can text and figure out a hangout date when weather is warmer.

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  4. i LOVE the first picture, as Jude looks SO hilarious. He is full of life, you can just see it in his eyes. I love these boys, and you!

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    1. Love you too!!! I need to text you a date. Doing it now.

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  5. wow, when did they all get so big? Jude especially, looks so grown up! lovely pics, lovely post! you're such a great mama to those precious boys. miss you!

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  6. I love that the boys love being in pictures AND love being in them together :) you can feel the closeness between them all (regardless of fights and frustrations, that just means they're close enough to do that and make up ;) I also love your resistance to a clean but boring "plugged in" home.

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