Friday

It's Friday night at 9:30 and I'm finally home.... my day started this morning at 6:00 am when my first alarm went off. After work I headed to a great MOPS regional meeting.

Amazing things happen when you get that many Mothers of Preschoolers in one room. The coffee shop actually had to kick us out! There's so much to learn from each other.

If you are a mother of a preschooler and are not part of a MOPS group... seek one out...it will be well worth your while.

Shonna

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I Love Being A Mom!

There used to be a song... I don't remember who sang it, but it was "I love being a girl" maybe it was from a musical, however, I love being a mom. Every day it's something new that Jayden learns... whether it's a new word or how to give "5" or how things around the house work. It's amazing! Yesterday as I drove him home after I picked him up, I quizzed him on how many words he knew... we went through the basics... ma-ma, da-da, nigh-nigh, and onto please, all done, I see, Papa, his "Lucy" is a little hard to understand, but we know what he means.

Does he drive me crazy??? Absolutely, like when he screams at me the entire time I'm making dinner because he thinks he needs to be held at the same time? Or when he determines to get into the dog's water or drink it? Or yet another shoe makes the flight down to the bottom of the stairs. But at the end of the day, I can remember, it's just a phase and to stop and enjoy every moment. Because I'm beginning to see how quickly they grow up.

Here is a picture of Jayden at 6 months. Isn't he the most handsome baby of all?!

Where have we been?

Sorry we have not written for some time. If you have not found us on Facebook yet, look for both of us as we keep that more current than the blog.

Summer is coming and we are looking forward to taking Jayden out with us.

Back to Work :(

Today is my first day back to work in six weeks and it's horrible! Not that my job is horrible, it's ok, but leaving my baby was horrible. For a time I know that this is just life, we need to pay the bills, therefore I need to go back to work. However, it doesn't change the fact that I cried all the way to work. We are so blessed to have a great daycare only 5 blocks from our house.
She told me I could call if I needed to, however, I think it would be worse if I did. I'm told it gets easier after a time, but I'm not sure that I want it to get easier. My dream job would be an at home mom. And hold the presses... I would home school. We'll be there by the time Jayden starts school, in fact our goal is 2 years. By the time Jayden turns 2 I want to be home full time.
But for now, I work and miss my baby every minute.

I'm so bad... I've been home for almost a month now and I haven't updated anything yet. We
made it home successful after 3 days of travel from Abilene with a newborn. I love being at home, for the time being anyway. I will be going back to work on November 10.
Having Jayden is such a joy! I look at him and I just know that he was hand chosen by God for our family. People say he even looks like Mike.
Next month is National Adoption Month and I am so excited about adoption. Yes, it's a scary process, but I wouldn't change a thing. He is so worth it. If you are at all interested in adopting, please check out this website...adoptgodskids.org. It's the site for God's Children Adoption Agency.

God has given the church the task of caring for the widows and the orphans. I once heard there are over 120,000 orphans in the US alone, that's not including around the globe.

And, now I must cut this short, I hear Jayden.
Blessings