tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69427418945144094992024-03-05T01:44:35.009-05:00Living Life in a World of BoysNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.comBlogger488125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-3191966383062139172014-11-06T20:15:00.000-05:002014-11-06T20:15:06.385-05:00Back to the grind....Life happens....in the blink of an eye, my life became engrossed in laundry, play dates, soccer practice, AWANA sections and more laundry....and things that were dear to me.....fell to the wayside.
I didn't mean to abandon my blog....or my Bible...or a slew of other things, but it happened. So here I am intentionally trying.....trying to focus on things that are important to me...that fill me upNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-5072089420941654982014-04-30T14:59:00.001-04:002014-04-30T14:59:30.343-04:00I'm afraidI'm afraid.
I'm afraid. And rather than hide the fear, I am confronting it.
I'm not afraid about God not being good. I am afraid that what He deems as good, won't "feel" good.
I'm afraid of the storm. The unknown, the unsettled and the unexpected. I'm afraid of more dreams dashed, more hopes left forgotten, and more unknowing. It's a control issue. Can you tell how screwed up my control issue Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-2729884823674128632014-04-04T15:58:00.000-04:002014-04-04T15:58:04.926-04:00Good bye 2!
Tonight I say good bye to the terrifically, terrible, twos for my second child. The days seem forever long and tedious, yet I feel as if I blink and another year escapes my grasp.
How is it that tomorrow marks three years of this precious life? This ever moving, sweet speaking, snuggle up beside me little boy. His strawberry gold hair across his face while he sleeps reminds me of sweet Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-23508424378047366582014-02-21T14:59:00.001-05:002014-02-21T14:59:14.763-05:00Full Court PressToday is tough. Blow after blow. The mallet of the enemy is heavy and each blow burns.
I cried. Body shaking, tear dripping cries. The first time in a long time. I cried, and then asked why.
Why now, why again, really? Another attack? Is this testing or trial?
All He gave me was silence. But I'm not scared of the silence anymore. I'm not scared that God won't answer, or won't show up.
I am madNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-17616413686767885562013-12-31T14:53:00.000-05:002013-12-31T14:53:13.999-05:00ChangesNew Years Eve....we're 365 days done with 2013! In a few hours I'll go get dressed up, drop kids off with in laws, go to dinner with friends and ring in 2014 with my man. And with all the folks on social media shouting blessings and happiness over the upcoming year, I can help but think back to the year we just completed. What was learned? Was time lost? Did I utilize my gifts and resources? Did Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-47970197865916873322013-12-02T23:06:00.001-05:002013-12-02T23:11:15.378-05:00Thanksgiving 2013
Hope this Thanksgiving was filled with joy.....thankfulness....and gratitude.....for the good moments in life, like the smiles and giggles, and the hard moments in life like the pain and the tears. Cause each struggle makes the smiles so much sweeter and each giggle makes the pain of life more tolerable, knowing that joy is just around the corner.
In my world of potty Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-25724543745909201622013-11-21T20:54:00.000-05:002013-11-21T20:54:01.295-05:00Family Photos....Take 1
I LOVE pictures! I take a ton, want a ton taken of us, (especially my boys), and love looking through them over the years. So when we schedule family photos.....it causes me stress. I want them perfect, I want my hair right, the boys to coordinate, the littles to be smile, the big to grin and I want that perfect, Pinterest worthy shot.....so when we pulled up onto the site where we were going toNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-49760171434984915802013-11-21T20:28:00.001-05:002013-11-21T20:57:10.135-05:00Some things that make me :)
I'm learning to slow down and process moments.
Not just run through my day and check things off a list.
But to sit a little longer, hug a little tighter, and smile at the moments the boys give me.
They grow up a lot faster than I realize and while my days sometimes seem endlessly long.....the years are flying by way to quickly.
Brothers playing in the hallway
Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-70775289005353163772013-11-12T14:27:00.002-05:002013-11-21T20:30:58.153-05:00Potty with the MiddleWhen we potty trained MJD I was in Costa Rica for 2 weeks. With my parents, husband and a maid full time for assistance......I also didn't have to worry about schedules, pick up, drop off, homework, crawling babe, etc.....
Yesterday I decided, enough was enough and it was time to potty train our middle one. Ugh, what was I thinking?!?!? About 15 minutes into the decision, just after I had spokenNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-25130036708379319712013-11-04T15:08:00.004-05:002013-11-04T15:08:33.909-05:00Blasting off into ONE!
It is crazy to believe that we have seen our last 1st birthday party in this family?!??! How is it possible that our littest has finally turned one??????
CRAZY!
So for Lincoln's birthday we had a Rocket Theme party :) I loved it. This time around it was so low key, super easy, and just fun. Kinda like Lincoln, super low key, easy and fun!
We kept the guest list simple and Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-66303873066566380552013-11-04T14:17:00.001-05:002013-11-04T14:17:46.397-05:00Just past midnightThe clock just creeped past midnight and we are officially on Nov 2, 2013.....your first birthday! Crazy how a year has come and gone since the day you were born. Lincoln, I wish there were words this side of heaven to express how much I love you! Happy Birthday Little One!!!! Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-9785867170219505672013-10-12T22:33:00.001-04:002013-10-12T22:33:31.281-04:00Happy, Happy, HappyOur computer died at the beginning of the year. Our wonderful MacBook which we have had since MJD was tiny with everything I had was on it, every photo, project, file, song, movie of the boys, you get the point! Money was tight when it happened so we didn't bother replacing it. Money is still right but not as suffocating as before, and while it will take a couple months to pay it off, Tim Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-58997405213514474832013-09-18T12:56:00.001-04:002013-09-18T12:56:01.839-04:00HeavinessThe past couple weeks of my world have been swamped with a million things on my to do list, demanding children, needy family members, a busy work schedule for my husband, and endless responsibility....so as I climbed into bed the other night ready to curl into a ball to sleep, with this aching desire to just cry, I found myself just feeling as if life was heavy. My heart burdened for loved Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-3014529361243445812013-09-05T23:10:00.001-04:002013-09-05T23:10:38.202-04:00Kindergarten here we come!My big guy went from a bundle of baby into a bouncy 5 year old in the blink of an eye! And down in the south we start school super early....must be because by the end of May the heat index is astronomical already! So a couple weeks ago we made lunch, ironed uniforms, filled out tons of papers and off to kindergarten we went! Big guy totally loves it! I felt like a wreck but held it Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-64025436171662467462013-08-20T06:59:00.001-04:002013-08-20T06:59:54.933-04:00Blog Apathy and AbsenceI've been silent.....strange in my world. Not that things haven't been happening in our lives over the last few months....quite the contrary. In fact so much has been happening that I kinda felt the need to simply enjoy the moments with my loves and save the online stories for another day.
God has been moving....in small whispers as well as loud shouts in my heart and in my world. And with eachNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-56366654688791319352013-05-26T16:27:00.001-04:002013-05-26T16:27:44.590-04:00Teach an old dog new tricksMy dad isn't a "baby" person....,he is quite out of his element with them...hence why capturing this photo was AWESOME!!Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-14863197666799166442013-05-18T14:46:00.001-04:002013-05-18T14:46:31.574-04:00Kindergarten Round UpI struggle with how quickly the childhood stage is passing with my big little. I feel like I just have birth to MJD and then somehow this week we had to go register for kindergarten an do a tour of the school! I will say that I was quite impressed with the way the school ran the event, the gift bags for the kiddos, teachers, all of it. And my standards are typically unattainable by most.&Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-42059309328639003272013-05-18T14:42:00.001-04:002013-05-18T14:42:43.932-04:00Cool DudeWe went shopping for VPK graduation clothes....and this is what my "cool dude" picked out! Also needed to rock his sunglasses and hat all day!!! Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-37347406741753308322013-05-18T14:41:00.001-04:002013-05-18T14:41:08.381-04:006 Month Moose Oi! Hard that half a year has passed by already with our littlest!!!! CRAZY! He is the sweetest little who talks to himself, giggles at the bigs, loves to nurse, not so much a snuggle bug, average sleeper, amazing napper and all around perfect fit for our crazy crew! His 6 mo stats were: 19.6# and 29"He isn't sitting up or moving enough so Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-79945250409173068722013-05-18T14:26:00.001-04:002013-05-18T14:26:59.538-04:00Mother's Day 2013Holidays like Mother's Day get hyped up with images of all the fun mom should be having and all the relaxing and special treatment. Maybe I am a grump....but there was a lot of "prep" work on my part for me to be able to have a goo day :) LOL! Tim did try very hard to make the day special. We went to church, lunch at Selmons, shopping in Brandon and then busted both grandmothers. Busy day but Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-22714194348704825202013-05-06T21:31:00.001-04:002013-05-06T21:31:42.987-04:00My first lastYesterday we said good bye to our baby swing....it served us well....all our babies slept so peacefully in it. Had it not been for the fact that my little moose was too heavy for it (and literally made the motor stop because he was too heavy!) we would still be using it....my moose is getting bigger and soon we will be parting with more baby stuff! Bittersweet :)Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-21685083417172840672013-04-28T19:48:00.001-04:002013-04-28T19:48:53.994-04:00Last CT&J....My big little just finished his last Clap, Tap and Jingle....after three years of once weekly music class, he is all done....mixed emotions as we exit this stage and move into the next! Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-81555779541738079712013-04-04T21:15:00.002-04:002013-04-04T21:15:57.391-04:0043 StitchesI just took off the dressing to a wound on my face.....I don't know what hurt more...the wound or the sight of the wound.
I wanted to cry, but I can't my eye is too swollen and the stitches too tight. The best I could get was a text to my girlie about crawling into a hole.
My husband stood by me, wanting desperately to help, or to support me, or comfort me, I'm not quite sure exactly. I wantedNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-22370837126411913562013-03-21T17:44:00.001-04:002013-03-21T17:44:27.543-04:00My four month dudeAt four months my tiniest dude is a whopping 17.4 pounds and 26" long!!! Not really very little I guess....we are in a pretty solid 9 month clothing situation and working really hard on being able to roll over that big ole belly 😜
Lincoln loves to squeal at the top of his lungs, flirts when he feeds which totally makes a mess everywhere and he thinks it is hysterical! Not so much, dude!
He isNataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942741894514409499.post-15184546171085486392013-03-12T09:20:00.001-04:002013-03-12T09:20:14.858-04:00Wendy's VisitA sweet friend of ours who had move to Duluth a few years back made her way back to the sunshine state for a quick visit! It was super fun to see her again and we all had such a great time over the weekend! Nataliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933234438703788684noreply@blogger.com0