Fun Times!

I haven't written in awhile, but that's not because I don't have anything to write about.. We had a GREAT June! Cal is now walking, and we've been playing outside, swimming in our little pool, going on bike rides (borrowing Aunt Jessica's bike & trailer - we love that!), and walking. Lacey's vocab is just exploding (like in phrases, i.e. yesterday she said to me, "mom, you're a genius!" - how great is that!) And the other day she said, "Mom, I'm going to make all your dreams come true." It's gotta be a movie or something. :) (we have just discovered Blue's Clue's.. hmmm.) Cal has has also become a pretty good little "signer." He now signs "please," "more," and "all done." Now he's not the expert and didn't do it as early as Lace, but he didn't have Rachel the master teacher. :)

Our only two bad experiences (that I can think of..) were #1 the Morton fireworks - really, there are no words to how bad it was. Lacey was a wreck!!! She worked herself up soo bad that literally she was asleep in the back seat of our car (legs on floor head in the seat) by 8pm. She didn't like the loud booms of people setting fireworks off, the sparklers - she wouldn't have any of it! Absolutely terrified. We really felt so bad! Especially because it's not like you can leave - you kind of get jammed in the VFW parking lot. Still, 3 weeks later at least 3 x's daily I hear, "mom, I don't like the fireworks.." I think she's traumatized.. #2 was that Cal chipped a tooth.. Not exactly sure how, but I was in the kitchen and he was in the living room and I heard a "thud," then some loud crying. I came into the room and he was in the coat closet and blood was coming out of his mouth.. (eeks..) I gave him some ice to chew on (safe in a mesh holder), but he's not the type to let me look inside his mouth.. So the next day I got a look and there was a gash on his gums and his bottom, right tooth was chipped! Poor baby! It's a good thing it was a baby tooth!

But, overall, it's been really good. We had our cousins from Florida (my cousin, his wife and two girls - Isabel (2) & Sofia (7mo) here this last week for my (our) grandpa's 80th birthday. We went to Wildlife Prairie Park, the zoo, and capped it off with dinner at my parent's house. It was a really great week!

And tonight, as I finished putting Lacey down for bed (and this has been happening a lot lately), I just get almost overwhelmed at my life.. (in a good way). How much joy and peace fill it. I am overwhelmingly thankful to God for first saving me with His son's death on the cross and second, for my wonderful, beautiful, challenging & rewarding family. He alone provides our every need and I am so thankful to Him. He has allowed me to stay at home with my children, and even if it doesn't last forever, I'm trying not to take a minute of it for granted. I am soo blessed. My prayer and goal is to continually live and love for Him alone.