moving along...

This past year has been kind of a fog. I'm not quite sure where time went, it passed by so quickly. It's now almost June and it doesn't really seem possible that 6 months of this year are gone already. The boys are getting so big. Ian is 6 and Aevan is 5 but it still feels like they are babies to me. I really never thought time would fly by so quickly, it kind of makes me sad. I wanted to get pregnant again this year. John and I have both decided that if it is going to happen, now is the time. I just turned 40 and never thought that I'd be thinking about having a baby at this age but if I get myself in a position where I'm healthy enough to do so, I will. For the 1st time in a long time I will have health insurance again once John get's through his 90 days of probation at the post office. Having Hailey here with us has made me miss the joys of seeing 1st smiles, 1st steps, 1st kisses... all of those 1st moments are so precious. She really is a joy and Ian and Aevan love when she comes. Of coarse we feel blessed to have the boys but we have always wanted a larger family. Ian and Aevan have both said they want us to have a baby which makes the thought of it even more special. I know they would be wonderful big brothers. Whether or not it happens is in God's hands but I'm hopeful and just the thought of it brings a smile :)

forget about it...

It's May and I can't hardly believe how quickly time is flying this year. I mean every year just seems to come and go in a blink of an eye lately. Before we had kids I never noticed, things seemed to go slower. Now that Ian and Aevan are 5 and 6 years old, I really wish I could slow things down just a little and enjoy it more. We spend so much time on our devices, we don't enjoy the company of our families the way that we used to. Phone's, tablet's, laptop's... all wonderful but we often forget to put them down and when we do, we realize that a whole day has passed us by without spending time with our kids or spouses. What good is that? Life isn't lived behind the screen of these electronic demons. PUT THEM DOWN! Go outside, enjoy the fresh air, chase those butterflies, dance in the rain, splash in the puddle's, let them be little and enjoy the time you have with them. When it's gone you can never ever get it back.