Wordless Wednesday...I'm ready.

Where I wish we were right now...

Photo taken by Paul on our last Disney vacation.

TTFN,

Hurry up...and wait!

As parents we find ourselves rushing the milestones.

Somehow our kids are smarter, or better, or we're the

best mom if our kids reach certain points younger than other

babies. It occured to me that all we're doing is

wishing their childhood away.

And it make me think.

How many times do you find yourself saying:

Hurry up and sit up!!

Wait-how'd you get so big?

Hurry up and crawl!!

Wait-stop getting into everything!

Hurry up and walk!!

Wait-slow down, Mommy can't keep up!

Hurry up and talk!!

Wait-can't I have JUST A MOMENT'S PEACE?

Hurry up and go to school!!

Wait-I really miss you when you're not here with me!!

Hurry up and grow up!!

Wait-where did my sweet baby go??

I looked at my kids today and wondered

that last question. Where are my babies??

They are just too big. Slow down and enjoy

your babies today-even in the stressful moments!

They'll be gone before you know it!

TTFN,

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me Monday!

Free therapy brought to you courtesy of

MckMama.

Hop on over to see what she and all the other

moms have not been doing this week.

I did not get weighed and measured at Curves

last Thursday. I was not just a little disappointed

that I have only lost one pound. I was not, however,

comforted by the fact that I've lost a total of 3.5in!

And I will not admit that after the frist 2 weeks I had lost 3.5

pounds but have since put them back on. Nope, not me!

It was totally not me and hubby who left some

~ahem~

bedroom paraphernalia

in our upstairs room where the kids go to play

video games. We are totally responsible with our

stuff and never leave it where it can be found by

the kids. It was not where we left it when we rushed

to move it, however, it was shoved under the chair.

We are not fairly certain that Ashton must have found

it and just hid it. It was not quite embarrassing.

It is not my Noah who frequently 'checks' everyone

for poo-poo. He does not grab the waistband of your

pants, yank them toward the floor, and hollar,

"Do you have poo-poo, Mommy?"

(Or Daddy, or Ashna, or Ninny, etc. None of us is safe.)

That's all I got this week...Hope you had a great Monday!

TTFN,

To answer your questions

I thought I would answer the questions and comment

on the comments about my lovely hair pics!

That post was originally going to be titled;

'The head shots I DIDN'T send to the modeling agency!'

But I've never sent any pics to a modeling agency, so

it didn't really fit. It was just silly.

First, I don't have nearly as much hair as it looks like

I do. But I certainly do have BIG hair. In fact, in

school I was 'The Big Hair Girl.'

As in, 'You know Jennifer-the big hair girl!'

'Oh, yeah! That one!'

Yep. That's me.

Anyway, Kelli, no this wasn't after some formal where

I had my hair done up. {Thank God-I would've stayed

home with that 'do!}

Here's the low down:

I had a HORRIBLE headache {I get those sometimes} and

I was laying on the couch with Paul playing with my hair.

Inspiration struck and I had him go get a brush. Then I laid

face down on the couch and had him brush my hair

backward-as in from my neck to the top of my head-in

long strokes. It felt WONDERFUL.

This went on for at least 20 minutes.

Then I picked my head up.

I thought Paul was going to fall off the couch laughing. He ran

to get a mirror and the camera and I decided, what the heck,

and posed {rather goofily, of course!}

I couldn't believe how well my hair stayed straight up! It

was SOOO funny. There are also pictures of me sitting

up wiping my eyes because we were laughing so hard

we were crying.

There is also a pic of Jake {the dog you can somewhat

see by my feet in the pics} getting excited by all the commotion

-in his own way- and doing that thing that dogs do.

To my backside no less.

This just added to the hilarity.

And for Julie and Kimber-this pic was taken about 9 years

ago. Thanks for the compliments! If you can't tell the

difference between then and now, either I need a big make

over, or I'm doing something right!! :)

BTW, Erica, I loved your makeover!!

And thanks to Konnie's hubby, Isaac who called

me a Barney character. Love you, too, Isaac. ;)

See, Konnie, I told you I'd post them!

I mean, if I can't laugh at me, who can?? {Don't answer that!}

TTFN,

Wordless Wednesday...if you could use a laugh...

Holy cow.

TTFN,

Sunday's song.

Have a favorite worship song-new or old-that
you'd like to share? Have a story to go along with
why it's so special to you? Tell me what song
moves you and why-leave me a comment or, if you
want to blog about it,a link to your blog!

Just because I LOVE Third Day!!

Love Song

I've heard it said

that a man would climb a mountain

Just to be with the one he loves.

How many times

has he broken that promise

It has never been done.

I've never climbed the highest mountain,

But I walked the hill of Calvary.

[Chorus]Just to be with you, I will do anything

There's no price I would not pay no

Just to be with you, I would give everything

I would give my life away.

I've heard it said that a man would swim the ocean

Just to be with the one he loves

All of those dreams are an empty motion.

It can never be done.

I've never swam the deepest ocean,

But I walked upon the raging sea.

[Repeat Chorus]Just to be with you, I will do anything

There's no price I would not pay no

Just to be with you, I would give everything

I would give my life away.

[Bridge]I know that you don't understand

the fullness of My love.

How I died upon the cross for your sins.

And I know that you don't realize

how much that I give you

But I promise, I would do it all again.

Just to be with you, I've done everything

There's no price I did not pay no

Just to be with you, I gave everything

Yes, I gave my life away. Just to be with you.

Wanna listen?

Listening to this song I can just imagine Jesus

singing it to me.

Hope you had a blessed Sunday.

TTFN,

Home again, home again, jiggity-jig

We're back!

And we have a van!!

And I'm EXHAUSTED!!

And Paul's sick!!!

I drove approximately 700 miles.

ONE WAY.

Thank GOD we flew over there!!!

I'll post more later-with the few pics

I actually took.

Kimber-I am so sorry I didn't get back to you.

I would have loved to meet you.

We actually had to stop last night and

stay in a hotel cause we were both too tired.

We stayed in Baton Rouge-

but the timing wouldn't have worked out.

:(

Maybe another time!!! Soon, I hope.

Gotta go finish supper now.

Homemade chicken parmesan. Yum.

TTFN,