My original goal of my blog was to document the life of my family because as I have noticed, it goes far too quickly and memories are sometimes lost in the recesses of my mind. I want to look back and remember the moments of laughter, love, and chaos that surrounds our life on a daily basis. I have baby books that are sitting half filled with memories and I want to make sure that I can keep them filled up!
A lot has happened since January of this year! Our biggest and most recent change has been the birth of our third son. Jackson Daniel made his grand entrance into our family on August 11th 2012. If you didnt quite catch that, we have our third son. My life is filled with boys. For some reason, God has seen fit to allow me to be the mother of boys. I always pictured my life surrounded by daughters and having maybe one son. I wanted to play American Girl dolls, dress up barbies, go shopping, and have nights of girl chatter. But as I am learning, God has created my children especially for me and Joel. We are the perfect parents of these precious little boys. And in the next few years when we decide to expand our family again (what, you shouldn't be surprised! We love chaos and have always wanted a family of at least 4 children!), maybe God will bless us with a precious daughter or even another amazing son.
Nathaniel is my first child and holds a special place in my heart. He allowed me to become a mommy. I had to stumble through each new milestone and we were growing up together. He is now a very precocious and smart toddler. Nathaniel was a little late on the speech and didn't start really talking until January/February of this year. Once, he started, however he hasn't stopped. He is learning new phrases and words on a daily basis and somedays we just laugh at the words he picks up and uses in context properly. He is very coordinated and jumps and runs all around. He recently had a growth spurt and lost pretty much all his baby chub. Seemingly overnight, my little bear has turned into a little boy. From birth, Nathaniel has been very independent. He was never a cuddler or emotional and that has translated into his toddlerhood. He certainly has his moments of love and affection, but they are reserved, much like his daddy. He could play for hours on his train table with cars and trains. He is just now really getting into pretend play and it is adorable. I cannot wait to see how he transforms into a little boy!
Noah has always been a very easy child. He started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks old. He smiled and laughed early. He is a lover and wears his emotions on his sleeve. He is now entering the terrible twos and boy are they terrible! Every moment is filled with screams and chaos if the word "no" is unleashed. Still, Noah is such a sweet boy. His laughter fills the room. He loves to mimic his whole family. Noah can frequently be seen jumping, climbing, and getting into danger situations on a regular basis. He absolutely adores his younger brother and gives enough kisses and hugs throughout the day to satisfy the neediest of children. He has about ten solid words he uses. His receptive speech is very good and he is growing on track. In fact, he is the least picky of eaters and will try anything. He went from the 3rd percentile in weight at his 15 month check up to the 87th percentile at his 18 month visit!
We are loving life in Elk Grove. We have been in our house for over a year and have done some improvements like installing lights and ceiling fans, adding a gas line for our dryer, improving our back yard, etc. We are planning on redecorating the boys room and possibly doing other minor projects around the house. Joel is loving his position as store manager and while it has been challenging he is doing a great job and finding contentment and pleasure in working for the store. Joel and I celebrated 4 years of marriage this past March and couldn't believe how much our lives have changed and how richly we have been blessed. It certainly has been a crazy road. I would never have predicted have three boys in three years, moving across country, etc. But the Lord works in mysterious ways and we are reaping his rich blessings. On that note we finally found a church and are confident this is where God wants us to serve and grow as a family, a couple, and a community.
For now that is one crazy long update, but here are two slideshows to show the difference mere months can have on my children ;)
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