Where does the time go?

If you have kids the phrase "they grow up so fast" is repeated approximately 3,582 times in the first year of their little lives.  And honestly I get it ~ they do grow up fast and as I get older time does seem to speed up, but let's face it folks there are 24 hours in every day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute.  EVERY DAY..... So with that being said, time is flying!!!  My baby boy is 8 months old today!!! His personality is changing all of the time.  He has become a little emotional ~ if he is playing on the floor and you walk by without picking him up or give him a new toy he has a total melt down.  I admit I have snickered a time or TEN!  He gets so worked up when he isn't center of attention (oh Lord help us!) He tries to crawl, but is just not getting it.  He prefers to roll to where ever he needs to go :-)  I was so happy that I finally had a baby that was a good eater and loved his bottle (unlike his sister) but he seems to be following in her footsteps as now that he eats off of a spoon, he is quickly loosing interest in the bottle.  (Great for weaning, not so great for keeping him on formula until the age of 1) He is talking up a storm, babbling away and is starting to match sounds with items - he knows that baabaa is his bottle and momma/dadda.  He has also realized that clapping your hands produces a sound and is fascinated with such.  A friend of mine has a blog you can find it here and she would give her kids birth story on their birthdays.  I thought about doing that today, but I will wait till T2 is one.  I am going to steal the idea (hope she is okay with it) because all to often we might forget the little details of that glorious day when our kiddos come into this world and those are memories that I don't want to forget.  But for the time being, happy 8 months to the little boy that has completed our family.  God knew the perfect timing for him to join us and we could not be happier.  He has brought so much joy into our lives and for that we could not be more grateful.
Here is a picture of our baby boy at 9 days old thanks to my friend Christy at ChristyBPhotography!

Nici

Wordless Wednesday ~ My loves

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A little on the lighter side

Well while the title would indicate this is gonna be another post about weight loss it is soooo far from that.  So far in my blogging life, my post have been deep.  So today I am going to try my hand at posting a picture.  This past weekend, we went to Columbia for a conference for Missouri Fairs and Festivals.  Attending the conference every year is Leroy Van Dyke.  He is a famous (and I will use that lightly - because unless you are a huge fan of OLD country music or are an auctioneer you probably have never heard of him) Missourian.  He is a singer/songwriter and auctioneer.  Anyway, my father in law is a HUGE fan of him.  Enough that he performed at the Cass County Fair several years ago and well lets just say it wasn't a very young crowd. (hehee)  So my in laws insist that each one of my kids have their pictures with him..... I can't find the digital image of T1. Her first Fairs & Festivals event she was 4 months old. But here is our T2 ~ he is 7 months old!

So not to leave T1 out since it is not her fault I can't find her picture with Leroy Van Dyke, here she is with the other "Tyne".  Tyne Morgan was the Missouri State Fair Queen in 2006 - she attended the Fairs and Festivals Conference in 2007 and we had the opportunity to have the two Tyne's photographed together. 

T1 obviously has taken better pictures (but in her defense we found out the next day she had her very first ear infection).  However Tyne Morgan is as beautiful as ever.  Miss Tyne was a friend of my brothers that he met thru FFA (I might add FFA creates many life long friendships-encourage your kids to get involved in it in high school!).  When we found out we were having a girl and knew that our baby's name would have the initials TCW I instantly thought of Miss Tyne.  We couldn't have picked a better name.  It is so fitting for our T1 and I can only hope that she grows up to be just as spectacular as her counterpart she was named after!!  I might add that I am friends with Miss Tyne on Facebook and she just got a once in a lifetime job ~ so check her out as the anchor on AgDay (its a National TV show)

Now that it appears I have successfully uploaded and posted pictures ~ I promise to share more of the kiddos and be a little more light hearted on occasion!

Happy Friday!
Nici

Not doing this alone

I did read thru my post from just the other day before I published it ~ however after reading it again and stewing on it for most of the evening I felt a little disheartened with what I wrote.  This blog is for me - it is for me to record my feelings to get me thru this little journey called life.  It's for me to figure out how to post some pictures of my kiddos as I watch them grow up so fast right in front of my eyes.  I have never been a journal keeper or never had a diary under lock and key ~ But as I get older I don't want to forget certain things. 
I just felt my post gave off a persona of some self help that I can do this on my own.  And that is so far from the fact.  I find my self praying (rambling) to God more now than probably ever.  Several years ago when we were going thru some struggles with adding to our family I found a verse that helped me get thru some of those days that were sooooo hard.  And while each day brings trials and tribulations big and small this verse seems to fit me ~

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.  Proverbs 3:5,6

When we wanted a baby so bad and everyone around seemed to be getting pregnant I read this verse probably 40 times a day.  I had to realize that God didn't intend for me to always understand his reasoning but I had to learn to trust that I had very little control over this situation. (And if you know anything about me, I am kinda a little controlish, a little OCD and very much a leader.)  God did know what was perfect for our family and it was to bring our little Truman into our lives.  We were so easily and quickly blessed with Tyne (on the schedule I had planned) and yet Truman came on God's schedule and it couldn't have been more perfect. 

Probably about a year ago we did a bible study at church during Sunday School on different religions and their beliefs.  We did touch on these self help books and finding all your answers thru inner peace.  And while I feel that I can find strength inside to make it thru small tasks or to finish the last 30 seconds of a run or to avoid a cupcake temptation, most of my weaknesses I leave in prayer.  I KNOW that I can not even come close to battling life's challenges with out my Lord and Savior ~ I am not a "good" pray-er. But I am an avid one, I sometimes wonder if I give God a good chuckle sometimes with my ramblings.  As I am sure some of you six or seven that read this will get a chuckle or two of my crazy ramblings.
Remember to Pray often,
Nici