Katie's Crawling...

I just had to add this new milestone for our little Katie. She started crawling over the weekend. She turned seven months on Saturday. Once she figured it out, she was gone. She has been crawling all over the house and trying to keep up with brothers!

Where has the Summer Gone????

Does anyone else feel like summer flew by?
Did I even blink once during summer?
We have been so busy this summer. I think that the busyness will only increase as the children get older. I have got a ton of pictures that I need to upload to the site. I promise I will before the month's end.
Luke and Tanner are now officially two! We celebrated their birthdays on Aug 8 at Kids Kingdom Park in Hendersonville with family. It was a wonderful time and they enjoyed their "Cars" themed birthday. I promise pictures to the site are in the near future.
Katie is now approaching seven months (8/23). Can you believe it?
Mace and I will be celebrating 11, thats right I said 11, years of marriage on the 30th of the month!!! It seems like only yesterday we begun our lives together. So much has happened in 11 years! WHEW!!! It blows my mind to think about where all we have been, what we have gotten accomplished and we have just begun. I am excited to see what the next 11 years holds for us and our family.
Logan has also started Preschool. He goes two days a week and is loving it. I have pictures of this event too which I promise to upload to the site. He did so well and really gets excited about going which is a huge comfort to me since he has only been with me since he was born. I have been the teacher and the mom and basically everything to him so I really think that him gaining some independence and becoming "de-mommified" is very important before he starts school in the fall. I do a preschool curriculum with my daycare so I know that he is prepared educationally for school but I just needed to make sure that he has mature and developed socially the way he needs to for school. Sometimes being a parent is so hard. We are always wanting the best, trying to give the best, and make the best decisions for our children. I will admit is a difficult job to make sure that you as a parent are always focused on what the "best" is for our your children! Despite the stress and the challenges, I love being a MOM and would not change my role.
Mace has started his new VA job and is currently going through orientation. So far so good!
We have also changed the layout and design of our "future addition" so we are back to the square one with that as we are having to start all over again with new drawings and new designs so we are now going to be further behind in the process. We are hoping to get started within the next several months but it will just depend on how fast we can get the new plans, how fast we can get the estimates, how long the bank process takes, and how many bumps we come across in the road. So I guess that about sums up our last couple of weeks. I promise to upload some new pictures soon! Hope everyone is doing good and enjoying the end of summer and the beginning of school!!!

L.I.F.E and Rambling

So much has been going on with our little (well not really little) family. Our weeks have been jammed pack with activities, outings, events, and normal happenings. Over the last several weeks we have finalized house plans, received estimates for our house plans (in case you are wondering we are adding on two bedrooms and a den to our current house as we dont have enough space to accommodate our "big" family), had V.B.S, celebrated my birthday (7/25), getting ready to celebrate Mace's birthday (8/4), planning Luke and Tanner's second birthday (8/9), Mace is preparing to switch jobs (he will be starting with the Veteran Affairs Federal Office in downtown Nashville on 8/14), getting Logan ready to start Preschool on 8/12, working as a POTATO officer (parents of twins and triplets organization), running my daycare, and all of our normal activities. Life just kinda takes over sometimes. I have been working really hard on simplifying things in our household. I have cleaned out closets, toyboxes, cabinets, drawers, and every other place you can think of getting rid of the "junk" we have collected. It really is amazing how much you collect. I have been spoken to by the Holy Spirit to let go of the complicated and let the simple take over. This is very hard for me. I tend to make things more complicated because of all my schedules and organization of things. I thought that if I cleaned things out and got rid of things then there would not be so much to organize and maintain therefore that should equal simple..right????? Well, this is what I am hoping to accomplish. I have also become a frugal freak, in a good way. I have started researching all kinds of ways to save money. I am loving the research that I am finding. I have come across a great grocery saving program called..the grocery game. Check it out online. I save tons of money each week at the store. I have also began to research healthy frugal meals for dinners and finding a wealth of information on that as well. I think that with the way things are going we are all eventually going to have to find ways to save money. Frugal does not have to be a bad thing. It actually can be quite fun when you are researching ways to find money. I love going to the grocery store just to see how much money I can save, how cheap I can make meals, and how many coupons I can gather. It is fun to me...ok that is crazy I know...clipping coupons fun...I know you are thinking man she really does not have a life but it does not take that long and it is sooooo worth it and the proof is on my receipt each week!
I guess the biggest time consumer this month has been working on the details of our house add-on and remodel. I never realized how much time this would take. I thought we would just give the guys our ideas and they would way their magic wands and be done...let's just say this was a fantasy! We were suppose to start on the project in September but I am not sure when in September would be realistic at this point because we have had some stumbling blocks along the way. So just pray for us and that the decisions on the house will be the right ones and that Mace and I do what is best for our family. Also, remember Mace is your prayers as he begins a new journey in his career. Have a great weekend and I will try to be more on top of my website!!!!

Katie is 6 months

Katie is growing so fast. It seems like she was just born but she has quickly approached six months. She can now sit up by herself for about two to four minutes. She is also starting to push herself to all fours and rock. I think crawling is in her NEAR future! She also has become a drool bucket...literally! Tonight was Katie's first taste of "real" baby food. She did quite well with her sweet potatoes. I have decided to make homemade baby food for her like I did with the twins. I really enjoyed making it and it is a healthier alternative. There has been alot going with our little princess this month. I took her to the doctor last week and she weighed 18 pounds! I guess her new name will be little chunky princess! (just kidding by the way)