No excuses!

I promised to keep this up for the girls and family and I have failed miserably! It been months since the last post. Let's see I missed our Disney trip, girls finishing school, Sonny Rae's birth, school starting again. But starting today this is going to change. When I sit back and think of all the funny, silly things that keeps me going. I wanna remember them always! Like how Hynlee still refuses to wear clothing. Two steps in the door and off they come. I'm picking my battles. She doesn't like them. She doesn't complain in public so for now I'm good! And how Callee can't seem to walk anywhere. She is tumbling everywhere. And yes it drives me insane at times but she loves it. Or how Grace loves playing little mommy. She helps me more than I give her credit. Everyday she's there helping out with Lil' Sonny Rae or Eli. And there are even crazy moments with Derick and I. Like for instance this morning I'm walking through the living room and out of no where the recliner pops out and trips me. So you see if I don't write this stuff...(type it)I will forget. And I never wanna forget a moment in this wild, crazy,hectic, beautifully blessed life I call mine:)

A weekend away

I have wanted to blog about this since...well since we were there. But like always it's been crazy around here the past few weeks. A couple Fridays ago Derick came home and I could tell he was up to something. He had planned a night a way for the two of us. This was HUGE. We had never taken a trip just the two of us since the girls were born, and Hynlee had never spent the night away from me. I was so nervous but so excited. Derick and I really needed this time away for some just us time. The girls stayed with their Granny and Paw-Paw for the night. Of course they had a ball and Hynlee never cried.
Derick took me to Chattanooga to this beautiful, OLD bed and breakfast type place. It was 100% us...more me, but still us! Everything was old, antique and had a shabby feel. I loved everything about the place....especially the claw-foot tub:) So when we get there and check in and walk around. We decided it was time for dinner. We would go out for the night and have a nice quiet dinner just us. Well you could tell we didn't exactly know what to do with all the us time without the girls. We rode around town trying to decide what we wanted. And where did we end up?? SUBWAY! Out of all the places we could have went! But it was perfect. We took it back to our room and HUGE bed. And pigged out and enjoyed adult TV. No Disney channel for one night. I couldn't have asked for a better night away. It was awesome. My wonderful husband even called ahead and had me flowers waiting for our arrival. I can't wait until we have another us trip. Maybe next time a little longer;)

And the season begins

It's that time of year again. Softball! I was so exicited to get started again...well at first I was. But this year has gotten off to a rough start.Where do I even start with my list of complaints?? Grace had to move up a league. This means the girls are no longer on the same team. So no longer just two practices a week. Now it's two per team twice a week and Grace is now required to be in the batting cage a hour a week. So thats atleast five trips to the park a week. Not to mention their practices are not at the same park sometimes. I feel as if I'm having to choose one over the other. I hate that feeling! Then there is Grace's size. She is the smallest on this league. Not just her team the entire league! And the other girls have teased her about this. And that is so hard for me. I'm not use to anyone saying anything negative torwards the girls since their home with me all day. I know to a certain extent this is good for her. She has to learn to deal with certain currmistances without me there to help. But there has already been a couple instances where I wanna run out on the field grap my baby and never go back. And I think what makes it so hard is she doesn't feel the same about it this year. Not sure if the league change, not having her Daddy for the first time, or the fact that they use a pitching machine that unnerves her, but one or maybe all has her a little scared. Last night at practice she came to the fence with tears in her eyes all because all the other girls were paired up and she was left alone. It took all I had not to say, "ok let's go!" I'm trying to stay positive. Grace has always loved ball. That's her thing..but maybe just maybe it had more to do with her Daddy helping than just ball than she wants to admit! Derick really wanted to move up and help coach Grace. But Callee begged him to stay with her. How could he say no? Then there is Callee Bug. She is doing good. A little better at staying out of the dirt than last year but I don't feel like she wants to play. I think she only does it cause it's what Grace has always done. Most of the time she just stands there and watches it go right past her. But after all that being said, I'm looking forward to what this season holds! It's gonna be an adventure just keeping Hynlee occupied for two different games each trip.

You've got mail

The girls picked out mailboxes this weekend at target. I figured they would use them for Valentines but they want REAL mail! It's their new obsession. They check them 100 times a day it seems. Their Aunt Ann or Dolly as they call her brought them mail the first day just to put in there for them. How sweet! It totally made their day. So tonight I took out my adorable stationary and left them both a little note for in the morning. It's nothing big to us...but to them it will be everything. It truly is the little things that count the most!

Happy Birthday Hynlee:)

Today is my lil Hynlee's 2nd birthday! WOW!! She is growing up way too fast! God has blessed me way more than I deserve to be able to call these WONDERFUL little girls mine! And he gave me an extra special blessing the day Hynlee was born. My pregnancy had more trouble with her than the other girls but with the exception of very early contractions and blood pressure problems and of course EXTREME morning sickness. I was blessed to have another healthy pregnancy! It wasn't until the end, when I was in labor and delivered my new baby girl did we realize she had a True Knot. I wasn't exactly sure what this meant but could tell from Amanda's and my mid-wife's face they were shocked! Everyone continued to call her a miracle baby. One of the nurses sat us down and talked it over with us. We asked questions but everyone just said,"Things could have turned out a lot differently!" It wasn't until the next day when my other mid-wife came in to check on us that I truly realized what a EXTRA SPECIAL BLESSING we received! She had tears in her eyes as she explained and stressed the fact that she was indeed a miracle girl. If you research true knots, they only happen in 1% of pregnancies! And your risk for miscarriage or stillbirth goes up to 5 or 10% compared to if you had no knot. So you see lil Hynlee came two weeks early. I can only see God's amazing grace in this! Had she went on and continued to grow she could have only became more cramped, pulling the knot tighter, possibly ending her life before we got the chance to meet her. I am forever grateful!!

My Love

Too many times I get caught up with everyday struggles to tell the people closest to me just how much they mean to me. Well I'm going to try my best and change that starting with my AMAZING husband. He is everything I ever dreamed of in a husband and more!! As I was online today I ran across this quote and it sums it up perfect!

"Sometimes I think my husband is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be."
Angelina Jolie

Sonny Raelyn

We have a new baby on the way.....YES this time it's not me!! Kasey is having her first this year, a little girl. She is naming her Sonny after the BEST grandfather in the world! We can't wait to hold, and spoil our newest addition:)