Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Pray
After I finished the last post, I visited one of the blogs which I am ADDICTED to and read every night, when I read the title a wave of nausea came over me and my heart sunk. Steven Curtis Chapman (Christian musician) and his wife lost one of their daughters in a tragic accident. She was 5 years old and her brother accidentally ran over her as he was leaving the driveway of their home. I feel absolutely sick right now. Many of you know, Brent and I are going to adopt from China and they were some of the inspiration behind that. PLEASE pray for this family...pray for strength and understanding for them right now. My mind nor my heart can comprehend this tragedy- all I can do is offer my thoughts and prayers. Please remember this family. Thank you!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Two minutes of fun
So here is a little two minute video showing how wonderfully fun my house is with these two precious boys. I could not catch any video of Brennon "talking" but I got a good bit of his sweet laugh and little Cayden in the background having a ball.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Saturday morning at the Shorters
Here is a little video of a Saturday morning conversation with Cayden. Sorry it is so dark but we did not have the lights on yet but you can hear his sweet little voice. He was up bright and early this morning while little Brennon slept in. I thought it would be fun for those of you who have not been around him to see how much fun he is. I will get one of Brennon up very soon. Paige, I thought you would enjoy seeing some video of them.
And now, here is a picture of our bed once everyone is up. There is nothing I love more in the world than my house, my bed on Saturday mornings...it is my favorite time. We do not let Tito (the dog) sleep with us but he did get to come snuggle a little...the boys LOVE him. They think he is so funny-especially Brennon, every time Tito walks by Brennon just starts dying out laughing.
And now, here is a picture of our bed once everyone is up. There is nothing I love more in the world than my house, my bed on Saturday mornings...it is my favorite time. We do not let Tito (the dog) sleep with us but he did get to come snuggle a little...the boys LOVE him. They think he is so funny-especially Brennon, every time Tito walks by Brennon just starts dying out laughing.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
I have become HER
OK, since many of you only look at my blog to see pictures of my precious babies..which I can not blame you a bit-I did the two previous posts with pictures but this one will be strictly me "talking" so you can skip on over..ha ha!
Well, it is official..I have become "that girl" the girl I thought I would never become..the one who can not talk about anything but her kids, the one who shares sleep, poop, eating stories with her friends who truly could not care less. I have become the girl who loves Baby Einstein, who dances around like an idiot to music with my kids, who can not get home quick enough to steal an extra kiss, the one who swells up with pride every time one of my babies learns something new, the one who loves to watch my children's faces when they discover something new, the one who ADORES big slobbery kisses from my boys, the one who will do anything to see those sweet smiles and hear those adorable laughs, the one who wakes up smiling-with only an hour of sleep because my ears have never heard a sweeter sound than my children cooing in the mornings, the one who gets so excited when we add a new fruit/vegetable into our menu, the one who used to tell all my mommy friends that they really needed to take time for themselves and is now eating those words because my greatest time is spent being as a mommy, all the other stuff just does not seem to matter, the one who tries to "go green" more and be more conscience of our environment because this is the only planet my children have to live on, the one who realizes how quickly time passes-ENJOY-this is all we get, no second chance at this life, the one who is a shameless fool all in the name of her children, the one who falls more hopelessly in love with her husband every time she watches him with their children, the one who does not take one second with them for granted and who never stops saying thank you to the GREAT ALMIGHTY for allowing me to raise these two sweet miracles, the one who lays these two angels down at night and wants to hold on to them for the rest of their lives but now knows that loving them this much means raising them to be kind, independent, loving men who will one day depart from me and daddy and leave their beautiful, one of a kind mark on this world-and because I love them more than the air I breathe, part of my heart will be missing but will know I am doing the best thing for them by letting them go and that has become my FIRST priority in all that I do and say.....well, I have become her..I have become MOMMY...and may I say, there is not a sweeter, more pleasing, more joy filled job than being mommy to Brennon and Cayden. There is nothing on this earth I would rather be. This is no doubt what I was intended and created to be....THAT GIRL!!!!! Thank you for listening! In the middle of typing this, I sat here watching my boys and just cried! Enjoy life..live it to the fullest!
Love you,
Angie
Well, it is official..I have become "that girl" the girl I thought I would never become..the one who can not talk about anything but her kids, the one who shares sleep, poop, eating stories with her friends who truly could not care less. I have become the girl who loves Baby Einstein, who dances around like an idiot to music with my kids, who can not get home quick enough to steal an extra kiss, the one who swells up with pride every time one of my babies learns something new, the one who loves to watch my children's faces when they discover something new, the one who ADORES big slobbery kisses from my boys, the one who will do anything to see those sweet smiles and hear those adorable laughs, the one who wakes up smiling-with only an hour of sleep because my ears have never heard a sweeter sound than my children cooing in the mornings, the one who gets so excited when we add a new fruit/vegetable into our menu, the one who used to tell all my mommy friends that they really needed to take time for themselves and is now eating those words because my greatest time is spent being as a mommy, all the other stuff just does not seem to matter, the one who tries to "go green" more and be more conscience of our environment because this is the only planet my children have to live on, the one who realizes how quickly time passes-ENJOY-this is all we get, no second chance at this life, the one who is a shameless fool all in the name of her children, the one who falls more hopelessly in love with her husband every time she watches him with their children, the one who does not take one second with them for granted and who never stops saying thank you to the GREAT ALMIGHTY for allowing me to raise these two sweet miracles, the one who lays these two angels down at night and wants to hold on to them for the rest of their lives but now knows that loving them this much means raising them to be kind, independent, loving men who will one day depart from me and daddy and leave their beautiful, one of a kind mark on this world-and because I love them more than the air I breathe, part of my heart will be missing but will know I am doing the best thing for them by letting them go and that has become my FIRST priority in all that I do and say.....well, I have become her..I have become MOMMY...and may I say, there is not a sweeter, more pleasing, more joy filled job than being mommy to Brennon and Cayden. There is nothing on this earth I would rather be. This is no doubt what I was intended and created to be....THAT GIRL!!!!! Thank you for listening! In the middle of typing this, I sat here watching my boys and just cried! Enjoy life..live it to the fullest!
Love you,
Angie
Bath Buddies
Here are some pictures of my little cuties in their bathrobes!
I tried my best to get the actual picture but of course, I could not. When I was dressing Cayden, as you can see, I had them in the same bed and when they were laying there, they reached out and were holding hands. So I stop immediately and go get the camera and of course I did not catch it but you can get the idea here. It was so sweet...I love the way they look for each other and always get so happy to see each other. I know that will change soon, so I am enjoying it and documenting it.
I tried my best to get the actual picture but of course, I could not. When I was dressing Cayden, as you can see, I had them in the same bed and when they were laying there, they reached out and were holding hands. So I stop immediately and go get the camera and of course I did not catch it but you can get the idea here. It was so sweet...I love the way they look for each other and always get so happy to see each other. I know that will change soon, so I am enjoying it and documenting it.
Cayden's sleep cycle
I have a cute little story to share with you. First, do not freak out, I do not let my child sleep like this all night. So, Cayden is a bit difficult some nights.....he is so afraid he is going to miss something so he fights sleep...but it appears that if he puts the blanket over his face it drowns everything out (well, most nights-some nights, nothing works)...see.....
how cute is that? It does not matter how many times we would go in there and take the blankie off, he would find a way to put it right back like it was...so we have given up and let him leave it there until he falls asleep....so the blankie over the head leads to this...
and this...........
and a sweet picture of Brennon just because
how cute is that? It does not matter how many times we would go in there and take the blankie off, he would find a way to put it right back like it was...so we have given up and let him leave it there until he falls asleep....so the blankie over the head leads to this...
and this...........
and a sweet picture of Brennon just because
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