Magic Moments

At some point in time cute babies turn into spunky little boys and it seems as if "real" parenting has to kick in. So, somewhere in the last almost 4 years Tom and I realized that we have to parent with intentions. We realized we have to be purposeful in what we do and what we don't do. We must have woken up one day and discovered that life wasn't about baby wearing and potty learning anymore. We were on to bigger and better things. We were onto things that were even more important than catching a ball, printing our name, or coloring in the lines. We even needed to move onto things more important than knowing the stories of the Bible front and back. We wanted Aiden's heart to belong to God. And as much as we wanted Aiden's heart to belong to God, Satan was going to try his darnedest to make sure that Aiden's heart was no where in God's camp. So, we had to come up with a plan. We didn't want to just float through hoping our menial efforts he...

Sage. My happy little baby who would love to keep up with his older brother and who looks like his Daddy and his Uncle Jim. He turned four months this week and it seems like he's been in our lives forever. I just love this age. As precious as newborns are, once babies turn 3 months I like them a little better. I know them well, their gas problems are usually gone, they are predictable, more stable, and interactive. The doctor said today she thought Sage was very social. Yes, he is. He loves to make eyes at anyone who will give him the time of day. He normally has quite a bit to say too. The doctor also thought he was very strong. I totally agree. I think Sage is driven by desire to keep up with Aiden. I find Sage all over his bed... he is such a wiggle worm and I think we have another ball of energy on our hands. At four months his sleep has regressed....and I have a few theories as to why, but I have no idea what to do about it so Sage and I hang out every three hours ar...

Today has been a total wash. It's a day where I find it laughable that God thought I could (or rather He could through me ) raise two little boys. It's a day where it seems that even the power of God isn't big enough to tame these wild beasts that live in my house. Go ahead and laugh at my day....I know I'm not the only one with days that go something like this: -Sage's middle name is "no nap." An overtired baby is always so. much. fun. Please sense my sarcasm. -I took the boys to the post office today and Aiden took a tumble on the sidewalk. He got a scraped up knee. It might as well have been an all out life threatening battle wound the way he carried on. Since I'm an unprepared mother I did not have a band aide with me. No worries though because we were headed to Walmart anyway so I figured we could doctor him up as soon as we got there. Which I did (and came home with 3 boxes of band aides to add to our collection). On the way inside the s...

It's been a whole winter since I've seen these cute toes.... and these cute toes had never been in the sand before this! These two were reunited with Summer... and this one met Summer for the very first time. Happiness isn't a word big enough to describe how these two felt about being free to play on the beach on a day that hinted at Summer time.... and this one is about to learn all the magic that our Cabins hold in the good ole' Summer time. Summer, although we weren't expecting you quite this early, it's good to see you again! (P.S. This is the Fort built by two certain little boys that took a certain Mama quite awhile to put away. Good thing they had fun!)

Sage Jorgen 3 Months Aiden Thomas 3 Months The photographer humored me and was patient enough to try and replicate Aiden's 3 months photo for Sage. While I won't have all their pictures taken the same way, I thought it would be fun to do the 3 months photo the same to capture their babyhood and to have a comparison picture. I do think there is family resemblance....they are brothers, after all. But I feel like I notice differences before I notice any similarities. Aiden's head is different... he has a very prominent forehead while Sage has a really round little face. Sage has more hair than Aiden and Sage's skin has pink undertones and he has blue eyes. Aiden's skin has yellow undertones and he has my brown eyes. Aiden definitely takes after my side of the family while I have my suspicions that Sage might just be Tom's mini me. What do you think? No matter who they look like, they are both just so darn cute.

This last week has been a blur. We somehow stayed healthy all winter and when the temperature hit 70 (almost 80!) degrees the boys all got sick. By the grace of God I seem to be the last man (woman) standing. Since I've been nursing everyone back to health I count this as a pretty big blessing. Goodness knows that mothers do not get sick days. Anyway, no one got that sick, but the littlest had a fever (which makes mama so sad) and tons and tons of snot. The fever is gone, but the congestion, although much better, is lingering. In between bouts of the colds, we have managed to enjoy the nice weather. We opened up the porch for the season and I even put the furniture on the deck. Since I've done all that I'm just sure it's going to snow again. Inside play on a sick day. I was informed that this was Aiden's rowboat. Since Aiden has learned to ride a trike, Daddy started in on teaching Aiden to ride a bike. I kinda think this is going to be a next year thing....