Living on Coffee and Love

I may have already posted this picture on the blog. BUT, I felt compelled to post and this picture was one of my faves on my phone. I look at this picture and simply cannot believe that my husband and I, made him.Everything good and true and pure in both of us is...him. I have to admit...I was prepared for how much I would love my children. For some reason, I never really thought about them loving me back. Trusting me, wanting me, feeling safe with me. I never thought that simply by picking them up, their booboos would disappear. And, I think that is what makes people itch for and long for more children. I pray (even though I don't pray THAT much...) that my children will always love me. There's NOTHING either of them could ever do to make me love them less. They are just as miraculous as rainbows and clouds to me. As astonishing as morning dew on plants. As refreshing as tulips in the spring. They are perfect. And, I struggled for them,  I still struggle for them. And, I don...

So, there's this park we love in Morrisville. The playground is BANGING. BANGING ya hear me? The ground is spongy. The equipment is safe and clean. There are CLEAN bathrooms in safe walking/yelling distance and...our Parker LOVES it! He is getting so brave at climbing things all by himself..but I guess that's just the 100%boy in him. This time, he even went down a few slides on his tummy. Playing outside makes all of us happy. The weather here in NC has been perfect for all the playing outside and walking we can stand and then some. On this particular day, we had a picnic and it was fabulous. One of my favorite pictures of Jay and Parker is the first one I posted of them looking at each other through the holes on the little bridge. I think this shows how good of a dad my hubs is. And, how much Parker loves always looking for Jay to be there. There are some moments, some points in time, when you just fall in love with someone all over again. And, you don't really see it comi...

So, the goal this year was to take the kids to the pumpkin patch and all that mother of the year type stuff. Well, we didn't get around to it okay? AND the mums and pumpkins looked soOooOOOoo good at Wal-mart that we couldn't turn them down at 2 for 8 dollars! We also bought some pumpkin spice coffee and APPLE CIDER @ the fresh market...AKA my FAVORITE store ever. I mean, even though we don't have a LOT of extra money right now...it is good to buy expensive coffee ..that's splurging to me. It really is. Not a lot has changed..except for the weeks just seem to get more and more wild. Parker is still getting up in the wee wee wee hours of the morning and sneaking sometime into our room. Don't worry, he must make a few trips because he brings his Thomas the Train pillow, his blanket, his tiggie and usually a train or car of some sort. I've thought about locking our bedroom door. And, we've discussed it. BUT we wouldn't be able to hear if something were to h...