Slow Down

It is amazing to me how quickly our children grow right before our eyes.

My little trio one year ago today

Our little trio celebrating the 4th of July

Just another reminder to not take a minute for granted when raising our kiddos. This precious time, while they are still babies, when we have the most influence on them, the ability to shower them with love and prepare them for the world ahead of them, is so limited. They are growing up so quickly. (yes,  I am having a hard time with knowing my baby  biggest boy will be in big kid school in just a few weeks. I hope his statements of "mommy, I never want to leave you. I will live at your house forever" are true.) Oh Lord, help me to saver every blessed day with these 3.

Cutie Patootie

And this,my friends, is where the term cutie patootie came from......

Gosh that little baby tush is so cute!!!!

(I realize there have not been any pictures or stories of the boys lately....they are in Oklahoma for one last hurray before school starts! Is anyone else having a hard time with realizing our MADD man will be starting kindergarten. I may or may not have stood in the school supply isle at Target with tears in my eye as I gathered supplies for our eldest child)

When the Boys are Away...

The girls will play......princess dress up!

We spent the morning with our cousin Mollie and she LOVED having a girl to play princess with!! Mollie is usually playing super hero or cowboy with our boys, so it was certainly fun for her to play with Harper! Mollie adores our Harper girl and she is always so sweet to her. I can see many more moments like this in our future!!!

Movie Time

One day last week we spontaneously took the kiddos to the movie theater to watch Monsters University. While with 3 little ones, popcorn, drinks, a diaper bag, milk and snacks for Harper can make a trip into the dark movie theater seem a little chaotic at first, it was certainly an enjoyable time for all of us. The show time was right during Harper's nap time; therefore, I spent a good portion of the movie standing in the entry way holding her while watching the movie! It was such a fun time and they boys had a blast. I'm hoping we can do this again soon!!

Unfortunately we only took one picture. Here is Harper at her first movie. The boys were beside Brad munchin down on some popcorn and m&ms. 

My Helper

The other day while loading in the car, I buckled Harper in and was getting in my seat as the boys were getting in their seats. I asked Maddox to please hand Harper her pacifier that she dropped out of her carseat before he got seated. When I turned around to make sure everyone was settled in, this is what I saw:

I guess he was making sure she wouldn't need anything else during the ride. Ha. Bless her heart, she just peeked over the top of the clutter and whispered with her eyes "ssssaaaaavvvvveeee mmmmeeee" Ha. There were 3 pacifiers, a baby doll, Bella (he lovie) and her sippy cup all piled up on her lap. 

Thanks Madd for your help!!!

Thank You Aunt Kim and Uncle Austin

Oh our sweet Aunt Kim, we love you so so much! She called to see if she and Austin could watch Paxton for a few days so he could have some time to play alone!! Paxton LOVES to play alone, and aunt Kim always has a soft spot in her heart to provide him that break!! She and Austin took him to see Dispicable Me2 and he is soaking up all of his alone time! He keeps telling Kim "oh I just love to play by myself" ha. Thank you Kim and Austin for so selflessly loving our kiddos!!!

Karate Kid

Maddox, our little Karate Kid, tested for his yellow belt on Monday. He did great! He is now an official yellow belt and he is one excited little boy! He will now get to learn a new combo and he is super excited about that (I think he was getting a little bored because he wasn't being as challenged...he was ready to move up!)

Great job Maddox!! Keep working hard!