my day

what a wonderful mothers day weekend! i was surely spoiled with love from my two boys! jake started the weekend out by giving me "mothers day card #1 from him" that was good for a day of shopping! then we went to have yummy thai food. if that wasn't spoiled enough, he gave me card #2 sunday, which was from brogyn, with the cutest poem written: "i know you've been yearnin' for some curbin' so on this mothers' day, that's what you're deservin"! if you didn't get that, he has scheduled for our front yard to have curbing laid in 3 weeks! so it has been fun looking for & coming up with fun ideas. but to tell the truth, having brogie is the best gift i could ever ask for (how cliched & cheesy is that?!) he is, after all, the reason i even got to celebrate. being his mother is an absolute blessing & i am grateful everyday he has chosen me to teach him & guide him through life. he is, as i have mentioned, the funniest little guy! i just laugh all day with him & just wonder, are other babies this funny? not a chance! (that's the mommy in me!) but it was a wonderful day spent with my favorite boys & our wonderful mothers. now to get working on fathers' day!

haha! i could not resist buying him that fedora!

twinners!

being a big help on the dock!

4 Months

oh jeez, 4 months already?! time is flying at a rapid rate and it's stressing me out! brogie turned 4 months old on april 26th. the little rascal. he is so much FUN. i love every second with him. he rolled over from his tummy to his back the sunday after easter now we are just working on his back to his tummy...he is getting close! he is also spotting things he wants, grabs them & they go immediately to his mouth. he tried rice cereal on may 6th & didn't quite know what to think of it. we tried it again last night & he liked it a bit more. he now thinks he's a pro and tries to hold the spoon himself. he is always on the go, meaning he squeals until whoever is holding him stands & walks with him so he can check things out. he is so smiley & giggles at the most random things. he loves his daddy, especially grabbing his beard. he is now reaching for people to hold him, it's adorable when he is reaching for you, not so much when he doesn't & would rather stay in the arms of the person already holding him. not gonna lie, makes me pretty sad when he does that! he is wonderful & a true blessing in our lives. i have learned to much in our short 4 months together. i feel as though i am a different person...for the better.

in other news, spring is here! meaning, i never see my hubby. he is working so hard 7 days a week & still making time for brogie and i. they will start hay on the 15...blah. can't believe it's this time of year again. i remember starting hay last year and being so worried i was going to be too sick to cover scale house since i was newly pregnant. hard to believe that it was a year ago that i was about 7 weeks pregnant!

oh & how could i have forgotten? the most exciting news! i am finally going back to school this fall! i am so happy. i was enrolled the semester after we were married, but we quickly moved to raft river so we decided i'd take a break so we could focus more on jake's career. my time has finally arrived! i met with a counselor a couple weeks ago & we discovered that between my ISU credits, my test out credits & my CSI credits i am 11 classes from completion! i am meeting with my early childhood education advisor tomorrow to get my schedule worked out. i know it's going to be difficult especially having an 8 month old by the time a start but i am so ready to finally get this process i started 8 (wow) years ago done!!