Drama Princess

Since Drama Queen is reserved for me in our house, we will refer to our first born as the Drama Princess. I rarely let you all know what little Miss Brenna is up to these days and Drama Princess kind of sums it up. Brenna will be 2 1/2 in September and is beginning to be completely over dramatic over everything, I think these are the terrible 2 and a halves. Other than being overly dramatic we have one smart cookie on our hands. Brenna knows the names and locations of almost all of her body parts, she can tell you what almost any color is (as long as it isn't one of those weird colors like aquamarine) and she knows her basic shapes (triangle, square and circle). She can also repeat anything you say, so you better keep the conversation clean when she's around.

Brenna's favorites right now:

Food: ice cream w/ Daddy

Person: Daddy or her brother Jacob (he loves her soooo much)

Thing to do: Watch "toons" while Daddy takes a shower, go swimming, or play at the park (aka our swing set in the back yard)

Question: "Where Daddy go?" or "Daddy where are you?"

Hairstyle: side ponytail

Animal: Futterfly (butterfly)

Color: Pink

Toy: Nemo ( a enormous trout shaped pillow that guess who bought her at Cabela's on our recent vacation) he sleeps in bed with her.

For the most part Brenna is truly a joy, but she does have her "princess" moments. We love her so much, we can't wait to see what kind of little lady she grows up to be. Well that should get you up to date with the happenings of the Drama Princess.

Coco Key

We left on Wednesday for a short little family vacation to Omaha. We stayed at the Embassy Suites in La Vista (they have some enormous 2 room suites great for the little ones to play in). On Thursday afternoon we headed to Coco Key Water Resort, what a fun time. I am not sure who enjoyed it more Jake or Brenna. Brenna loved being in the water, her favorite was the lazy river, she enjoyed floating around with her life jacket on. Morgan and I both thought she would like the slide in the little kids area, but she didn't even want to try it (lately she has had an aversion to any type of slide, not sure what this is about). Jacob loved sitting in the little kids pool and jumping a splashing around. He did get quite tired out though. We had a great time spending quality time with Daddy.

Break on Through

Guess whose first teeth broke through his gums this week????? I give you one guess.... okay so of course it was Jacob. We noticed in the last couple of weeks he was getting big bumps on his lower gums, but figured it would probably be awhile before anything actually erupted. Then on Monday at his 6 month (he was actually 6 1/2 months) his doctor suspected that they would be coming in soon, and needless to say they broke through in the last few days.

Speaking of Jacob's doctors appointment he now weighs 17 1/2 lbs and is 28 1/4 inches long. 55% for his weight and 96% for his height.

6 Months

Jake is 6 months old today! Do you notice anything different about this picture??? He no longer needs his Bumbo seat to help him sit up, he can do it all by himself. What else is this handsome 6 month old up to lately you ask, well:


He rolls all over the place still, no crawling yet.


He loves to eat solid foods; cereal, fruits and veggies and Gerber puffs. He also kind of likes cheerios.


His new favorite toy is his Jumperoo.


He loves to laugh at his big sister.


Jake still hates to take naps, especially in his crib, but continues to sleep through the night most nights.

We are truly blessed by our children!

Two of a Kind

Just look at these two beautiful faces, if you can't tell the top one is Brenna when she was a baby and the bottom one is Jacob. Would you believe that two kids could look so much alike.

It's Raining, its Pouring, the Old Man is Snoring!

It's a rainy day here and I am praising God, as the wife of a farmer the weather really matters even if it ruins our plans for the day. I actually woke up this morning before the kids which was nice to not be woken up for a change. Jacob slept in til 6:30 and Brenna slept til 7:30. After rushing around to get the kids breakfast so we could head into to town for a walk, we got in the car and it started to rain. Now I don't mind walking in the rain, we have a fabulous double stroller with a great sun shade on it to really protect the kids from the elements, but it began to thunder and lightning on our way so we turned around. So now we are stuck inside for the morning and everyone is getting a little antsy to get out.
Jacob is beginning to get his jumperoo figured out, this makes me so happy because Brenna had many fun times in it as a baby, so I am super excited that Jacob might actually like it. Brenna is running around getting into everything she can in the basement. I brought her trike down here to let her ride it and she is finding anything and everything else to do but ride. Oh well I am getting some much needed time on the old computer. Hopefully the rain lets up so we can go to swimming lessons this afternoon, but if not it needs to rain all day so maybe we can shut down the wells and leave on a short summer getaway. I will keep praying for the rain. May God Bless Your Day!

"Perfect"

Over the past few weeks as I have talked with friends the same topic seems to be crossing my mind, why do we as Christians always seem to act as if our lives are perfect? It seems to me when I ask any one of my christian friends how their lives are going their answer is always the same, "Good", "Fine," "Wonderful", etc. Why does it seem to be so hard for us to let others know that we have fallen short, that life at our house is not as it seems. I see it all around me, I look at someone else's life and think they have it all together, and I feel that I could never have my life that put together or perfect. Then I begin to wonder what others think of my life, I know that I am guilty of putting on the happy face and not letting others know when I am hurting or struggling. In my opinion this outward appearance of "perfection" in the eyes of others makes it hard for non-Christians to approach us, because they think that they will never be good enough in the eyes of the "perfect" Christians.
I say these words from my own experience, although I have always believed in God and known that Jesus died for my sins and I am quite sure as a child I asked Jesus to be my Savior, it wasn't until about 6 years ago when I got my life back on track. At that time in my life I was a college sophomore just living life or so I thought and then I met my husband. When Morgan entered my life I began to see things differently and we began to attend church together and my life changed, but I remember being that outsider looking in on the "perfect" Christians and wondering if I could ever live up to their expectations of me as a believer. And still today I look at the christian women in my life and wonder if I will ever be able to meet all their expectations and be "perfect" just like them.
In writing these words I pray that we as Christians can be more transparent, that we can show non-Christians that we are not perfect, that we don't have it all together, that it is only by the Cross that we are forgiven. And that God will meet us wherever we are, whether it is the valley or on top of the mountain. Sometimes the most beautiful things are broken and that's where God picks up the pieces and begins his work!