Celebrate Each Day

Every day is a gift from God that deserves to be celebrated. 

All of these pictures show love worth celebrating. 

I pledge to celebrate every new feat: my goofy boy finally learned to wink. 

I pledge to celebrate nights like these

Oh I love celebrating my babies and their adorableness.

I will celebrate his silliness. He gets it from his mama. 

I will celebrate his seriousness...and the fact that he is growing up.

I will cherish and celebrate post work snuggles

I will celebrate team work amongst siblings.

I will celebrate her beauty.

I will celebrate his independence...even if it scares me.

I will celebrate her friendly nature.

I will celebrate crazy eyes and lunch breaks spent with my boy.

I will celebrate new things...first time little bit got to check the mail by herself.

I will celebrate sleepy smiles before school

I will celebrate grizzly bear faces from my favorite boy.

I will celebrate silly faces even when I really wanted a smiley picture.

I will celebrate his grumpy faces.

I will celebrate love and my girl's adoration for hearts.

I will celebrate kisses in the field.

I will celebrate time wtih daddy and cousins.

I will celebrate trampoline fun.

I will celebrate his love for painting.

I will celebrate my sweet, beautiful nephew who is the smallest snuggler I have.

I will celebrate their personalities.

I will celebrate nieces/nephews/children: COUSINS.

I will celebrate more silly faces from this boy...who always sleeps with his sister.

I will celebrate lunch time lovies with my boy.

I will celebrate my two men and the bond they have.

I will celebrate each day of school for her. This is from her 100th day of pre-k. 

I will celebrate bedtime stories read to baby brother by big sister.

I will celebrate special moments with my daughter.

I will celebrate grace.

I will celebrate beauty.

I will celebrate family.

I will celebrate daddy-daughter love.

I will celebrate my green-eyed guy. 

I will celebrate any day that he wears THIS!

I will celebrate trying to teach my girly girl that being a tomboy is fun too. 

I will celebrate life. I will celebrate all that God has given me. I will appreciate it. i will cherish it. I will adore it. 

<3 Heather

Friday Favorites

Attempting to start posting on a regular basis. I need an outlet. I have way too much "important" crap to deal with each day. I need fun. So, for a nerd like me, this IS fun. Wild, huh?

Friday Favorites: A favorite for tonight. Box forts. Gotta love my children and their imaginations.


Ignore their clothes... and lack thereof. HA.

Blogging Catch-Up: End of 2012

A lot has happened since I last blogged. I apologize for the delay in blogging but it sure is hard without a good, working, virus-free computer! UGH.

October 2012 brought on much exhaustion. Cohen and I soaked up the last couple of weeks together during the day before I went back to my old medical assistant job. Luckily, I am able to take Chyenne to school still and I'm off on Thursdays to spend all day with my boy and early afternoons with my girl after school.
Chyenne was Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) for Halloween. Cohen was Iron Man (the super hero squad one--he made sure to announce that to everyone who simply called him "iron man". Lol)
We celebrated Halloween with Chyenne's first school-wide party and dance. She had a blast. Cohen and I did too. We also had a halloween block party with some friends and family and only went trick or treating at the great-grandparents house.

Chyenne also went on her first school field trip to a pumpkin patch & Yogi Bear park. Daddy and Cohen accompanied her as I had to work. :( Sad day for mommy but my babies had a blast.

November brought more fun. Chyenne got several "outstanding achievement" awards for reading! She came home from school one day and said, "so I thought I was in trouble because I was reading to miss charlise and ms Lura called the principal in there...but really, she just wanted me to read to her!" My sweet girl. She will be placed in a kindergarten reading class in January. Her teacher said to expect Chy to spend more time with the kindergarten class than the pre-k class. Cool. Cohen mastered shooting his BB gun that he received for his 3rd birthday (which reminds me that I need to post that too!). We had a glorious family thanksgiving celebration with both Colt's family and mine. This holiday was especially tough as it was the first big family holiday since Granny passed away in March this year.

December flew by far too fast. My newest nephew was born on 12-12-12. Sweet Korben Warner {insert his last name here} was born weighing 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. He is perfect but he gave us all a scare staying in the NICU for 13-14 hours before being back in my sister's arms. He's great now and I'm such a proud aunt. I now have 3 nephews and 6 nieces. One of the best blessings ever.
Chyenne went to the pediatric neurologist at Scottish Rite for her migraines. She has an MRI scheduled for the first week in January. Praying for good news. Not only do we deal with severe vitamin deficiencies with her, she had been diagnosed with migraines in addition to her usual divaness. She also has fevers very often. Patience ad prayer.

December brought on lots of shopping, working, school work, and fun for us. I threw the kids (Chyenne, Cohen, their cousins and some of their closest friends) a big Christmas Pajama Party. It was SO fun. We baked cookies, made popcorn, made Christmas crafts and Christmas ornaments, danced to Christmas music, decorated faux gingerbread (graham cracker) houses, ate too much candy and too many sweets, drank out weight in hot chocolate, laughed with friends, read Christmas stories, took pictures, acted silly, and enjoyed the magic of Christmas. It was purely beautiful.

Christmas was wonderful. Chyenne and Cohen were completely spoiled, as usual....but not as much as usual. :) We had a great, fairly quiet Christmas. Cohen's favorite gifts were his drum set, nerf guns, wooden blocks, and his monster trucks. Chyenne loved her vanity, her scooter, her doodle bear, and her real "nurse kit". They both fell head over heels in love with their shared gifts: a four wheeler and a puppet theatre.

2012 was a year of joy, sorrow, happiness, pain, laughter, learning, growing, needing, togetherness, separation, tears, grins, smiles, and so much more. I hope 2013 goes by a little bit slower. I need more time to soak in the goodness that is life.

Here's to hoping I can keep the blog up to date!
Pictures are coming as soon as I get my computer fixed! I cannot figure out how to import pictures from my phone or my tablet! UUUGGGGHHHHH!
XOXO!

fun facts Friday: 25 things about me

While browsing other blogs today, I noticed that I never talk about myself. Here goes!

1. I hate surprises. I don't generally filter thoughts and my expressions are usually direct results of emotions. My husband loves to surprise me. I have often disappointed him with my reactions...I'm just a planner I guess.
2. I am terrified of failure.
3. I don't care for TV.
4. I detest being late.
5. I hate crowds. I get anxious in crowds.
6. Repetitive sounds annoy me greatly.
7. I am the youngest of three girls & I am most definitely the most independent.
8. earthquakes terrify me.
9. I'm outspoken but hate confrontation.
10. I love sports & I have a very competitive nature.
11. I love family game nights.
12. I believe the worst thing someone can be is a bad parent.
13. I dislike public speaking whether it be a speech, reading aloud, praying etc. I stumble over my words.
14. I don't like talking on the phone. I'm a texter, for sure.
15. I constantly correct spoken grammar.
16. I love watching children interact.
17. I love to read. I actually read shampoo bottles every time I wash my hair.
18. I'm a counter. When running or something, I count my steps.
19. I adore fall.
20. My favorite colors are grey, blue, and green.
21. I love dates, even if it's a simple movie and popcorn st home.
22. I believe that everything happens for a reason.
23. I second guess myself, a lot.
24, I hate shopping unless it's for my kids.
25. I am generally optimistic about others but pessimistic about myself.

Whew! Now you know a little more about me.