They're Only Little Once

Carter at 6 months
I can't believe how quickly my boys are growing up! Samuel had his first school play the other day and Carter turned 6 months yesterday! A girlfriend of mine has an index card in her kitchen window that says "They're Only Little Once"...a reminder to be patient during those times when they're driving you nuts, but also to take time to enjoy each stage of thier childhood because it only happens once. I've been thinking about that often and trying to spend more time enjoying my boys and less time doing trivial things that don't matter like Facebook, blog surfing, etc. (not to say that I'm not going to continue checking those things! but I'm just trying to monitor my time a bit more carefully and be more intentional with my kids). There's also a song on the radio that's been convicting me lately too called "One Life"...
You only get one shot at this,
One chance, To find out, The one thing that you don't wanna miss,
One day when its all said and done
I hope you see that it was enough,
This one ride, One try, One life, To love.

So...anyhow, I'm trying to make more of an effort this year to love on all my boys more (Brian included), to not let the little things bother me so much, and to use my time more wisely to honor God and my family.

Here's some pics from the last few weeks... Sam's preschool class performing a rescheduled Christmas play (due to bad weather). Sam was the innkeeper (cutest innkeeper ever!) Sam's preschool classmates. The girls were SO cute in their Christmas dresses...good thing I don't have a girl or we'd go broke! Carter sitting in his big boy highchair eating a cracker. He's also moved on to enjoying all the orange veggies (sweet potatoes, squash and carrots) Don't I look like my daddy? Look at me mom! I'm sitting up all by myself! This is how I found Sam sleeping in his bed the other night! Sam reading books to Carter...What a good big brother!

This video shows Carter army scooting across the floor! I really didn't want him to start crawling until MUCH later, but I don't think I'm going to win that battle. :(


This video shows the craziness of having 2 boys! Carter often finds Sam hilarious (for no reason at all) and starts screaming and gets very wild. I think I'm going to have my hands full with 2 very active little boys!