Thoughts, Ideas and Ramblings...

I need a waterproof laptop, I pretty much come up with everything I want to say in the shower. :-) I am sure it is because those are my moments of peace and quiet and thats when I can let my mind wander.... The real trick is remember what I was thinking about once I am out and life is going 100mph again.  So here, I shall  try do my best.

First of all, I realize I am long over due for an update on Johnny's shoulder.  We appreciate all the prayers for fast healing because let me tell you, he is back to 100% normal rough and tumble little boy.  You would never ever guess that he had a broken shoulder merely a month ago.  We are so thankful that God watched over us and healed him, and protected him!!!! So incredibly thankful.

So growing up my parents would always share these cute little stories about their "BK Days" (Before Kids) and it accrued to me that Peter and I now have our own BK Days.  OK yes I am a little slow on the uptake somedays ;)  We had a great life before Johnny,  went on a lot of fun date nights, took weekend trips... but looking back it seems so empty, and well a little boring ;)  I don't think I could have ever guessed in a 100 years all the joy and wonderful things having a child will bring to our life.  Don't get my wrong, we had a great first four years of marriage as a couple and I think it was very important we had that time together, just us before we became parents.  I am so excited with this new chapter of our lives together, being parents and raising two wonderful boys that God has blessed us with! Cant wait to see Johnny with his little brother...

Oh sure, we have our hard days were we crawl into bed exhausted, I am pretty sure both of us has physically aged about ten years in the past 18 months... I wouldn't trade it for the world... Every day I try to find one highlight of day, something that made time stand still and everything else fade.  I think its important to do this because, well if you are a parent, you know how exhausting, physically, and emotionally draining it can be rearing these little humans into the people we want them to become.  Here is a list of some of my moments I have taken in these past few weeks-

• Johnny running to the door and squealing "Daddy!" when Peter walks in the door.
• Kisses for milk at night
• Finding 50+ picture of Johnny on my phone
• Standing in the door way, listing to Peter do all the different voices to the characters in whatever book they are reading that night
• Peter has this way he can tickle Johnny and just gets this biggest belly laugh out of him- I simply ADORE this. 
• Having a special lunch date, just me and Johnny.
• Johnny walking down the hallway butt-naked with Peter socks pulled on up to his thighs.
• Giving me kisses every time he wanted a sip of my water.
• When Johnny says "Uh-oh" (Yes it usually means a mess for me to clean up, but I love hearing his little uh-oh's)
• The giggles and splashes I hear coming from the bathroom at bath time
• Praying with Johnny every night before bed.