bedtime prayer

The other night Gabe was praying and he bowed his little head, clasped his hands and said "Dear God, thank you for me, thank you for my mommy, thank you for my daddy, thank you for Jayce, but most of all thank you for Gabe. Amen!"

Father's Day

We had a fantastic Father's Day! Church, lunch with Jay's family, and their daddy actually gave them their baths and wanted to put them both to bed on Father's Day...that is what makes him a great father! I thought that was pretty sweet! He never reads this so there's no point in going to many details but Jay really is an amazing dad to our boys. I've told him many times that he is one of those dads it just comes so naturally to. It is not something he has to work at, he loves it and it shows! I am so thankful to have him as a husband and even more as father to my children.

Tonight when he was putting Gabe down, Gabe told him "I love my family with all my sweet heart." The boy melts my heart each time he says to me "mommy, I love you with all my sweet heart" but the whole family thing, unprompted... pure sweetness!

"Jonup" and the Whale

Gabe is finally at the point that he likes to sit still through stories, and especially when they are in his Bible. He loves to read from his kids Bible and especially likes to look at the pictures! Last time we were reading about Jonah, or "Jonup" in his words, he said, "Mommy that big fish ate Jonup?" I said yes Gabe and he said "Why, because he was yummy?" in the most adorable way!

Gabe's First Haircut :(

This was Gabe's first REAL haircut... as in more than just a snip here and there by me...Unfortunately these pictures are going backwards in sequence, didn't think about it until I'd already uploaded them all... so look from the bottom up!
I've included morning of and after pictures of these major haircuts for both boys! I wanted you all to be able to appreciate the hair face each morning when they come downstairs! I'm convinced I could handle a girl after working with their do's all this time!

I would have been balling if I had the time to! I was trying to manage both boys by myself getting haircuts so needless to say I did not have time. I told the lady a half inch to an inch on both, and I"m not sure where she was when I told her but she surely did not pay me much attention! Both of them just look SO old with shorter hair... And Jayce's only has curls now when it's long, I really prefer it longer and thinned out. But, he was ready for a short cut. Every day when I was fixing his hair, he would say "Mom, I don't want curlies, they are so Bor-ring!" (that's just how he says it). I tried to tell him curls are fun and NOT boring! But he persisted and I knew he was hot... The first thing he told mimi about his haircut is that it only took mommy a minute to fix it! He was all about that!

Gabe did really well and looked super cute in the zebra print smock! He was impressed by the cool chairs and kept asking me to bounce him more on it. They both had a special ice cream treat afterwards though from their clothes it looks like most of that chocolate ice cream ended up on their outfits!

This was a big day for me. It all happened so quick and then that night in bed I was lying there, so sad. Did I really just cut my baby's hair? He is almost 3, I realize this, but he is so still my baby. I cannot believe that was his little baby hair and it is gone! I guess it's got to happen some time, I am just realizing all too quickly he is growing up and I am not ready!

more beach pics

Beach for Memorial Day

We went to Hilton Head for Memorial Day weekend. Other than a little stomach bug, we had a great time! Funny story about Gabe getting sick... He was throwing up in the middle of the night, about the 3rd time, and Jay and I were making sure he was ok . Jay said, "What's your name buddy?" He looked at Jay with the most serious look and said in the scratchiest voice, "You know what my name is!" That little personality is always shining through, even at his worst!

The boys were very into "surfing" this year like they have seen on the wonderpets. I'm including a few pics of them doing the "funkadelly" as wp call it! Jayce LOVED collecting sea shells and Gabe loved chasing birds on the beach! We enoyed a family bike ride, swimming and the pool and hanging out at the beach for hours!

Mother's Day Pics

Here are some pics from Mother's Day! It was a beautiful day! We went to church, ate at the club, so I did not have to cook, planted flowers, and daddy and Jayce put together a glider for me for the back yard! Perfect day, hanging out with all my boys doing things I LOVE to do!