may. june. july. august.

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Just back from a lovely four days in Galveston with my boys:
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It was a beautiful beginning to our 12-week-summer-mommy-daddy-son-before-the-baby-comes time together.

This summer is all about Grayson....
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This trip was very important to me.

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I needed to get away from it all.....bills, work, t.v....and spend some quality time with my boys before this little girl comes.

Grayson will be THREE in 2 1/2 months....where in the world did the time go?
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He is budding into this incredible little boy who speaks his mind and does everything himself. "Me do it, Mommy" is something I hear at least 100 times a day.

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I needed this.




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I needed to hold Grayson's hand in the ticket line and ride the Kemah Boardwalk train
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing fifteen times in a row, listening over and over as Grayson pointed out the boats in the harbor.
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"Look, Mommy! Anoder boat...so cool!"

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I needed to watch as he made new friends while running around the splash zone for four hours straight.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing To see him taste his very first cherry Icee
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To hear him ask, "Where all da Nemo's-es?"....."They hungry Mamma, I feed dem".
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Watching him never tire of running through the water....even at 9 p.m.
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Only stopping for a quick drink
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Always willing to share
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I needed to sweat under the blazing sun......to regret taking him to NASA.
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing don't give a hoot about NASA unless they are aloud to fly the rocket ships).

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I needed to watch him do somersaults in the sand and watch
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printingas the seagulls tried to attack him. I needed to hear him call the birds "mine mines" and laugh out loud as they tried to eat his pizza flavored goldfish.
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I needed to chase him screaming down the beaches of Galveston, half-crying, clutching my belly, sprinting as fast as I could until I found him hiding behind the farthest lifeguard tower.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing And then I needed to lecture him on why we don't run away from pregnant mommies with boatloads of stuff in their hands. I needed him to cry just like I needed to kiss him on the face and tell him "it's okay. I love you. Let's be friends again.
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I needed to tell him I loved him a hundred thousand times and listen to him make up his very own lullabies for the baby.

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"Baby sissy in you tummy I sing song?"


I needed to hear him ask why he doesn't have a baby in his tummy, too.


"Di you know that, Mommy? I not have baby in my belly."


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I needed to draw Saturn and the number 5 for him and read The Noah's Ark book a thousand times and remind him to wash his hands. I needed to applaud him for thanking the waitress for bringing more chips and green dip
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I needed to watch him ride the zebra on the carousel.....
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing"all myself, Mommy....you sit on reindeer over der"
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I needed him to pick out 3 icecream flavors,
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I needed to spoon him in the hotel room overlooking the sea, his little hands pulling my arm over his waist, playing with my fingers.


view from our room.

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All of this because I needed to watch him grow-up.
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Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing The way his hands felt in mine, his sandy feet against my knees. The special bond that only he and his Daddy share...
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so very different from his Mommy bond. Two peas they are.
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So that when he's old enough to understand, I'll be able to tell him about the 3 months before his sister came and how we spent it just the three of us...
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I feel ready, now. For him to grow up....just a little, though...not too much and not too fast.

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May, June, and July will be about Grayson so that August can be about her...



28 weeks and counting....

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August. I can't believe how soon it's going to be August.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: A Year Ago..............

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....my sweet friend sent me this verse:


"May He give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all of your requests." Psalm 20:4-5

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If you read my blog this time last year, you would understand how much I needed to hear this. We had just moved out of our apartment and in with Mimi and Pappi. It was a very trying time on your Daddy and I. The house we had wanted so very badly...the one that we "thought" was so perfect for you and us and Bentley, had accepted a higher offer.

We.were.crushed.

I was at a point where I felt.....defeated. I was exhausted. I think we all feel this way sometimes. When nothing seems to be going right, you kind of just feel like giving up. I think Daddy felt this way, too. He felt like a failure for letting our "dream home" get away and he just wasn't enjoying his job very much.

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Mommy wanted so desperately to have another baby.....and that wasn't happening either.

You were turning into a big boy right in front of our very eyes and to tell you the truth, Mommy wasn't ready.

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Flash forward to May 2010~


He did give us the desire of our hearts and He did make our plans succeed. Our God is an Awesome God, Grayson.....don't ever forget this! He knows what is best for us and He knows when the "right time" is for us and He is Almighty and Powerful and Great!

We have the "perfect" home for us. Daddy is enjoying his job and doing well. We have been blessed with another baby in Mommy's belly....and it's all because of Him.

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We have stayed strong in our faith even when we wanted to stray. We have praised Him even when we wanted to kick and cry and scream! And because of this, we have been blessed with more than we could ever ask for.

Grayson, you are AMAZING!! You make Mommy and Daddy laugh out loud every.single.day. You are the reason we wake each day smiling and the reason we go to bed smiling.

You have the kindest heart and the sweetest soul. I can't wait each day to inhale the sweet smell of your hair and smother you in a thousand kisses. You make Mommy's heart so happy, little man. When you say things like, "I not mean to make you sad, Mommy"....how can I be sad??? Or, "I love you whole world much, Mommy".....ah, it melts me!

You are the reason that I was meant to be here, son. I was made to be your Mommy. And that makes Mommy so very happy.


Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful Mommies in my life!

And to my friend who sent me that eye-opening verse this time last year.....thank you!!! Thank you for being so strong in your faith and always having the right words to say. Enjoy your new, precious little baby boy and may God Bless You!

Q: What Do You Get........

when you have a guilty looking 2 1/2 year old boy,


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a white dog,



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and a left over spray bottle of patio stain?????

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Hmmmmmmmm........................................




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A: A splatter painted white dog, patio, picnic table, and t shirt!



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