What is wrong with me??

I spend all day thinking about what I would do if I had an hour without my kids, and then when I do leave them for more than ten minutes all I do is think about them and miss them like crazy.

I'm so pathetic.

But, when your kids are this cute, it's pretty easy to understand.

Zack playing with my bracelets. He loves to wear my jewelry.

Usual Brody expression. Huge eyes and barf on mouth.

Trying to talk!

Grinning at his daddy. He really does smile ALL the time, I just never get it on camera. Sneaky little guy.
Swimming time with Zack. He's a little fish with his floaties. He will even go jump off the diving board!
Zack entertaining Brody while I got ready. He is such a helper.
Me and my boys before church
Daddy and his boys before church
Brody snuggling with daddy
This is what Brody looks like if we don't hold him.And now a short story. No words, just try to figure out what is happening:

The end!

just some random thoughts

First of all: everyone got the guessing game right. I guess they don't look that much alike. Sarah is right about the picture quality, though. I can't believe we had such a bad camera when Zack was born! Oh, technology.

So, I've started reading a book called Christlike Parenting. It's pretty good. Well, REALLY good. I started reading it for this book group I'm in and then sort of just stopped when I realized it was mainly talking about teenagers and all I had at the time was a one-year-old that was adorable. Well, that one-year-old had turned two and, although he is still adorable, it is so scary to me how fast time flies with kids. I know he will be thirteen before I know it.

So far I have found two great quotes that I want to remember/share. Believe it or not, it can actually apply to the here and now for me instead of the future teenagers I'll have someday.

1) "Well-meaning parents who have tried their best should avoid the temptation of using their children's behavior as the measure of their success as parents. If children's behavior were the sole measure of good parenting, our heavenly Father would not qualify. Through Isaiah, the Lord lamented, "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me". Even with the best parenting, there is always the risk some children will stray." (or throw tantrums, refuse to share, and hit their brother.)

2) "A contemporary religious leader has noted that "it is a great challenge to raise a family in the darkening mists of our moral environment. The measure of our success as parents...will not rest solely on how our children turn out. That judgment would be just only if we could raise our families in a perfectly moral environment, and that now is not possible."

Read this book! Christlike Parenting by Dr. Glenn I. Latham

which is which?

Can you tell which one of these is Zack and which is Brody? (Without cheating and looking at previous posts.)

did you know....??

that you can over-feed a baby even when nursing?

And then after they are overfed they will barf like a gallon of milk all over you so you have to take a shower AND clean the carpet And clean the couch AND do a load of laundry?

that baby poop actually stains stuff bright yellow? This includes the adorable new baby clothes in which I spent $20 on one shirt. :(

that grocery shopping at 4:30 p.m. is a REALLY bad idea because the place is literally packed with people who mainly don't have kids and they give you really bad looks when your child throws a tantrum or spills chips all over the floor?

that I can still read a book in one day and sorta take care of my two kids?

that going back to the gym after a 6 week break is not only really hard, but also really depressing to see that even though you worked out for the entire 9 months of being pregnant you're still way flabby and out of shape?

Yay for learning!