He belongs to the "No Cavity Club"

Praise the Lord, after the twice a day fight over when he gets to brush and when mommy gets to brush, it all paid off today with his first visit to the dentist. NO CAVITIES!!! We finally made it to the dentist and he did great. His dentist is wonderful and was great with him! He is wearing his sticker very proud and smiling ear to ear because he didn't experience any pain at the dentist today. Good job G, we love your pearly whites!

G's Bedroom addition

When we painted G's room, I thought the white border idea was a really cool idea until it was done and then I had to come up with what to put in this nifty little space. At night when I would put him to bed I would stare at this big white space and try to come up with something really neat to put there. Well.... neat, I don't know, but Charlie ran across this very sweet poem on boys and I went through all my favorite pictures of G and came up with this. These pictures really don't do it justice. I was hard to capture the whole wall. But G loves the pictures of him swimming, throwing rocks and hanging out by the water. His very favorite things. Oh... the poem reads:

"That little Boy of Mine"

Two eyes that shine so bright.
Two lips that kiss goodnight.
Two arms that hold me tight.

That little boy of mine.
No one could ever know
How much your coming has meant.
Because I love you so,

Your something heaven sent.
You’re God’s gift to me.
You climb upon my knee.
To me you’ll always be,
That little boy of mine.

A very fun weekend

Last Friday Night we were planning on having two couples and their kids over for dinner. Homemade pizzas on the grill. A very fun thing to do with friends and yummy too! Well, do to the fact that my birthday was the next day, Charlie thought it would be fun to invite our friends and neighbors over and have mini surprise party - and it was! We had a great time with pizza and wine tasting while the kids had a great time in the basement (our new kid friendly playland) with two babysitters and their own pizza party. It was a great time and everyone left with full bellies and a smile in their face. The next day we headed to my sister and brother-in-law's house to celebrate my last year in my 30's (I can't believe it - time is flying!) We had a great time there and I was blessed with some great gifts and a fun party. On Sunday we headed to the grand opening of the second Faith Church campus. It is so exciting to be a part of a growing and loving church as Faith Church is. We gathered later that day for a bonfire with the neighborhood gang. It is always such a fun time!

Score!!!

Last weekend, my friend Kate her baby Bella, myself and Gracie headed into Wheaton, IL for an overnight at Kate's parent's house. The goal of the weekend: Scrapbooking and attending a children's resale clothing event. Our goals were met. With babies strapped on the fronts of us, we ventured into 3 different exhibit halls at the DuPage fairgrounds and shopped, shopped shopped. It was amazing! There were tables after tables of great quality children's clothes to choose from, not to mention ALL the other children's items - books, swings, table and chair sets, toys, toys and more toys. You name it, they had it for kids. The great thing was that it was all gently used and items ranged from .75 cents to 75.00. Most clothing was anywhere from 1.00 to 5.00. Gracie is set for winter and so is Gabriel. I had three bags full of clothes. I love it! I am done, no going to the mall and running around trying to find coats, pants, hats, shoes, boots, sweaters. They are done and ready. The stuff in the pictures is what I bought. Yah! I can't wait until the Spring/Summer resale event. I'm there! Thanks Kate!

Labor Day Weekend 2007

We just completed a very fun and fantastic Labor Day Weekend. We started our time with a trip to Woodfield, IL. Spent the night at a hotel, went swimming, slept it, had a great breakfast and headed to Woodfield mall for a day of shopping. We grabbed lunch at the Rainforest Cafe - Gabriel still hasn't stopped talking about his experience there. I think it freaked him out a bit, because when we got home, he no longer wanted his gorilla (stuffed animal) to reside in his room. He now lives downstairs in the playroom. Despite the animal scares, we had a great time! Then it was Labor Day and we packed the house in with 13 families. The breakdown, 21 kids and 23 adults at one of our counts throughout the day. We had swimming in the backyard, bounce house in the garage, slip n slide out in the front side yard and bocce ball in the front yard. We had a taco bar with chicken fajitas, carne asada, tacos, quesadillas, burritos, chips n salsa. You name it, we could make it! We had a great day with our family and our friends. Scroll down and check out the slipping n sliding boys. It could be better described as the bowling boys who slipped and slided. Very fun!

Eight Weeks today & I'm Happy 'bout that

There is nothing better then when my kids start smiling, responding to your voice and talking to you (baby talk that is). Gracie has started these things a little over a week ago & I was able to capture her great smile today. It just makes ya smile doesn't it?!