Ice skating princess

Brooklyn's first time ice skating was fun and interesting. She put on her mini skates and just took off walking. It wasn't too cold but it was busy. She had to hold 2 people's hands and loved every minute of it. We kept wanting to take breaks because our feet hurt-not Brooklyn! So, we just took turns going around and around.

Day 21/30

Day 21
Pray that your husband will learn how to relax in the Lord and, in his greatest times of stress, find joy and peace in his relationship with God. Pray that he will submit his schedule to the Lord. (Neh. 8:10; Prov. 17:22; Ps. 16:11)
"Go and feast and share with those who have nothing prepared...the joy of The Lord is your strength." "A cheerful heart is good medicine but a broken spirit saps a persons strength." "You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasure of living with you forever."

Day 20 Praying for your Husband

Day 20
Pray that your husband will yield his mind and thoughts to the Lord. Pray that he will not entertain immoral or impure thoughts, and that he will resist the temptation to indulge in pornography. (Prov. 27:12; 2 Cor. 10:5)

Brooklyn's Day

Just wanted to post some coo coo pictures of a normal day around the house. I find Brooklyn crammed into small containers such as her bedroom organizer cubes. I also usually have a feeling she isn't really asleep or is in a dangerous situation during her nap (you can't quite see anything but her arm but she is asleep entirely underneath her pillow). Her room stays trashed until we decide to clean it with her help and then it is clean for approximately 30 minutes. She is into dressing up "fancy" and making it a point to wear a minimum of 5 outfits per day. She wakes up at about 5:15 every morning saying, "I am hungry. Will you feed me please mommy?" If Aaron and I want to sleep in, we have to rotate whose turn it is and try to sleep til 6 or 7. I prayed for patience this morning and Brooklyn prayed for more attention. We are trying to work on recognizing letters and counting. We usually have to trick her into counting or learning. Becky said Aaron was very disinterested in learning at this age. I'm starting to wonder about Brooklyn! She's more interested in little ponies and trying on shoes, socks and mismatching all her outfits. She is also in a very whiny stage. Everything she asks is in this tone if sadness and disappointment even before she gets an answer. When she doesn't like our answer, she informs us that we are "not her best friend". I like hearing we responses at this age so I am going to ask her some questions: "What is your favorite thing about Daddy?" -that he loves me! "Mommy?"-that she loves me and is kissin me all day! "What does Daddy do all day?" -he gets things for me (haha!) "Mommy?"-kisses me "What do you wanna be when you grow up?" -a sister "What is your favorite toy?"-umm, this is my favorite toy (as she holds up a pony) "What do you not like?" -counting (great.)"Where is your favorite place to go?" -chuck e cheese "Favorite food?"-pizza "What's mommys job?"-Its going at her work. She takes care of the babies. "What is daddy's job?"-working on candy canes...no more questions. Haha! No matter what the stage of your life, I love you more and more each day sweet Brooklyn!

Flu Shot

We debated on getting Brooklyn's flu shot this year. I am not sure why because we get her a flu shot every year. Turns out, it didn't matter by the time we decides she would have one, she already had the flu. We got tamiflu started quickly and she did just fine! Still, it was scary and her temp was high. I'm so thankful she got better quickly.

More Christmas Pics

Aaron helped me make a gooey butter cake (Paula Deen style). I love when he helps me cook! We have a great time as long as he doesn't get ahead of me and do something crazy. :) While he was blending the topping, it looked like snow in our kitchen because of the powdered sugar flying around! We are having a little hard time in our tiny duplex. We are thankful to just have a home with heat and a bed and food but it is hard after we had a home with more room and storage. Storage has been one of the hardest things to deal with. We have gotten rid of so many things that I had a hard time getting rid of...anything that was Brooklyn's is kinda hard to say goodbye to. We give it all to Goodwill so that helps. I have to remind myself the tiny duplex, sharing one car deal is temporary. Working like crazy is temporary. We are looking forward to Aaron getting back to school in the next couple weeks and getting back into a routine at home and the gym!

Busy Saturday

I really notice a change in Brooklyn when I work more than normal. She has a lot more "breakdowns" and avoids me or treats me poorly when I am home. After 8 12 hour shifts in 2 weeks (one of them being 15 hours), I wanted a fun, family Saturday. We surprised Brooklyn and tool her to the monkey house. I think Aaron and I have more fun than her sometimes. We love to chase her and play and also get a good workout in the process! We went to Larry's pizza, then got her hair cut with Lynn for her first salon cut! Lynn and I traded hair for babysitting while I was in college. Her boys were 2 and 5 when I started keeping them and now they are 9 and 13! Can't believe how big they are and they're still sweet. I don't trust anyone to cut Brooklyn's hair except my sister in Owasso or my friend in Fayetteville, Janna. I'm thankful Lynn is here in Fort Smith. I took BK to a mall salon, signed her in, waited 20 min then literally freaked out and left before she got her hair cut. I'm just too scared someone will do something crazy. It doesn't help when the stylist has weird highlights and choppy hair! Anyway, her hair looks much better with the trim! :)