My sweet boy ..

So we bought Annie a few baby dolls ... little did we know Mac would have such a fondness for them:) I heard him reading books in his room yesterday and ran in a snapped this picture ... he told me it was time for "babies night night" ... so precious ....

Just being honest ... ramblings

Normally, this blog serves as a baby book for my kiddos. Just for posts about their lives in general but I just had to post this because it's been on my mind ...

Over the past few weeks I have been thinking about "life" more than usual. Not sure if it is because there is about to be a new life around here but none the less here are my ramblings ...

I went to hear a speaker on parenting at a local church a few weeks ago. This is extremely out of character for me as I have never read any baby books, discipline books, food labels, rarely remember doctors apts(actually missed Annie's last week), my kids are getting the normal shots, etc ... love me or hate me that's the kinda mom that I am ... just being honest ... Doesn't mean that I don't care about or love my kids more than life, I just don't buy into a lot of the current psychobabble fed to mommies everywhere ... that we need to read a zillion books, spend endless hours researching every disease that was ever on the planet that they could come in contact with, feed them only things you can get from pick nature(though healthy just not at all practical all the time) .. blah blah blah ...

Also...

I am a people person - love to be with, talk to, hang with people in general(now I can get my fill and need alone time) but in general I am energized by socializing for the most part ...

So my dilema ... NO ONE TAKE OFFENSE PLEASE ...

What is it about mommies that we are so obsessed with our children, that it seems no one ever talks about anything else besides parenting, baby sleep or lack there of, diapers, naps, etc??!! I love to talk about other things!! By gosh even to talk about the weather these days is a departure from the norm .. Don't get me wrong there is a time for getting advice on sleeping, discipline, etc ... but I am determined to be more mindful of my conversation because I like any other mom could ramble about my kids forever!

Our pastor has also been preaching a series on reaching out to the lost within our own community .. like really stepping outside of the box and doing some ministry ... wow .. um convicting ... step outside of my "mommy box"?? yes!!

I guess my lesson the last few weeks is I am a mom for sure but I need to not let it define all my conversations, hold me back from ministry around me, and from making my relationship with the Lord the center of my universe SECOND to my husband then to my kids(who currently rule the roost) ...

All you ladies that I know that may read this probably have this under control, but I DON'T ...
I am still processing how one juggles all of the above ...

Anyone out there understand??

Greene baby #3

I never mention the fact that I am even pregnant with a third on this blog .. but I am ... and only about 6 weeks til D-day ... Not prepared at all for what this will do for the comfort I finally feel toting two around ... our nursery is still occupied by Annie, we are still working on her room ... and regardless if its a boy or girl his or her crib bedding will be Mac's old chocolate and brown crib bedding(sad right? o well I blame this on the economy and not having any additional funds currently) ... So in short we are just not ready for #3 but I am not really sure you are ever really READY for another baby ... February will be our last month as a family of 4 ... wow ...

Everyday stuff

So I just found this picture particularly interesting if you look closely ... notice the spank spoon ever so conveniently laying on the sink .. alongside my cell phone because my chidren like to bath for a freakin hour and it gets kinda boring(gotta text) ... also Annie has pulled out about half of the dirty clothes in the basket and all the makeup out of my makeup bag ... this is just another typical bathtime aroudn here if anyone was wondering .. o yea and Mac is totally still in the tub in this shot ... ha
Bless lil Annie's sweet heart but she ALWAYS walks into the path of destruction ... this did not end well ...

Never a dull moment ...

Find the toddler ...

My lil walker ..

I always knew she was going to walk early but never thought at 9 months! She started taking steps right before Christmas and now is officially everywhere!! She just wanted to keep up with her brother and make way for the next babe in about 8 weeks or so ...

Silly Daddy

So one afternoon while I was showing houses, I think Zach got a little bored. The boredom resulted in a photo shoot with Annie in the baby carrier .... this was my favorite shot:)