Precious

I am so tired today I could barely make it to my car after school. There are good days and harder days. Today was one of those draining days. I came home, went straight to my pajamas and instantly felt better. These two kiddos make me feel better no matter what is going on. So in honor of that here are a few sweet pics I have taken over the past few days.....

Sweet K

He's getting pretty good at it!

Loving on little bro! Today, Whit hit Kennedy. I went and told him to go tell her he was sorry and give her a kiss. He waddled over to her with his arms wide open and gave her the biggest hug while going mmmmmmm for a kiss. Precious.

A lady

I met a lady today. She didn't know me at all. After talking for a while she figured out which "olliff" I was. Then we started talking and she said, "I remember praying for you to have a baby." She asked me if I had lost my first baby. Yes. Then she asked me if I had trouble getting pregnant. Yes. She had been told my story and prayed for me to have a child. Over three years later we meet and I cried a little. The power of prayer is amazing. I think so often we pray and pray for things and don't realize who else is out there praying for us. When good things happen we don't instantly think, who prayed for us? We are just thankful. So, today, I am thankful to all of those who prayed for my children. Many of you were my prayer warriors and I cannot thank you enough. Maybe in this life, I can be worthy to our Lord of all I have been given. I am thankful for this life. I say it a lot here but there are days that I don't remember to be thankful. Yet, in it all, I know what miracles I feed each day. I know what a miracle it is to watch my kids run around my house. They are a testament of the power of prayer and I am a thankful mommy. So, wherever you are in life, know that there are people out here praying for you. And who knows? Someday you might meet the lady that prayed for you and didn't know you. And you might cry and give her a hug like I did.

I love.....

I love when Kennedy holds my hand.

I love when I get Whit out of the car and he pats me on the back so sweetly, as if to say, "thanks Mommy!"

I love when Kennedy says randomly, "I'm your little girl, Mommy." Yes, my dear you are.

I love when Whit laughs hysterically at us. It is so genuine. There is nothing like the laughter of a child.

I love when K says, "This is OUR family, mommy, daddy, Kennedy and Whitty Whit." Bless her.

I love to watch Whit toddle. He is so proud of his new skill and it has changed him SO much.

I love when it is just "girls" at times around here. K gets so proud and says, "only girls can do this!" Then you see her beam with pride.

I love when Whit plays with my hair. He is a already a heart breaker that boy.

I love how being a mom has made me a sentimental cry baby. I am totally ok with that.

I love that God blessed me with things I never knew were possible.

I love the days I take the time to enjoy my kids. It is hard some days, but those days are so worth it.

I love to see my kids play with each other. Even when they fight I am thankful. They have each other and I love that we could give them that. I hope they know how special they are to each other.

I love to see how happy Greg makes these children. When he comes home you would think Santa Clause himself just showed up with a bag of toys. They are both SO excited!

I love this life I've been given.

The Princess and her Subjects

When you are a princess life is good. You must wear beautiful dresses and a crown on your head. You still have to take care of your hippo though. Apparently you have to feed them from a bottle while they sit in a chair. :)

Cinderella had to do work didn't she?

When you are a princess you dress your subjects in whatever you want. Today, her subject Whit, was a football cowboy. He was to wear a football jersey and boots. What the princess wants, the princess gets.


Life is good....

Her royal subjects might get tired and take a break to be cute. :)

And after that, he decides to annoy her.
Please take note of how angry the princess is here. The queen had to step in with another chair for the hippo. We have two, princess, not to worry!

With her new throne she is happy again and can take care of that sick hippo.

Then it is time to play!!

Aaahh...the life of a princess. :)

The End

P.S. Kennedy, you make me happy. Love, Mommy

PLAY BALL!

My days with him are numbered I fear. Greg takes Kennedy to do all the "boy" things he loves like hunting and the farm. I spend those days with my precious Whitty just enjoying him. Last night Greg and K were at the farm and I had SO much fun with him. He gets lost in the mix around here at times and LOVES to be the center of attention. He is so fun to be around. I know all too soon he will have on his boots and camo and his daddy with be beaming with pride as he races out the door after him. I'll just enjoy the days I have left I guess!! Whit got a T-Ball set from Aunt Courtney for his birthday. Now that he can walk we decided to break it out. It made Greg happy. I think he is realizing how much fun Whit is going to be. Please refer to the blog above to see why he is wearing this outfit. These pics are priceless. Here is Whit with his first baseball bat!!

Daddy helping perfect his swing! They even had to scoot back a bit because he was a little too close. Really? :)

His first hit!! This was seriously his very first reaction to hitting the ball! Maybe he will be following in those baseball shoes of his Daddy!
I would say beautiful here because that is what I think of this picture. Handsome, I guess is what I should say, but this mommy thinks he is beautiful.

Play ball!!

I LOVE this game!!!

A September Day at the Beach

I love the beach and I love September. It is a perfect combination if you ask me!!! We took a quick trip down south to MeMe and Pops's this weekend. The kiddos had fun! Saturday was a perfect day for the beach. There was a nice cool breeze and the water was still warm. It was truly, truly perfect!! I got to watch my baby toddle around the beach for the first time. Walking is such an amazing thing to see your baby do. What I love so much about the beach is that there really is nowhere you can go that is bad. Water? Ok! Sand and get dirty? OK! Whit was in heaven and those feet took him EVERYWHERE!! He had no fear at all and RAN to the waves. I love these moments. They make the extremed tiredness I felt on Sunday all worth it.

My babies

Whit and his look alike, Uncle Patrick!


Run Kennedy!

Checking it out!

My Girl

Daddy and the kiddos

Playing in the waves with Uncle Patrick

What a GOOD day!!! Thanks MeMe and Pops! They were there too...why don't I have any pics of them?!!!!!

Take A Walk

When they walk a whole new world opens up. When they walk they become people. They begin that change from a baby to a toddler. I thought I would be really sad. Then yesterday they both walked in the house from the car and I carried groceries. I wasn't sad, I was very, very happy. I had my hands back for a second. WOW!! Watching your kids grow up is hard, but so rewarding. I've made it through that first year. I made it through sleepless nights and two small children under two. I made it through nursing for a year while chasing a toddler around. And what is my reward for all of that?....feast your eyes on Whitty Whit. In honor of the fall like weather today I dressed him like a boy. It really was cute. He has never worn pants. These are his first pair. Don't get used to this, I will still dress him nice and classic with those knee socks, but it is really cute. He has an ear infection so I stayed home with him today. We had a mommy and Whit day and it was fun! I love this precious boy.

"RaRa!!!" yells Whit! Riley runs as fast as she can!

The golf club is always in his hands when he is outside. It makes Greg proud. He will run around the yard swinging it. It makes Jennifer nervous because he has bonked poor Lorelei on the head with it. He is banned from all golf club use when she is around. You better learn how to run fast Lorelei. Whit is dangerous! :)