Baby Picture Sunday - LOVE!

So this week Debi chose the theme of LOVE, hmmm......I think I know why!

And in the spirit of love, I thought about the first time I fell in love with my boys...

We didn't know then that they were boys, but we loved those little peanuts with all our hearts!


Then the day they were born was just another day that we fell in love all over again!

Me with Jack right after he was born.

Me showing off Quent to our family in the hallway on the way to the nursery.

This was our first Valentine's Day together, 2007, both boys had colds and still they have the best smiles! Jack and Quent have made every Valentine's Day so much sweeter!
I am so lucky to have these little boys to love and to love me back!

Check out Who Says 8 is enough?,to feel even more baby love!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day
From my Sweeties
To You and your Sweeties!

Our weekend

We had a very busy, but enjoyable weekend this past weekend.
On Saturday, we had our swim class. That is always a fun time for us all, but especially for the boys. They are both getting really good at jumping in unassisted and going underwater while closing their mouths. That's a major skill when you are 2!

After swim class, we had lunch with Gramma and Papa and then headed out to Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty's for a little get together. It was nice to see lots of our family (especially Aunt Tasha!)
and get to visit with everyone. The boys had a really good time playing, dancing, and watching a movie.

Jack is watching the popcorn pop in the big popcorn maker - fascinating!

The boys and some of their cousins (my cousin's kids, so that's what 3rd cousins?)

Watching our favorite: CARS!
Can you tell Aunt Betty and Uncle Dan spoil us when we visit!

On Sunday we spent the morning at home and then went out to watch Brendan's roller hockey game after the boys' nap. The boys loved it and Brendan's team won 6-2, with Brendan scoring 2 goals!

Brendan in his game gear.

Me and Sierra watching Jack and Quent playing on the Dance Revolution game.
The cool thing is that they were totally loving just dancing on it without actually having to have the game "on".

Quentin REALLY liked dancing/jumping on this game!

Sierra and I are helping Quent and Jack play the basketball game. They got so excited playing this game they were shaking, and actually did not do too bad scoring!

After the game we went out to dinner with Mike, Julie, Brendan and Sierra. Of course Jack and Quent were the entertainment for the meal! The two of them can get so silly and funny, even the waitress was having a good laugh at how silly my cute guys were being!

Our dance party for Tuesday

Saturday we made a visit out to see family (thanks Uncle Dan and Aunt Betty for having us) to hang out, laugh, and have some great food.
Many times I was thinking that I was so lucky to have my guys and that they are healthy and happy.
I was also thinking about how incredibly hard this day must have been for The Whitt Family, in their goodbye to sweet little Tuesday.
There is no greater loss than losing your child.
My heart aches for them and the road that they have ahead.
So our family (sans wagon while out and about) celebrated the love and beauty of Tuesday's short, but powerful life in a different way.

Here's my boys and some of their cousins dancing for Tuesday while Momma said a prayer for her and her family.

rejection :(

Oh, the job that I really wanted...

Rejected.

I am so bummed. I got the "we are sorry" letter today and "even though my qualifications were impressive" they decided to go with a candidate that better met their needs. Tom thinks it was probably filled internally. And really, this is a crappy market to be looking for a job in any field, so maybe they just got a ton of resumes.

I am trying to feel better about the whole thing, but right now it totally sucks. I really wanted to get this job.

So, thank you for all your well wishes and good advice on my job search. The search continues!

Anybody need a very qualified home childcare provider?