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A sleeping baby will always melt my heart.  They are just so darn precious to look at.  This one was especially wonderful because she had hat on to watch the Hawkeye football bowl game.  

I just had to share it.  

Prayer Books

A few months back we made prayer books with pictures of family and friends on each page.  Lately Brooks has wanted this book with him throughout the day.  On this particular day, I found him snuggling it at bed time.  How precious.  Hopefully he also said some precious faith filled prayers.

Wild Awake & Wild Asleep

When I peeked in on my kiddos this morning, McCabe was sleeping on the floor. . He is wild when he is awake.
He is wild when he sleeps.

he is sweet when he is awake.
He is sweet when he sleeps.

My First Garage Sale

We had a wonderfully FULL week. I have been going through clothes, the basement, the boys rooms, the house, the garage and everywhere else ... looking for stuff to sell at a garage sale. I did WAY TOO MUCH lifting and work. I lifted too much, I went up and down the stairs too much, and I moved a little too fast all week (so fast in fact that I even fell off our front cement steps while holding McCabe and shook up the both of us). The whole day, Leighton gently reminded mommy by saying, "Mommy hurt Cabe!"

I am so glad I did all the work. I was able to put stuff in Nichole Cline's garage sale, have some great fellowship, and even make some money for some of our baby 3 needs. I had a fabulous time getting to hang out with Nichole and Anna A LOT this week! I enjoyed their company very much. Add a splash park trip, several grocery runs, some bedding shopping, a night at Tokens with some bible studies and a wedding, and we are exhausted ... but joyfully exhausted.

Garage Sale at Nichole's House


The poor boys had to eat peanut butter sandwiches 3 days in a row! Leighton got a little sick of it, but McCabe enjoyed every minute of it! Sorry this picture isn't great, I took it on my phone because it was so priceless! He is full of peanut butter.McCabe was sooooo tired. He fell asleep on me outside one day. It was a little too hot for that so after 10 minutes it and holding him most of the day, I tried laying him on Nichole's couch. Isn't he a precious sleeper! I so badly wanted to curl up on the couch too!

And Saturday, after the sale and the wedding, I just got to relax and enjoy my amazing boys. My activity of choice was quiet blanket time. The boys did a great job and I enjoyed coloring with them and only whispering for 45 minutes. This was a great way to end our busy week. We are also looking forward to going to bed early and waking up refreshed and ready to be a blessing to others at church tomorrow morning! (To be followed by a busy day of transporting some stuff back to our house and taking trips to goodwill so that the Cline's can use their garage again!)

McCabe Sleeping and Eating

McCabe is more on the move these days and it really really really tires him out. This video of him sleeping while eating is so precious.