Room for 1 More!!

The boys and I were having some fun! As I looked at the picture, I did notice a small spot next to levi for 1 more boy!! Thats a good thing, right!

Levi had picture day today, what a stud he is. He is doing great at school, really trying is hardest, and told me Science is his favorite.

Josiah is loving to learn his numbers and read and have a special book of his own that he memorizes.

Judah is doing AWESOME learning how to read, I am surprised at how well he has picked up on it and that makes it really exciting. For the most part, he concentrates well, and "puts on his thinking cap" which is cute. He is 5 but still enjoys just hanging out and playing, of course, what little boy doesnt!!

Malachi yells soo much. He is very loud, and we are working on that. He is a major goof ball. Last night Rick took a drink of his Coke, only to find that Malachi had poured tons of salt in it! That is funny.

Malachi reading to the buddy

So, I saw Malachi going back and forth getting books and bringing him to his room. Finally I decided to look what was going on. I came in and found him "reading" to "Dangles" (josiah stuffed monkey buddy) He had tucked Dangles in Josiahs bed under the covers and was totally reading to him, I thought that was so cute, so there is the pic. above when I found his in the room. If you look on Josiah's bed you can see the buddy, "Dangles" under the covers. So cute.

THe boys were so funny this weekend. Malachi did this thing in the car, totally making us crack up. He is going to be so funny, as he already is, and you can just tell. He was rolling his head around like he was dizzy and then rolling back his eyes, and crashing his head, just to make us laugh, and we were, it was so funny. Today on the way to church, Josiah and Levi were rolling their tongues back, and they were showing Judah, well Judah was gettign totally grossed out by that! It was hilarious. Ive never seen judah care about something like that.

Anyway, it was so funny.

Today I started a new class at church, "Delighting in your Calling," talkign about my calling as a christain wife and mom. It will be amazing I am sure. I am excited what God is going to show me and encourage me with. It is a high calling and I need advice and encouragement whenever possible. Anway it will be awesome. We taught in childrens church, 1-3 grade today. I love doing it, I really love that age, and it is fun to be able to teach them, RIck is so awesome with that age too., anyway, we really had a good Sunday., THanks God.

Judah goes to emergency room

This is Judah AFTER we were all done and they took the IV out of his arm, he was so happy, this was just after 1 am. He wanted to keep his hospital shirt, but I told him another little kid had to wear it when they came to the dr., he was ok with that.

I had to take judah to the e. r. tonight, monday night. He has been having "stomach pains" for a good 2 weeks now, off and on, but more on. Keeps him up all night just crying and rolling over in pain. It is horrible. I took him to the dr. a week ago, and the exam the dr. gave him an exam, and it was fine, but judah still didnt feel good. Anyway, after the 4th night of being up all night, I was concerned. I put him to bed Monday night at 8, and he woke at 9:30 crying, walling. He kept turning over on his tummy and crunching up his knees to his chest. I felt so bad, and was just done with him having in pain. So, I took him in. On the way there he was crying in the back, and I was crying, I felt so bad for him. I went to Scottsdale Shea. We were seen within 15 min. or so, that was good. When he got to the bed they had to put an iv in. I was so scared for him, I felt so bad. They wrapped his arms up like a burrito, so he wouldnt move while they did the iv. He did very good, he screamed, well they had to do it 2 times, the first time wasnt in a vain. He yelled, but really did good. Then they wanted to give him morphene, but that concerned me. So, we waited and he ended up calming down and didnt need it, praise God. I held him and we prayed and he calmed down. That was so comforting. They wanted him to drink some funky drink, but that didnt happen. They gave him a cat scan and he laid there for about 8 min. without moving or crying. I promised him donuts in the morning and a new toy, God really comforted him, cause he did so good with everything. After the scan, he was in a better mood and was smiling, that was the best. It was about mid night now and the test from the scan came back fine. Praise God. He got a toy from the nurse, which made his night!! We were able to get out of there be 1 ish and he almost fell asleep on the way home, when we got home, he wouldnt stop talkign to Daddy. That was cute, he was so happy to be home. I did a hurt stomach thing when I was 5, so we are hoping it is nothing, I will continue to watch how he is. I know it wasnt a huge deal but it was soooo emotional for me to go through with him. I didnt do well with him being in pain and having stuff done to him, I really hated it. the nurses were all very good and that was an answer to prayer, it was just still hard. I am so thankful for each of their health, and I praise God for that nightly with them. God is in control, and Im glad about that. Anyway, just one of those things you go through as a parent I guess. Lord willing, not again! :)

Who needs a lawn service when you got these strong boys??

Helping Daddy fix the sprinkler.

This past Saturday Rick thatched and cut and seeded our lawn for winter lawn. He worked so hard all day. I got a chuckle when he asked his 4 boys to help. So, I grabbed the camera. I was telling Rick, in a few many years, he will be thankfully he has these strong boys to trully "HELP" him fix up the yard, but for now, I think it is just too many little hands, but yet, they are all trying their best. How sweet they are. And, How very patient Rick is in bringing them out there to see what he is doing and teach them how to work like a man! :) Im so proud of Rick. He is by far the best day for my boys I could have dreamed of. He has got energy for them, and God knew that. He is amazing, and I am so grateful for them, as they boys are too.!!! CHeck out these hard working boys!

My alone time with Josiah

The boys are at church tonight. Logos (the Bible program at our church for the kids) doesnt start till first grade, so Levi is going to his class, and Judah goes along and has fun in a little preschool class with the other younger siblings of the kids in LOGOS. Anyway, which brought me to sometime with just Josiah as Malachi went to bed earlier. I let him choose whatever he wanted to do with me alone before heading to bed. Well, first it was having a little bit of ice cream.:) That was fun. THen he wanted me to teach him how to "play" star wars, like his big brothers, I kinda laughed that one off! HA. Anyway, he picked to play with the pet hospital. We did that togeter, and he is such a sweet sweet pile of dimple cheeks. He pronunciation is not too perfect so it is fun to hear him talk. He has so much to say and he is so affectionate. He is really turning a corner in obediance which is a good corner. He is so affectionate, and then at the same time, that makes him very aggressive. Today he got very frustrated cause he has a hard time finding his spot with Levi and Judah when they are playing together, resulting in a physical harm in them. I know it is cause he is frustrated and wants to join in with them. That is why tonight he wanted me to "teach" him how to play Star Wars with the action figures, cause thats what they do together, and he doesnt think he knows how. Any way I think it will change as he gets older. He is so excited for this new brother to come. He is certainly claiming him as his. Which is sweet, they mgiht be alone in the room together. Not sure. Alyssa and Joshua were over for dinner before they head off to church with Rick. THey go to high school group at church. Josiah prayed and prays, he goes around the whole table naming each person asking God to keep each one, safe, and then usually repeats to names one more time. He is always saying," i love you mamma," and "i love da baaaby." it is so sweet. Anyway, thanks God for giving me Josiah and the personality he has, fun, loving energetic, affectionate, concerning, and all, he is such a joy. Protect his heart, and let him be soft to your love GOd, and to obeying your word. Amen.

No More Cast for little Malachi

Malachi with his bros BEFORE going in to get his cast off!

This is in the orthopedic's office right when they took off his cast,

josiah and judah were so happy for him, cant you tell, Malachi is so blessed to have them!

Well, it was a exciting day last week. Lil Malachi got his cast off!

The boys were SOSO excited for him. Malachi screamed when they cut it off, of course, but was pretty happy to realize that blue thing wasnt going to be part of his life forever! He holds his arm up a little still, but pretty much is back to normal and uses it normally. Our first cast (and our last) was not so bad, I kept the cast of course. It happended on the swing, he has no fear of going very high on the swings so that is good. He is so funny. He is just hilarious. In the store he will go out of his way to yell, "hi," to someone walking by, litarlly yell, and make sure they heard. He is overlly generous with his kisses at least to me his mommy. If i ever cant find him, he is for sure in the pantry eating ding dongs and cup cakes! And, trully hiding it of course. His favorite spot is the bar stools and helping me make dinner. Actually lately the boys are practically on top of the oven as I make dinner, wanting to be apart of almost every moment. All the boys are pros at making the tortillas we buy, not really cooked so you gotta cook them on a pan, they flip them for me and watch for them to be ready. Anyway, back to getting the cast off, it wasnt so bad, and he did awesome, 3 weeks wasnt very long either!!:)

Sunday at the ball park

Thanks so our sweet friends, we got to spend today, Sunday at the diamond backs game. We let the kids play at the wiffle ball cage at the beginning of the game, and then headed to our seats, where they all did awesome at actually watching it. We were so close I spent a lot of the time, covering my face and the kids' head to not get hit by a ball!:) it was such a great sunday though. Malachi even fell asleep on Dad's lap, he usually would never do that. We won too!! The boys are sure getting into sports now. Levi talks mostly about football, and Judah will do anything, Josiah is looking forward to playing on a soccer team soon. THat will be such a blast. He is so coordinated and is so thick, he is 2 pounds less than judah and a few inches shorter than him! It is funny how Malachi and Judah take right after Rick and Josiah and Levi take more after me and my family. How neat though. Anyway, I think Rick and I will be spending our hours at their games, which I dont mind one bit. I just cant get enough of the boys, I love em. Some friends from church had us over or lunch today...some yummy home cooked roast!! They gave us their pitching machine! They were so aweseomely nice to give it to our boys, knowing it would get used forever. They had a blast, playing with it today. Anyway...go diamond backs!