My Boys

Happy Mother's Day to all the AMAZING MOMS that we know and Love! We love all of you and are so grateful for all that you do for us! Especially for Grandma Debbie and all the time she takes to help with Tracen!

This year with Chris being gone, my amazing bro-in-law helped the boys make me a little gift, which I absolutely adore. How he got Tracen to sit long enough to color his half is beyond me, but THANK YOU RICK for all you do for our family and especially Tracen!

I got a little picture happy this morning and promised Chris that I would not disappoint him in seeing the boys. I can't believe that my Tracen is already 4 and Logan is 2. I no longer have a baby in the house and in some ways that is good, but other ways makes me long for that little one around (but don't worry...that won't be happening for a LONG time!) Since Chris has been gone the past 11 weeks, the boys and I have really gotten a chance to adapt to the world of not having daddy, and while we have missed him more than anything...we have been getting into some really fun things.

1. WRESTLING: The boys love to wrestle on Papa Craigs couch. They giggle and I giggle and we have so much fun. It would probably stress many women out to watch the first time, but they just have fun and I love that I can see them so happy! Just the other day Tracen said, "I love to wrestle with Logan, it makes me so happy!" I love that they are brothers and have each other during this time.

2. POPCORN and MOVIES: Logan and Tracen may be the most active boys I know, but WE LOVE to relax, eat a bag of popcorn and watch a movie. Some of our favorites right now are Robin Hood, Toy Story, Princess and the Frog, The Chipmunk Adventure and Peter Pan.

3. READING: We love to read books before we go to bed. Our favorite now is Green Eggs and Ham (thanks to Miles) and The Goodnight Train. We also love the Spooky Old Tree (even though it gives Tracen nightmares) and It's Not Easy Being a Bunny.

4. THURSDAYS: We recently have started hanging out with our cousin Ethan on Thursdays and his Mommy, Jessica! We LOVE it! It is fun for the boys to play and even more fun for the Mommy's to chat!

5. SWIRLING: We LOVE U-SWIRL. It never fails, Tracen always wants vanilla and strawberry. Logan will eat whatever you put in front of him. They are silly boys!

6. MICROPHONES: It has become a sunday tradition that we pull out the old karaoke machine and Tracen will give us all a show of the songs that he has learned at church, school, from movies or just from me singing to him. He is a CRACK UP and it is quite a good time. Just today he told me, "We get to go singing tonight! I love singing with the microphone!"

There are lots of other things we've been doing, but these are on a regular basis. I try to make sure that when I get home from school that I am paying more attention to the boys and really interacting with them. Some days are A LOT harder than others because I have a pile of papers to grade, dinner to make and laundry to do, but those are the nights that I become a night owl. We are doing good without Chris here, but we miss him and can't wait to have him back! Then we will be GREAT!!!!

My handsome boys! I really don't think they look anything alike.

Michievous 1 and Michievous 2
My Logie Bear! Tracen got a Star Wars gone from Stacey, Scott, Ally and Zack. I can't get him to put it down:)