Lia hears God

Lia: "Mom, God is talking to me."--- Me: "What is He saying?"---Lia: "He's saying to pick up the family room and be helpful."---When she saw the room she says, "Whoa, it's pretty messy. Maybe I only THOUGHT He was talking to me.

They grow up so fast

Lia starts Kindergarten in a couple of weeks. I'm amazed at how quickly she's gone from my sweet baby to my sweet little lady. Sometimes she is so grown and does things way beyond her years. We plan to start her in gymnastics in October. She almost exploded with excitement when we told her. It won't be long before I'm sending her off to college.

Nathan is a mess

A few weeks ago we found Nathan sitting in our bed completely naked painting his man bits hot pink with my fingernail polish. First, the door to our room was closed and he had never gotten in there before. Second, the polish was put away on my nightstand, but he managed to get it anyway.

Now he's started opening closet doors and finding light bulbs and whatever else he could get his hands on. Yesterday I found him holding an empty bottle of hand sanitizer. I freaked! Thankfully most of it was on his pants. I called poison control and they said to give him juice and he'd be fine. Praise the Lord he was.

He's making my hair gray!!

Boys vs. Girls

Nathan is into EVERYTHING all the time!! He won't keep his clothes on and is constantly taking off his diaper. When he goes down for a nap, he just strips naked and plays with his man bits. The other day we noticed he was very quiet and figured he was playing in the bedroom. How right we were....he had found my fingernail polish and was sitting buck naked in the middle of our bed (on our white sheets) and he was painting his man bits hot pink! I'm saving that story for his future girlfriends---payback for messing up the sheets. ; )

Now we're duct taping his diaper on...that doesn't really work either. He just takes his clothes off and takes the tape off too. I've tried putting him in onesies or one piece pj's, but he figured out how to strip those as well. I'm embracing him being naked...for now. Maybe I'll even try to potty train him since his bits are already out there.

We're not only duct taping his diaper, but furniture and other items as well. He constantly takes the cover off the vacuum so we've taped it shut. A few moments ago he came and handed me the tape. So much for that idea. We taped his drawers shut on his dresser because he kept going in after the lotion and diaper cream so he could squirt it around the room. That didn't work either..the tape just came off. I know about the child locks and all that, but those didn't work either since they leave a slight gap in the drawer big enough for his little hand to fit.

The kicker is that this is all new for us. Our daughter never got into anything...we really didn't even need to childproof much since she would just listen when we told her to stay away from things. She played quietly in her room or in the family room with her toys or books. She still does. Now I'm adjusting to having an almost two year old that is ALL BOY!

I miss my friends

My family and I decided to leave the church we've attended and been members at for seven years. Since late October we've been looking for a new church home, but so far have had no success. Week after week we discuss which church we'd like to visit next. They are always too big or too small or their beliefs don't line up with ours. The children's programs are very important to us since we have two children. I really want to go somewhere with other young couples with young kids so we can make friends in the same season of life as us. We also want a church that is more contemporary than traditional. I personally don't like the 'church in a box' that meets at a public location. We visited a church that meets at a community center and I just can't do it. I feel that it hinders my ministry. With a building you are able to have gatherings at any time without going through making reservations at a restaurant or something.

I really miss my friends at our old church and our daughter misses hers as well. I don't feel like we can go back without some people acting smugly toward us like we just couldn't do any better. I feel like that church family that we desire to have is out there somewhere. No offense meant to our friends from our previous church. They will always be in my heart and hopefully my life. If you are reading this, please pray for our family as we continue to search.