Monthly Archives: August 2012

Happy Birthday, Simon!

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My baby is two. And man, let me tell you, I have never been more happy to celebrate a birthday. This year started off super difficult with a whole month in the hospital and Simon fighting for his life (there will be another blog post on that coming soon). Jesse and I are thankful to God for Simon’s stubborn and independent personality that helped him to recover as quickly as he has.

It’s almost hard to believe at times that this little person can have such a big personality. He is quirky, making the funniest faces and doing silly voices all the time. He is also the hugest cuddle bug and momma’s boy.

I am so excited to see him grow and thrive during his third year of life. I know that his little “engineer’s brain” will continue to want to know how things work and ask “why” even when he doesn’t understand the reasoning that is explained to him.

I am thankful for his curiosity and his need to always dump things out, even when it’s his cereal from his bowl EVERY morning.

I praise God every day when I see his gigantic smile and hear his tiny little voice and am thankful for every moment that I get to be his mother.

Now that I’m crying thankful-happy-emotional-mommy-tears, I’ll leave you with the pictures we took yesterday to mark this milestone.

I love his pudgy baby hands.

To be honest, at first, I really wanted my second child to be a girl, but I am so overjoyed to see these two be brothers and grow together and pray they will continue to be the best of friends.

If you leave a comment, I’ll be reading them all to Simon throughout the day. 🙂

Fashion Friday

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Necessities and Priorities

My absolutely beautiful friend Courtney of See Jane Advocate  asked me to join her this month on a shopping fast. She will be buying only what is necessary, such as groceries and other daily necessities. Her desire is to be more focused, therefore removing distraction and at the end of the month, she will reward herself with something pretty.

I quickly agreed to join her, although I don’t think I really thought it through before agreeing. I am happy to be able to keep her accountable and am interested to see what I learn about myself through the process, although I am fully aware that this will be challenging.

In less than 24 hours, I have already realized:

-I think about shopping a lot!

-Online coupon deals (AKA Groupon) are the hardest for me to avoid.

-I really enjoy the process of shopping, even just wandering through stores (I’m pretty sure that’s why they call it retail THERAPY). 😉

I’m going to focus on what I already own and be thankful for everything that Christ has blessed with me with because I know that I can survive with much less. Plus, the best blessings I’ve received can not be bought in a store anyways.

Care to join us or keep us accountable to not shop for a month? It’s only for August and if I’ve learned that much about myself in a day, imagine what will be revealed by the end of the month.

Happy Friday!