Praises of the day...

Snuggling with two little boys in the early morning hours. Watching them giggle and smile at each other and make faces at me. I hope they make each other laugh for many many years!

Living in a place where dreaming about the possibilities is part of our daily lives..

Learning that your two year old can count to 13 and you didn't even know it!

Little girls doing chores without being asked.

Seeing real progress in the daily nag level! It's going down, it's really going down!

Having a professional ask my professional opinion..forgot what it was like!

Chilling out about preschool.

Watching my husband interacting with the baby...sigh....love those games & giggles.

Another season of American Idol...and the return of One Tree Hill (yes, TV can make the praise list...even silly TV!)

Hearing my Dad's voice late at night yelling hello....knowing he stayed up to watch American Idol too!

Quotes of the day...

"I poke him in his eye? But, I waaaaannnnt to poke his eye!" He didn't but it take take some convincing!

"Wow gghhmm mmmaaammem ddddd babbbbb" Finn, with wild excitement as he laid eyes upon the line of geotrax men Dax had set up.

"Don't touch it, Finny, don't you dawwwwwwe (dare) touch it!" Dax, on seeing Finn's excitement.

"Well, I fell in the mud and the boys teased me about peeing my pants, I lost Polly(a tiny plastic dog, that is rather ugly) and other than that, basically boring, so overall bad." Lily on "how was your day at school?".

Things I'd love to see continue on...

Obsession with trains rather than guns or ugly things. Playing together!

Parental Shout outs after American Idol.

Praises of the Day...

Little Boys that sleep in their own bed all night!

Catching up with good friends.

Little miracles sent from above when least expected.

Friends who listen and don't laugh too hard when you call them many times and forget half of what you needed because pms has sucked out your brain.

Two year olds that put themselves down for nap.

Husbands that cook dinner and do the dishes all in the same night!

Daughters who spend peaceful moments playing on Webkinz with their little brother & his monkey without being asked.

Mothers who end phone calls with "I love you" for no real reason.

Quotes of the day...

"Shhhh....we need to be quiet so we don't wake my Finny up." Dax...he finally got it!

"Finn really doesn't like boxes on his head, or Bumbo seats on his head, or blankets, or your feet, or really anything on his head for that matter" Me, trying to convince Dax that anything on Finn's head is really not the best idea.

Best moment I wish I had on tape... A naked Budda like Finn sitting on the ottoman clapping his hands and dancing in a rocking, bouncing type patttern while we sang silly songs.

Help I wish would continue...Dax standing beside me doing dishes, not spreading water throughout the kitchen! Just simply enjoying washing dishes with his mom.....how lojng can this possibly last?

And so we Begin...

Ok, so here are my goals...

Someday to figure out how to add pictures and layout this blog so that it is pretty like my friends.

Make my writing here "light" so that the idea of sitting down and doing it on a regular basis is not overwhelming.

To create a place for me to remember all those little joys each day, an online praise journal type idea, so on bad days check in and be reminded of all the great things that occur on this journey.

To eventually share this with friends so if they feel like jumping into my head they can..and if not I won't be offended because it's really for me anyway (isn't everything....hehehe).

To share pictures of my world for those family members out there that are too far away to see as much as I wish they could!

To spell as many words correctly as I possibly can without asking Mike (maybe even remembering to use spell check....that's kind of asking a lot...we'll see!).

Ok, I think that wraps it up...I have goals! I have started, yeah!!

Christmas Morning at the Page's in Wilmington, Ohio

Ok, these are not in order, I haven't totally figured out how to manuver them yet so you'll have to forgive me! I'll give you the characters for everything in the Page household and you can try to attach the names to the people.
You know us...the only Tewksburys in this house
Marci's parents ~ Dan & Debby
Marci's brother, Ryan & sister in law, Carly
Marci's brother, Dosh & girlfriend, Jessy
All may not be pictured, but I'll catch up with them later...I promise!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at home at the Wilmington UMC..didn't seem to be a good picture night!
I have pictures of the candlelight portion of the evening but somehoe they didn't come out!

Christmas at the Tewksbury's in Crooksville, Ohio

This was our 1st Christmas of 2007 at Mike's grandparents...
I am not known for taking a bunch of posed group shots, so if you don't know these lovely people, you probably won't be able to to fiqure out who is who, but I'll give you the cast of characters!
Mike's grandparents Pat & Howard Tewksbury
Mike's parents Elaine & Roger
Mike's Aunt, Uncle & Cousins ~ Debbie, Kevin, Lindsey, & Kylie
Mike's Brother Jeff, Sister in law, Stacey and nieces, Kaylah & Allie
And hopefully you know our clan (if not, who are you and why are you here??)