Our Aweful Beautiful Life

This blog post won't be much, but mostly a chance for this very forgetful 7 1/2 months pregnant mother of two to document a moment in time. A small conversation on the way to a ball game that touched me and brought tears to my eyes. This past weekend, we camped in our yard...our new memorial day tradition. It was a great weekend and will likely get it's own blog post. On Sunday morning, Jenna offered to host "Sunday School" with the kiddos, since none of us made it to church. What a wonderful idea on her behalf. So...the kids rounded up, made paper airplanes that said "God loves me" and had a nice chat with Jenna. I love when the teacher comes out in her. She's truly a talented lady! Post-lesson, of course, there were funny stories to be shared. Jenna - "Colton, how many brothers/sisters do you have?" Colton - " Just a sister, her" (Pointing to Emmalyn) Emmalyn - "Na-ugh bubby, mommy's baby in hers belly" Colton -...

Emmalyn's best lines... - Em, did you have fun riding with Grandpa in the tractor? "Him no drive." He didn't? Who drove? "It drived itself." I see. What's Grandpa do when you ride with him, does he talk to you? "No. Him talk on hee's phone". :) Observative little cusses! - "Me and Addi go to bubby's cool" (aka...preschool next fall) - Emmalyn, what are your favorite colors? "Pink and poo-ple. I lub dem" - "Mom. I put on my wotion. It aqua-poor" - Mommy. Bubby ....." insert any kind of tattling here. We've figured that one out in full force. - Sadly - she's gone from calling Uncle Trent "Unca T" to "Trent". My baby is growing up! :) - "Hair-wee. Hi Baby Haiw-wee" (R's are a little weak) - Emmalyn, go put on your flip flops..."No, I wear my Unca T boots"....even with shorts. Or a dress. Or pajamas. - "Me no wub doze" -- point...

My oh my, what a week it's been! Monday and Tuesday we ultimately didn't have plans, but they turned into the ONLY free nights we had to run errands in preparation for the rest of the week! Wednesday evening was the Sacred Heart Mother Daughter banquet, which was a really nice time for Emmalyn and I. Not to mention, Emmalyn got picked up from Pam's by "Gamma" and got to spend the day with her and Paps one-on-one. Here are a few pics Mom was able to snap via her phone, of their day. Fieldside lunch! Getting ready for her tractor ride with Grandpa! If you can zoom in enough, that grin is just priceless! Loves her Paps! Miss Em must have been worn out from farming, because Mom said she went right inside, grabbed her blankie and Callie and was upstairs in bed before Mom could hardly get in the door. 2.5 later, she finally decided to wake up! :) Apparently when Mom asked if Grandpa talked to her, she replied, "No. Him talk on hee's pone" ...

Just wanted to find a place to put this picture that we can forever cherish it. Colton idolizes his Daddy. He is ALWAYS begging him to hunt, and occasionally Jason will bite the bullet and take him along. Usually, it ends up causing Jason a headache because 5 year olds aren't exactly patient, nor quiet. Both are required skills of a good hunter. However, last night must have been a different story. It wasn't hot, it wasn't cold. There were turkey's gobbling, which caught Colton's interest, and I think they even saw a few. Perfect conditions for a Daddy & Me date. And then, this pregnant momma might have shed a tear when I got this texted to me. "Waiting patiently"... Sorry it's blurry. Jason doesn't yet have a "fancy smart phone", but this picture is just perfect. It shows Colton trying so hard to be like Dad, with a "too cool" smile on his face, decked out in camo , and waiting patiently. Love these two!

Well, we made the decision a few weeks ago to buy bunks. Again, hilarious story about this adventure can be found here ( April Showers ) Anyway -- the kids have been troopers about sleeping a.) together and b.) on the floor for over a week. I really wish my camera/phone had been ON when I went to snap this picture, because MOMENTS before this was snapped, Emmalyn was laying on her BACK with her foot/leg draped over Colton's neck/face, and neither one of them seemed to care. At all. Sleepy Babes. Pay close attention the covers Emmalyn's sleeping on/under. Blue. Sports. With a touch of pink blanky and CallieBear. Yesterday, I took a half day to welcome the new bunk beds. We are so pleased with them. They turned out great and fit nicely into the space. They take up a BUNCH of room, but the kids are OVERJOYED by them. (Let's hope they still are in a year or two!) Emmalyn sleeps on the bottom and Colton chose to sleep on top. Excited to check out his new bed! T...

Well, the Stockment's have officially jumped onto the Sports Days train! So hard to believe that Colton is old enough to be playing some organized sports, but let me tell you, it couldn't have come soon enough! Such a little outdoorsman, this kid just LOVES sports of any kind. I would have to say that I think Baseball and Basketball will be his favorites, which is quite okay with this Momma! Fieldwork/Farmer in the fall, followed by ball and more ball! :) After the kids initial skills day got rained out (remember my last post...RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!), the kids finally had their first practice on the Friday night before Opening Day (Saturday). Talk about excited beyond control. I asked Pam to count that day how many times Colton brought up baseball/tee-ball and she said by breakfast (8am) she'd lost track! I'm sure it was a LONG day for Pammy! :) Practice went well, and that evening, as I tucked Colton into bed, I reminded him, "Do not get up before I do in the morni...

Let's recap April 2013. It rained. A lot. And then it rained some more. And I have had two kids who are SICK AND TIRED of being forced to stay inside!!!! :( Literally, April passed in a flash, and I believe it to be a flash of lightening. Let's see if I can recall some of hte past month, and maybe toss in a few pictures. (NOTE: What worries me -- this is crazy life with just TWO kids. What's going to happen come late July/August when we become a family of 5 and time goes even faster. I may not make it folks. Prayers welcome!) So we survived Easter Weekend and welcomed the month of April and the hopeful onset of Spring with open arms. I turned 31 and got treated to a pedicure by my hubs! Fabulous. I even had great girlfriends who took me to lunch and my wonderful Momma indulged my half-mexican ways even further with a taco night at the farm. (I'm fairly certainly that for the last 31 years...I've had taco's on my birthday. Why change now?)  Other highlights: ...