Mother's Day Prayer

This was my first Mother's Day with 2 babies... yes TWO! I can't believe I have 2 kids. This is where one stops and asks "is this real life?" I'm so lucky!

Every year, Paxton's school does a Mother's Day program, where the kids sing songs from chapel and cute little "mother's day" songs too. Then we go and have "muffins with mom" in their classroom. I was excited about this year's program because Paxton is such a ham, and loves to be on stage so I couldn't wait to see him perform his little songs. Brandon and I were trying to coordinate getting there (me from work and him with Maverick) so that we could get good seats for the program. I ended up running a little later than I wanted and was pleasantly surprised and very happy to see that Brandon had gotten there in enough time to save us front row seats! Woohoo!

The program began and like any good preschool parent would do, we were juggling taking pictures, feeding the baby puffs, and trying to video. It was just as I thought it would be - hilarious, and so very very cute. There was of course, one child whose hysterics did not allow him to stay on stage, and then there was my child... who practically shouted from stage "Hi Mom! I'm so glad you're here!" The entire audience giggled over my child's sweet (and pretty loud) "hello's" and his adorable handwaving and thumbs up-ing. He will be on stage someday, somehow, doing something, I'm sure of it. He's not aware of the "audience" at all, at least not in the sense that he should feel reserved in any way. He does all the motions to all the songs full out and sings his little heart out.

And then Mr. Brian came up to the front and with the microphone started talking about the children and what fun they had in Chapel this year - Mr. Brian leads Chapel every week and is loved by all the children - and began to talk about how he was very excited to have a certain child pray for us this morning.

And that child was mine!

I was delighted! And shocked! And I couldn't stop the giggles or the tears because my heart was bursting with pride and with love for this shaggy headed little boy who made his was to the microphone and began to pray. My son was picked out of all of the other children in his school to pray!

I will update this post with the video when I can! You'll definitely want to see it! :)

Burlap Ring Bearer Pillow and A Rustic Wedding

Recently my mother-in-law got married (isn't she beautiful?!) and wanted a rustic themed wedding and I was excited to help decorate. I hand made the burlap ring bearer pillows that my son and nephew carried in her wedding and loved the way the rustic theme came together. 

Here's my son carrying one of the burlap pillows I made.

I was going to buy the ring bearer pillows off of Etsy, but they were so expensive and I thought it would be a nicer touch if I made them anyways. Plus, she could have them as a keepsake afterwards and they would go well with the decor in her home. The other thing is that I just got a sewing machine for Christmas and have been all about sewing crafts and different DIY projects. I wasn't sure about sewing burlap but I managed to sew the edges of the burlap pillows and then used a hot glue gun for the rest of the details. The thing about working with burlap, is that you'll want to start with a little more than you think you'll need because it frays very easily at the edges and sometimes the piece I'm working with ends up a touch smaller than I had originally planned. 

Here's the other ring bearer - my nephew! - carrying the other pillow.

If you want to make burlap pillows (for a wedding, or just for awesome rustic decor in your home), get some burlap and then some lace and you can get pretty creative with how you decorate them. I've seen some with lace around the edges but I knew my mother-in-law didn't want that so I just made some lace rosettes and some burlap flowers, both very easy to do, especially if you have a hot glue gun handy. 

Burlap Ring Bearer Pillow #1:

Burlap Ring Bearer Pillows 1 and 2:

Here I am with my hubs and our sweet little ring bearer!

What do you think of the pillows? Yay or nay? 

Have you ever made pillows out of burlap before? Tips? 

A break in the blogging hiatus

Shame on me for not blogging the most recent moments of our lives! Can I beg the "I've been so busy" excuse? Well, really the only one losing here is me, for I love going back and reading my memories and I won't have some of the precious times written down! Ugh! Anyways, lamenting aside, let me begin...

Maverick is 8 months old... 8.months.old. Where in the world did the last 8 months of my life go? I'm not quite sure, but they quickly slipped away! Maverick has just progressed from the "army crawl" to lifting his belly off the ground and crawling in the last week. We've had to baby proof and now we're busier than ever, making sure he's not crawling out the door or pulling the toilet paper off the roll (YAY for that stage again! lol). He's got 4 teeth, 2 on the bottom, 2 on top, with a 5th tooth poking through on top. Brandon taught him how to clap and its the most precious sight. Those chubby arms lift up and those fat fingers come together, making no sound, but the smile on his face is deafening! Its adorable! He's certainly very pleased with himself and revels in the praise we give him.

I've been making all of his baby food and so far he's had avocado, sweet potato, bananas, green beans, butternut squash, apples, pumpkin, and blueberry. His favorites are sweet potatoes and bananas, so I end up mixing a lot of strange concoctions! He gets very excited when its time to eat and gets mad when its all gone. He now eats puffs too and we've tried yogurt melts but they are strawberry flavored and I honestly think he doesn't like them because they are strawberry! Paxton never liked anything strawberry flavored when he was Maverick's age! Crazy!

Paxton is 3 and half years old. He can spell his full name and can write it too! He was recently chosen to pray for the Mother's Day Program at school out of all of the children there and it was the most adorable surprise I could have ever wished for for Mother's Day! I was so proud of him I cried all day on and off! He wasn't nervous and didn't bat an eye in front of all those people. Then, when he was finished, he got back in his place, turned to me with a thumbs up and said "I did a good job Mom!" How.Precious. #butreally

This has been a crazy season in our lives and I'm determined to document how God is moving. I honestly get excited thinking about our future because we've got such a crazy unreal story already, its just got to have a great ending. How can it not?! Ever the optimist, I guess, but part of that is that God is teaching me to trust Him and have faith that He is in control.

More to come, I promise. More to come...