I'm Trying

I'm one of those people that has a list a mile long of new years resolutions... So far this year, I am not doing that great with any of them! It seems that life with 3 little ones goes by at light speed and somedays Craig and I barely come up for air. I think sometimes, that maybe I should just stop and enjoy the stage I'm in with the kids instead of worrying about what needs to get done and what new years resolutions haven't been met! I think I'll work on that NY resolution a little more! ;)

The kids are just growing so fast! I'll post some pics soon. Emma is just so funny. Everything she says (outside of sassing :) is hilarious! She made me "dinner" the other day, but before we could eat our french fries, eggs, potato chips, brownies and cookies (all plastic food in case you were wondering what I actually feed my kids!) she told me to "Wait, Mommy! We can't eat until our guest-es gets here!" And just this weekend, she asked Craig if he would "come enjoy her for dinner"! And of course he did join her... Noah is really starting to talk! He is putting sentences together and suprises us with a new one every day! Emma makes fun of him sometimes and says he is learning to talk (which she gets reprimanded for), but it is amazing that he is talking seeing as most of us can't get a word in when she is in the room! Jake is so big. You know how you have those moments with babies - you look at them one day and you're like "man, he has really grown, he just looks so big!" We had one of those on Saturday. He really is growing fast. he will be 3 months old on Saturday and fitting tightly into his 3-6 month clothes. He isn't sleeping through the night yet, hopefully that will happen soon. But he is a very, very happy baby. You can catch him smiling most all the time and when he isn't, you can persuade him to very easily!

Craig and I are struggling with wanting change right now. We have both always liked change, but we have to be careful because we seem to always get the 3 year itch... We miss Tulsa, would like to be closer to his or my parents, worry about schools for Emma, etc. But we want to be where God wants us and doing what He would have us do - and we really aren't sure where that is right now. We both feel like AR is not home, but of course the Lord could show us otherwise. I did actually look for jobs in OK, there were a few, but not sure we are ready to take that step yet. We are just going to pray about it and see what the Lord has in store for us this year! I may still be sitting here posting in Van Buren this time next year and if that is what the Lord wants, then so be it!