Toddler Life

At some point Nate became a full fledged healthy toddler! I sometimes wonder did it just happen overnight? I was looking back at pictures yesterday from when he was just a year old and how he still looked like a baby.  But now he looks like a little toddler full of energy! One thing is for sure he will always be my baby! ALWAYS!! He is continuing to grow in leaps and bounds both physically and developmentally! He truly makes my heart melt.  He is my whole little world! Its funny because I feel like I could write all day long about him.  Motherhood has been a fun and loving adventure! I spent the whole day Sunday with him, just me and him.  It was a very trying day.  He was pushing his limits! Which I know just comes along with having an 18 month old. But I do believe I was about to pull my hair out.  But at the same time when it came time to put him to bed I just wanted to snuggle my ''baby'' up and love on him.  I do believe that is the true definition of unconditional love! 

I always give Nate a kiss every time I put him in his car seat.  It just became something I do! And the past few months he would always wave and say 'bye-bye' to me. So cute and sweet.  This morning we were running a little late so I was in a hurry and I stood up and I heard him make a kiss sound and then I realized that I hadn't gave him his morning smooch!  But he reminded me! I said to him 'I'm so sorry, mama forgot'! But he is so smart he remembered!! The whole way to drop him off I was just thinking how lucky and blessed I am to call this little guy mine!  He is doing things everyday that amaze me.  He is like a little sponge just soaking it all up! As I have said before I am just trying to be the best parent I can be with what is in my heart! I am sharing some pictures of my little toddler! Hope you enjoy!!

Best Friends or Sisters?

In 1993 I met these two little girls who were also playing softball.  We instantly became best friends! We had lots in common but our lives centered around softball and our friendship.  We were pretty much inseparable all through school.  We have so many memories together. Some happy, some sad, some scary, some just outright hilarious! Friendship like that is truly rare.  And I do believe that once you get to a certain point in your life you stop finding friends like that.  And not only were we the best of friends but our daddies were "cowboy friends" (thats what they called each other) They coached us during the summer and also were close friends! We would always tell people that we were triplets.  We said that because Ashley and Carley were twins.  And we always said the third one always looks different!!

I think back to how obsessed we were with Days of Our Lives and so we decided we had to have pictures of Marlena that we found in a magazine that they were selling. So we scraped together the cash and sent our money in, they sent back the three pictures with a note saying to never send cash in the mail again! I think back to when my grandma died and they were at the funeral and saw how distraught I was and they stayed to comfort me.  They said they didn't really know what to do but them just being there helped! I think back to riding Mr. Chuck's fourwheeler and driving and dodging things and we flipped his fairly new fourwheeler.  We all said "Everyone ok?" and we flipped it back over and went and put the fourwheeler up and ran upstairs and hid! There are just so many stories, I could sit here and type forever.  I love those two girls with all that I am.  We have been the best of friends for 18 years now.  I can't think about my life without them in it! I do believe that they helped make me into the person I am today! Ashley is my son's godmother and Carley will be the next one's.  There was a point in our 18 years of friendship that we stopped being just friends and became sisters!  I know that we have a lifetime more of memories to make with each other.  I cherish each one! And I try so very hard to never take our friendship for granted! I thank God for bringing them into my life.  He certainly knew what he was doing when he crossed our paths.  So Carley and Ashley if you are reading this, thank you for being my bestest friend, thank you for being my sisters, thank you for loving me unconditionally and most of all thank you for being in my life! I love ya'll more than words could ever express!! TA-TA'S FOR LIFE!!