I'm Back!!

It feels good to be back. I get so frustrated with myself that I let over a year go without blogging. I love the memories we have from the times that I did blog, so it's my goal to keep at it this year. I am not planning on doing a specific picture a day, or even blogging daily, so I moved back over to this spot - My Soul Is Full. 

My Soul Is Full....the thing is, many times this year I didn't feel that way. 2012 wasn't the best year for us, it had some hard moments. I will share more about that later. And 2013 has the potential to bring some more obstacles our way. I hope that seeing the words My Soul Is Full on a regular basis will remind me that no matter what we are going through, to let the blessings fill me up! We have so much to be thankful for, so many blessings, and I hope this coming year to make sure I stay focused on those blessings a little more.

All that being said, there is one problem! The two computers that have all my pictures on them are each in different states, and I currently am in neither of those states. So, until I return to Springfield this coming weekend it's probably going to be quite around here...but I promise, I will be back! 

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So for now, I leave you with a little glimpse of our Christmas. Happy New Year Friends!!

A Hole In One and Number One. Both Exciting!

I do have a potty update, but something much more exciting happened today. This is going to be a long post so strap in and hang on. Or click that back arrow in the upper right hand corner of your screen, I promise, you won't hurt my feelings. But not until you read the first part of my post.

No I wasn't there, and no I didn't take any of the pictures. But it's still very exciting! My Dad got a hole in one today playing golf with Tim. A HOLE IN ONE!! Here are the stats for any golf players out there. Hole number 17, Par 3, 147 yards with an 8 iron played down hill.

Here is the hole where the magic happened.

Dad has gotten two hole in ones in his entire life. His first one was with his dad, the second was with his son. He said it couldn't have been more perfect! Maybe his next one will be with a grandson! :)

While Dad was taking a nap Tim ran out and got this plaque for Dad. He emailed me the above pictures from his phone and I sent them to Walgreen's to get printed. The plaque has the pictures, the score card and the ball dad shot with. Great idea Tim!

Congratulations Dad!! I know how exciting it was for you!

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Now on to the potty training. Today started good, got very frustrating as the day went on but looks like we are going to end on a high note.

Cael woke up dry and we headed straight for the potty. He sat there for a hour, yes my friends I said an hour. Diego kept us busy for part of the time and then we read and sang some songs. He ended up having a TBE, so that was exciting!

He had an accident around 11:30. We were playing and he told me he had peed so we ran to the bathroom. There was a very small amount on the ground and kept telling me "I stopped my pee". I was very proud of him for stopping when he realized what was happening. The only problem was he wouldn't go again. I really didn't want to head into nap time without him going again but he just refused. I just knew we would wake up from nap time with a diaper full of pee and poop! To my surprise there was very little pee and no poop.

During the afternoon I tried and tried to get him to pee in the potty but he was having none of it. He sat and sat on the potty but never did anything. Steve came home and he tried a few times to get him to go, no luck. I was prepared (and pretty grumpy about it) for an accident to happen any time. We at dinner and started watching Toy Story 3. Half way in we took a potty break that was going to include some ice cream. Cael got on the potty and soon after Steve's phone started ringing. When I came back Cael said "Mom, I peeing". Sure enough, he was letting it all lose. We had another FBE!!! So exciting!

So for today we had two successes and one accident. Not to shabby if you ask me. I still think he should be going more than twice a day, but I will take what I can get for now. We are for sure seeing progress!

Now, if we can get some poop in the potty. I am going to be SO tempted to take a picture of it.

p.s. Thank you husband for giving my post a title

Boys Will Be Boys

We had fun night at small group tonight. After the lesson a few friends stayed and visited for a while. Natalie brought snacks and ended up leaving a bag of chips. Before we knew it the boys were in the kitchen and it was soon and all out war for the chips.

I have no clue why Wesley's eye is messed up in this picture. I couldn't fix it for the life of me, BUT I had to include it...check out his pink and purple cup. No wonder he almost gets beat up by drunk girls at Long John Silver.

We tried to get a good picture of all the boys. Why oh why do we even try? At least this time they were all smiles!

I love that Cael is going to have so many boys his age to grow up with (these are just a few of them!).

Audrey Time!!

Earlier this week Little Miss Audrey came to hang out for a little while. She and Cael had lots to snuggle time! They were way to cute (even though there were no smiles)

Even Cael got some Audrey love!!

Just For PopPop

PopPop, you ask for them you get them!!

Weekend With The Sheraden's

We went to St.Loius a few weekend ago with some friends for an over night trip. We swam in the pool, played at Monkey Joe's and ate at Chick Fil A (the best part for me). We had a great time and our boys had the best time...which was the point after all.

We never thought the boys were going to get the car seat in Katie's car.

On the road...finally!

Cael was ready for some swimming

We have a little fish on our hands. He had so much fun!! He doesn't want you to touch him, he wants to do it all on his own.

Wesley was a little calmer when it came to swimming.

Notice all the guys eyes, except Cael's.

All our boys

Grandma and Grandpa Miller got us season passes to our local water park for Christmas. I CAN'T WAIT!! We are going to have so much fun!

We shared a hotel room to cut down on cost. I brought thumb tacks and made a tent for Cael. He went straight to sleep and didn't get up once. Both boys were asleep by 10:40 and we big kids even played Ticket To Ride right there in the room. We NEVER thought the night would go so well.

The reason we went to St.Loius was because the museum we were planning on taking the train to was closed on Monday. When we got to St.Louis Steve saw a breakfast buffet he wanted to try out. We got up Monday morning and headed that way only to find out the buffet was not served on Mondays. So he then suggested we go to a pancake place that looked really good. Notice the sign by the door.........Moral of the story?? Don't plan anything on Mondays.

We went to a place called Monkey Joe's which is building full of bounce houses. We all had so much fun and can't wait to go back.

One of Cael's favorite things was this train he got to ride.

My baby had no fear!!

Cael at the end of the 20 foot slide. He flew down that thing!

We could not wipe the smile off his face!

Wesley was all smiles also!

Wesley needed a drink break

Cael loving the slide again!

Sheraden's standing in front of Money Joe himself.

Here is a picture of some of the bounce houses

Cael and Wesley were flying up the stairs to the 20 foot slide by the end of our time there. All the other mom's were very impressed our little guys were going it.

I realized something at Monkey Joe's. My baby is not a baby anymore....

They boys with their souvenir from the Sheraden's

And on to the best part of the trip for me........

Seriously...it does not get yummier than this!

The boys with their CFA books. The were very serious about reading them.

It was the perfect way to end a great trip!

We went to St.Loius a few weekends ago for an overnight trip with some friends. We had a really good time and our boys had a blast...which was the whole point. Enjoy some pictures!