Correction!

Our little man is in the 26th percentile for weight and 50th for length....not the other way around. :)

I think he likes it!

So, I mentioned that Peyton got to try rice cereal yesterday... Madison was so excited their doctor said we could go ahead and try it with Peyton. :) He actually did much better than Madi did the first time she had it. Of course he spit some out...but was more than willing to continue eating! ;) Madison got to help feed him some too...so fun!

And to update you on his stats. :) At 4 months, Peyton is 14.4 lbs and 25 inches long. Surprisingly, he's back down to the 26th percentile for length and 50th for weight.

Where does the time go?

If you watch the Bachelor or the Bachelorette (or even if you don't) you have probably heard that each rose ceremony is "the most dramatic rose ceremony yet." Seriously, ever single one is "the MOST dramatic." I'm starting to feel like I'm no better when it comes to repeating myself. :) "Time flies." "That was the fastest year of my life." "THAT was the fastest year of my life." So, I suppose just like the Bachelor is going to keep getting MORE dramatic every episode, my days and weeks and months are just going to seem shorter and shorter as I get older and we get busier. So, with that, I will just say it... The past 5 years and 4 months have DEFINITELY been the fastest 5 years and 4 months of my life!

It really doesn't seem possible that our baby boy is 4 months already...giggling, cooing like crazy, and even got to try rice cereal today! Weren't we just at the hospital?! To make things even crazier, Madison starts Kindergarten on Monday. My sweet girl is growing up way too fast! She couldn't be more excited about starting school. :) They are both such huge blessings...our sunshine. :)

This week I started back at work. It has been hard to get adjusted to not being with the kids all day. I thought the 2nd time around would be easier, but leaving Peyton wasn't any easier than it was when I went back to work after having Madison. He is in such great hands though, which helps tremendously! This year I'm at a brand new school with a new team and new subjects. I'm still going to be teaching 5th grade, but will be teaching a self-contained class - so my kiddos will stay with me all day and I'll teach every subject. The school is beautiful and I really like the team I'll be working with. I think it is going to be a great year! Challenging, but good. :)

Today we got to go and meet Madison's kindergarten teacher! She is so sweet and Madison is super excited!! Her classroom is FULL of cute little reading nooks, fun furniture and bright colors...lots of pink! I think Madison is going to LOVE being in that class!

We have a busy weekend ahead with Landon's 7th bday party on Saturday and an end of the summer BBQ with friends on Sunday AND a lot more work for me in my classroom! It's been a long week too...I can barely keep my eyes open! Good night for now!

All we prayed for and more...

It just wouldn't be right to start blogging again without FIRST telling the story of how we went from our little family of three to four.  Most of you know that Dylan, Madison and I hoped for, wished for and prayed for another baby to complete our family for a very long time.  Dylan and I decided we'd like to start trying for a second baby when Madison was a year old.  We figured a two to three year age difference would be good and wanted to allow for some time just in case it took awhile.  Little did we know, God had a different plan in mind.  After three LONG years of worrying, waiting, praying, doctors appointments (only to be told there wasn't anything wrong), lots of tears, and even more praying, I finally decided that OUR plan wasn't HIS plan and that I needed to truly give up the worrying and start living the beautiful life the three of us had together.  Just when I gave it ALL up to Him, I found out I was pregnant.  No joke.  How many times have you heard that story?  Now I know it is true.  No doctors, no medication, no counting days, checking calendars, etc.  We didn't get pregnant around Madison's 1st birthday, as I had hoped...it was around her 4th birthday, which meant our babies would be almost 5 years apart in age.  It wasn't what we initially imagined, but I can't even begin to list the number of reasons His timing was and is absolutely perfect.  And he is absolutely perfect.

Meet our Peyton. :)

I heard a friend the other day say that God was "showing off" when he made her daughter.  Oh. my. goodness...if that doesn't describe how we feel about this little man, I don't know what does!  We couldn't be more blessed to have this perfect little baby boy in our lives.  And he makes the perfect sidekick to our beautiful, fun, energetic, creative, smart, outgoing, girly-girl...Madi.  What did we ever do to deserve these two?!

Every good and perfect gift is from above.

James 1:17

A work in progress!

It has been almost 2 years since I have blogged...so hard to believe!  Well...I am going to try to make a comeback!  I have thought several times that I need to get back at it but life just got so busy!  On top of that, I am such a perfectionist that I haven't wanted to start again until I had the time to figure out how to make it pretty. :)  I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger thought and consider it a work in progress (new blog title?)! For now, you can at least get some updates, see pictures of the two cutest kids on the planet ;) and even have a few laughs at this crazy momma as we embark on a WILD ride this fall...new baby, Madison starting kindergarten, me at a new school teaching every subject to 20-some 10 year olds while Dylan's job takes him all over the world...first stop - Argentina!

So, my goal is to at least post once a week...I tend to get overwhelmed when I try to post every single thing that they do or say and then start to feel like I am letting people down, so I'm going to shoot for at least weekly posts and if I fit in more, great! :)  But, since I JUST completed the book I made from the blog of Madison's first year, THIS SUMMER, I figured I'd better start recording stuff for Peyton here too so I can have something for him to take with him at least by the time he moves out of our house!!

Have you ever had a Rolo McFlurry from McDonald's??  They are all kinds of YUM!  And I just finished one thanks to my sweet husband. ;)  I guess I'll be doing some extra time with the Sworkit app in the morning...  Good night for now!