The Boys

The boys have been keeping us crazy as ever. 

Campbell says the funniest things, 

& Emerson is getting harder to keep up with!

I jotted down a few silly things Campbell said this last week...

"Tada I'm a castle!" (While attempting to climb up a light pole)

Mom: You are so cute!

Cam: you're welcome.

Mom: How about Pasta for dinner?

Cam: YES! Wahoo! I so excited. 

Mom: Good job Cam! Look at all the poop in the potty...

Cam: Thank you, thank you (while bowing)

He is doing a great job potty training.

He wears a pull up at night and when we are going to be gone for a long time. 

Other than that, he cute little bum is in cute little undies. 

And then there is Emerson. 

This boy.

I get the feeling more & more that he is going to be a  h a n d f u l !

For the last couple of days he has let me hold him while he falls asleep.

It almost makes me forget about the fits he's been throwing, 

the messes he's been making 

& the food he hasn't been eating. 

Almost. 

As he was walking from cupboard to cupboard in the kitchen this morning, flinging each one open as hard as he could while grunting, Chris asked me if I thought he had gotten more rambunctious in the last 24 hours.  

The answer is yes...

except its been happening for a week now. 

Today I am positive that Emerson is 7x as ornery as he was last Monday.

The lady in his class at church even said,
"Oh I remember you, you are the climber."
He's that kid.

But look how sweet he is while he sleeps :)

Life Happens.

Life is what is happening right now. Don't let life happen to you, you happen to life. 

-Chris McLeod

Before we moved from Tulsa I saved that quote in my notes. 

Last night I felt like life was happening to me. The last couple of days actually. 

I've been stuck in a mom rut. 

Picture this: I'm awake, just after midnight, with Emerson. He has just eaten a bottle and thinks its time to get down and play. The fight between me wanting him to go back to sleep & him wanting to get down & play continues for over 3 hours. Since what Im doing clearly isn't working I wake Chris up. I feel like I'm about to lose my mind. 

I squeeze into bed, wide awake but so tired I feel sick to my stomach. Campbell is in my spot... & then I smelled it. I lean forward to take a closer whiff just to make sure, right as Cam smacks my face & yells "No, no, no. No poop!"

He's wrong. 

As I'm changing his diaper in the dark at 3:20 in the morning, he's now screaming "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!". I couldn't help but start laughing. Is this a joke? Is this really happening right now? Wait, its not funny anymore... Campbell's pjs & my bed are wet. Wet with pee. 

Just as I finish cleaning up the mess & climb back in bed with Campbell, so does Chris. I am thankful he got the stinker to sleep and freaking irritated at the same time that it only took him 20 minutes. 

I text my sister to break her the news that I will not be working out with her in the morning. Two & a half hours of sleep isn't going to cut it. Especially since I was up at 4:30 the morning before with Emerson, and 5:00 the morning before that. 

Why am I still awake? It is now 3:30am & Campbell is talking about Dinosaur Train. Maybe I am actually dreaming. I can hope right? Reality will smack me in the face in just a few hours... and it did. 

Here's to happening to life. Taking time to be in the moment & not just my to do list... or stressing about what I haven't accomplished on my to do list.
Sometimes that just means watching the boys live life. 

I will try harder to enjoy the moments when I would rather be sleeping, because although it is a cliche statement, I know in the blink of an eye I am going to wonder where the time went.
I am going to be wishing Emerson would let me hold him in the middle of the night.
I am thankful to hold him, always.

I am going to miss Cam sleeping so close to me I might fall off the bed.
I am thankful to snuggle him, always.

And little feet running down the stairs in the morning to find me will only be a memory.
I am thankful to be a mom. Campbell & Emerson's mom. Always.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
-Dr. Seuss 

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As soon as I saw you, 

I knew an adventure was going to happen.

-Winnie the Pooh