Life through their eyes.....

Ok, Mary you were right......This is a bit addictive.

I just wanted to share with everyone my perspective on things.

First of all, we all know life is short and we all take things, people and special moments for granted. I realize this, so I try my hardest to REALLY enjoy every moment with the ones I love, my family and friends and husband and children. I really try to be "present" in interactions with other people and listen not only with my ears, but my heart too.

Part of enjoying all of life's special moments involves seeing life through someone else's eyes. For me, the most interesting eyes to look through right now are Hayden's. To watch his enjoyment of the little things, like jumping, and running, and seeing a bug or a snake, or helping me cook....These things are amazing to me. Last night I was privileged enough to see his little imagination working so hard! You see, Hayden loves to watch Emeril on Food Network. I sometimes let him stay up past his bedtime (shhhh, don't tell daddy) so that he can finish the show. Emeril was cooking some yummy looking food last night and Hayden wanted to "have some". So, being silly, I just said "well go get some!". He so expectantly walked to the TV and "got" some mushrooms and shrimp for us to eat. He brought it to myself and his Aunt Sandy and we all "ate" this yummy food! It was great! His very innocent and untainted view of things is just jaw dropping for me. It hits me hard all the time that this little boy (both of my little boys) depend so much on me for so many things. How to interact with others, how to care for others, how to go potty in the big boy potty =o), how to do EVERYTHING that is needed to survive in this life. That is a lot of pressure!!! However, it is an honor to be trusted with these little men's lives. God has blessed me with the most wonderful children, I can not imagine my life without them. I get the opportunity to see life through their innocent eyes and that is so refreshing. The simple things like a butterfly landing on a flower, a waterfall (lobsterball-Hayden's way of saying waterfall), these little things that we all take for granted are all new and fresh to these boys and I love enjoying it through and with them.

I know this is a bit of a tangent, but I am just a proud momma and I wish everyone could experience the newness of everything when viewed through a child's eyes. It really puts life in perspective. It does for me anyway......
Ok, that is all of my ranting for today.....I hope you all have a good day!

S

Here is Hayden enjoying the heck out of sitting in a tree.....remember how fun that was to climb trees???

I couldn't wait......

I know, I know.....It's not Friday yet. I just couldn't wait until Friday this week to share the pictures of my beautiful boys with everyone!!!
This one is of Tyler "chillin'" in his floatie......

This is Hayden with his new big boy floaties........


We got the new "continuous spray" sunscreen, which is great and easy to apply, however, unless you want your child to have green armpits, I don't suggest you use it. Because it has alcohol in it to make it quick drying, it caused the green of his floaties to color Hayden's arms/armpits green as well. It washed off easy enough, but for me and my small bit of OCD, it was very disturbing and annoying.
They boys had a blast swimming. Tyler pretty much just chills out, if you hold him in the water, he kicks like a pro! Hayden is a little bit timid yet, it will take him a few times to get comfortable with it. His wonderful Aunt Sandy is going to take him to swimming lessons this summer and get him more comfy with it all. Until then, he will continue to ask me to "come'ear" and request my "shoulder". I really am not upset by that.....

Greg has started his new job and is liking it thus far. The shift, from what he can tell, is going to be similar to what he is used to, 2pm-10pm. He worked 1pm-9pm previously, so not too much of a change.

I am working hard and am now going to be a coach to new hires, I suppose they trust me to lead them in the right direction! That is exciting for me, it will add a bit of diversity to my days.
Still working on what is wrong with my head and why I am having headaches. I will just say, Aetna HMO stinks. They are trying to play doctor and of course, they know better than my doctor. They won't approve an MRI until I have taken meds for 3 weeks. Now, I could go to the ER and get it done there without approval, but then I have to have 100 bucks for the co-pay, which I don't have at the moment.

So, if you don't mind keeping me in your prayers, I would appreciate it!!!

Happy hump day!
S