Macro Monday

Letter From Daddy:

My son Josiah LOOOOOOVES baseball, To the point where he wants to sleep with his ball and glove. Every chance he gets he wants to play. It reminds me alot of myself when i was young. I ate, slept and (for lack of a better word. )”shit” baseball. It was my life and it was all i cared about. I am starting to see that in my son. I mean don’t get me wrong, he likes alot of stuff, just like your typical 3 year old. But when it comes to baseball i can see that he enjoys it very much.

Josiah has always had a special place in my heart, from the moment i saw him take his first breath, and every night when i tuck him into bed, My heart and soul are filled with Love, Joy and peace. As he gets older i find myself falling more and more in love with him. To the point where im overwhelmed and my face pours with tears of Joy it makes all the problems in my life just disappear. I enjoy sitting and listening to him tell me about his day and listen to him use his imagination to stretch what actually happen. In this moment i cant help but think about my Dad………He passed away when i was 10 months old i was raised without a father, so this whole father thing is VERRRRRRRRY new to me but now…more than ever i feel my fathers love, I now finally know what it is like to have a father. I imagine that the love i feel for my son is the same love that i feel for my son and its beautiful to me to know that 25 years after my father is gone he still loves me…. That is the true definition of LOVE…. If there is 1 thing that i want my son to know about me. Its that I love him with everything that i have…..

The point is this… Find something in your life that you love. Find something that you believe in and pursue it with everything that you have. within a blink of an eye it can be gone… Cherish those special moments that you have with your loved ones. Family is everything. And in the end look back and smile at all the good times you had. Live with no regrets never apologize. And dont take anything for granted.

Letter From Daddy:

:) My baby girl.. Words can not begin to describe my love for my little girl.. She is my everything and she is 1 1/2 yrs old and she has me completely wrapped around her finger. AS SOOON as i get home from work, she is always there to greet me !! “HIIIII DADDY!! COME HERE” she drags me over to an empty area in the room and wants me to watch her dance! Dancing is something she loves to do whenever she hears a funky tune that strikes a nerve you can find her boppin’ her head or moving her arms..

I constantly think and anxiously await driving her to dance class,or taking her to a daddy daughter dance. I have never in my life experienced anything like this, and i am eternally grateful that i get to share this with my Jocelyn. I have been making slow progress but have yet to make a successful pony tail. And when i Paint her nails i make a mess but i wouldn’t change any of it for a second! there is no where else that i would rather be than spending time with my daughter! 

My Baby girl, I love you and you hold another special place in my heart always!

Love…Daddy :)

From Chris:

Chris sent me this song today, said it was just for me. ♥ He's such a sweetheart sometimes :) Thanks, Honey, for being my best friend. Love you. ♥





Don't go changing, to try and please me 
You never let me down before 
Don't imagine you're too familiar 
And I don't see you anymore 
I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble 
We never could have come this far 
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times 
I'll take you just the way you are 

Don't go trying some new fashion 
Don't change the color of your hair 
You always have my unspoken passion 
Although I might not seem to care 

I don't want clever conversation 
I never want to work that hard 
I just want someone that I can talk to 
I want you just the way you are. 

I need to know that you will always be 
The same old someone that I knew 
What will it take till you believe in me 
The way that I believe in you. 

I said I love you and that's forever 
And this I promise from the heart 
I could not love you any better 
I love you just the way you are. 

Sometimes, you just need to laugh...

Sometimes, you just need to laugh....

Through Josiah's Eyes

Josiah loves to steal my phone and go around taking photos.  Anything to get his creativity going is fine with me. He has yet to break my phone, even if he does I can just buy a new one. Maybe one day he will be an amazing photographer. ♥

My Silly Boy

I always seem to have Josiah stories, but the thing is Jocelyn take 3 hour naps during the day and because of that Josiah has time to shine. He always acts a bit more silly when it's just me and him. I do need to make it a point to keep up with Jocelyn a bit more. Cause she really is stinkin' funny too. 

Anyways Josiah likes to dance, it's mainly just crazy foot work, either way, it makes me laugh. 

Oh Josiah

Josiah is getting into this I don't care kind of attitude and I'm a bit unsure how to handle things. I told him "If you don't pick up these toy off the floor I'm going to throw them all away" Fine, he says, throw them away. So I got I huge black trash bag and loaded up all the toys that were left out on the floor, in the process of me doing this, he is sitting his bed watching me. Totally NOT caring. So I throw one last chance at him, "Please help me pick up your toys" "Just throw them away" In frustration I respond with, "Fine I'm going to call Santa and tell him not to bring you toys anymore, cause you just want to throw them away instead of take care of them." Ok fine", he says as he gets down from his bed and walks out of the room. A minute or so later he comes back with my phone, "Call Santa, tell him I don't want any more toys" All I can do is sigh, and sit there staring at my phone. This kid is TOTALLY calling my bluff. I ended up making a "quick call to Santa" and then hauled his toys off to the garage, out of sight. It's been like 2 weeks now and he has only asked for them once.

He also has been getting a lot more brave and snappy with the way he's been speaking to me. I try my best to be stern when necessary, but my kids do NOT take me seriously at all. Sometimes is hard, but other times its just what we need to lighten the moment. Typically whats happens is, either I'm yelling at them and they just laugh or they are yelling at me and I just laugh. Either way they tend to cute their way out of things even when they aren't trying.

Art Time

Josiah and Jocelyn both LOVE to color. And I much rather them sit and color me pictures all day rather than watch tv. On rainy or cold days, when we are stuck inside, it is definitely their favorite pass time. And my favorite thing is to sit and watch and of course capture the moments. :) I especially love their faces of concentration and the tongue sticking out.

 

 

Landa Park

Going to Landa Park is one of my FAVORITE things to do beautiful days. Great family time out of the house, and its just PLAIN FUN. Jocelyn was all over the place. She recent started getting really brave and climbing up on everything. (I even caught her ON TOP of the dinner table one day) She was having a blast running around. Josiah was doing his own thing, asking me and Chris to watch him every couple minutes. He was getting pretty brave as well, jumping around and climbing everything. After we played on the play ground, we went to find the ducks. It was awesome being able to feed them because they were very friendly and would even eat right out of your hand. Both the kids were a bit unsure about actually letting the dicks eat from their hands but they had fun throwing all the food at them. We had old bread and stale crackers for the ducks, but that wasn't enough for Jocelyn she wanted to share her graham crackers with them as well. Such a great day. 

January 17 2012