State Prep-Op Meet

This past Sunday Maggie competed in the State Prep Op Meet. She started out good on the floor and scored a 9.675. Next we came to vault where she scored a 9.1 which is one of the highest scores she had ever gotten for vault. The other two events did not go as well.

She was disappointed in her meet but I was of course proud of her. She finished 3rd in her age group in the state. It started out as a bad day because she said that she didn't want to go - she just wanted to stay at home. I can fully understand where she was coming from because they had just come home Saturday at 3 from a week at their dad's and then have to go back this weekend since it is the first weekend of the month. And of course our weeks right now are jammed packed since baseball season has started and she is still going to gym. So we will have to make the best of our time together and cherish every moment. I sure do miss them when they are gone.

Keeping things even

Yes I am behind my blogging but when I get home at night now all I want to do is go to bed and sleep. But last Wednesday we went to the doctor for another check-up. We had the ultrasound and the babies were doing great - heartbeats strong as ever. While we were looking she checked to see if we could see what we were having - we are having a boy and a girl. This is exactly what Maggie and Josh wanted. JC actually showed a little excitement. Now we will start getting things ready and picking out names.
Sunday JC took me shopping to look for me some clothes for this summer. As we were walking through Target I walked over to the baby aisle and looked at the price of diapers now. It has been quite a few years since I had to buy them so I wanted to see what the prices were like now. I showed JC one pack of newborns that was $19 for 72. He went into shock. We walked around the baby section for just a minute before JC told me that we had to leave because he was getting depressed. Even last night when he saw a diaper commercial he just moaned. I just laughed. Boy is JC in for a world of shock.

Ten Years

On Monday we celebrated Maggie's 10th birthday. It is so hard to believe that it has been 10 years. Yes it was 10 years ago that my life was forever changed. To hold her for the first time and feel so much love for a little human being was beyond words - it still is. Now she is getting bigger and more independent. I knew these days would come I just didn't realize that they would come so quickly. It just seems like yesterday that she was learning to walk and now she is learning to master her round off/back-hand spring in gymnastics. When I look at her I understand how much God can love us. But I thankful for how much He has blessed me with Maggie, Josh, and the twins on the way. I totally don't deserve it, but I am so humbled to be given the opportunity to be a mom to them. She is and will forever be my little girl.

Bedtime at our House

Bed time around our house has become a ritual. I started a while back doing a nightly devotional with the kids when I put them to bed. This meant that I had to read the devotional twice - once to each child. Within the last week this has changed a bit. We still do the devotional except that I read the scripture and JC reads the story to both kids at the same time. We all come into Josh's room probably because he already has a light on since he sleeps with his lamp on. The kids and I sit on the bed and JC reads the story. We all laugh and giggle at times because of how he reads the story. He is such a blessing to me and the kids.
After the devotional and prayer time, JC picks Maggie up and carries her to her room or simply walks with her - it really depends on Maggie's mood. And then once he comes into Josh's room the two of them definitely have a routine that they do every night. Josh "picks" at JC and tells him that JC can't body slam him and then the wrestling match begins. After a few body slams and "rest-in-peace", there is the grand finale. JC steps a few feet from the bed and Josh runs and jumps off the bed into JC arms for one final body slam. And then he goes to sleep. Maggie doesn't like the body slams so JC only does them to her every now and then - usually only by her request.