JACK:

Agh choooo....Excuse me mama! Me cused! (meaning sneezed)

Me got you mama......tickle tickle tickle!

Laaluuu

Mama make me (a) happy cowboy.

Once upon a time...you turn!

Favorite song:  Twinkle twinkle little star

Ava-isms:

"me body just feels too crazy mama"

"Kids are too noisy"

"Me almost freak out mama"

"You better now mama? Me doing Better."

"o wow..o wow"

in a happy moment..."happy new year everybody!"

Ava:....walks casually into room..."actually? .i pooped."

"nevermind mama.. nevermind.....me wishing for something mama.." oh? yeah..
..."something cold and juicy...something like a freeze pop mama.. me really wishing for that...but never mind...."


After a meltdown: "me ont know what just happened... Me love u mama"

love u ava~!!!!!

 the bluebird

 AVA WEST

the cowboy

JACK SULLIVAN

the firefly

ELLA VICTORY

spent a beautiful day in the sunshine. 

love you my sweet babies

Easter Sunday!

spent the night before up with sick throwing up babies but everyone made it through the night ( thanks daddy) and by breakfast were feeling good!!!!

we made it to church and stayed for the entire service!!! i lead worship..

(He lives...Happy day...My chains are gone...Run..O how He loves.) 

always a blessing but even more so when i can see my little family all together worshipping.. ava slept on daddys lap for most of the interactive service but jack was very very interested in what pop was preaching about... at one point the drama team was depicted the fight between satan and Jesus and jack was asking me where "super why ' ( kids show) was??.. but when Jesus won.. jack cheered!!! the rest of the day he preached..: Jesus is the champion".. . 

Thank you Jesus for your grace and mercy - Death has NO victory!

Ava: jack boy... Play me?
Jack: no thank you
Ava: jack.. Jesus say Play Ava!!
Jack: (hand to ear for a few)...no. No thank you. ( walks away)


Ava after a play group friend wasn't sharing.."Jesus be so sad with you! Me not..Jesus is!"

32

its my 32 nd birthday.

was woken up by my 2 sweet fellas...hearing Jack say happy birthday in the sweetest voice made my day! I've asked him to say it about two hundred. times. wonderful...then my bluebird sang to me...

 I got lots of baby hugs and sandman kisses.

fun gifts from my parents ( pedicure here i come!)

 and the most valuable gift of time so Dan and I could go on a lunchdate!!

1st one in at least a year....(true story)

went to not your average joes.. had cider mustard pork..held hands... deliciousness...

loved hearing my sweet babies say happy birthday mama

all day!!! 

loved smelling my beautiful dozen roses from dan! 

and my special single rose from my daddy

 ( which was hand delivered first thing in the morning with a starbucks double tall soy 1 pump mocha!!!) !

love love love my wonderful gift from my sandman.. 

frye campus 14l boots!!!! in dark brown!!!!

 I've been asking and wishing for this bad boys for yearssssss.....and he surprised me this year! 

and I'm determined not to feel guilty over the extravagance!!!

 thank you baby!

xoxxoxo ill wear them every single day. i will. 

hello 32..im ready for you....

Ava: me tell mama a story?
once upon a time..me no how..that's all me got....

try Ava..

okaayyyy was a girl named mama..she had a bluebird. a firefly and a brown bear cowboy. she tell storiessssszz....sing songsssss...make eggsssss....change me...jack toooo...Ella tooooo..(in a singsong voice) one day mama and daddy went on date and mama had boooottss onnnn.... Daddy shaved...held her hand and talked about sweet babies. The end.

Great story Ava! Thanks!

Welcome mama. Me love you

growing

ava seems to be growing every morning ..she looks just a little bit taller.. a little bit more like a "big girl" less like my baby!!!

somehow she got it into her sweet little head that everytime she -Sniffs- 

( in through her nose make a loud -sniffing - sound.... ) 

she grows......the greatest thing...

 so when i snuggle her and ask if shes growing.. 

i get a eyes wide open blue eyed stare and a wrinkled nose- sniffing-... so great.. soo soo great..

after jacks bath we snuggle on the couch wrapped in his towel ..sometimes have a quick snack then jambes.teeth..bed.. well the other night after snack.. i was getting his pjs on when i lifted his arms up and right in his little armpit was a teddy graham....lifted the other arm.. yup.. another one.. 

jack????? 

"me save din din mama!"

ella has the quickest smile.. and one of her favorite things is when daddy rubs her cheek with his rough beard.... she laughs and squeals! 

now, almost 7 months old.. when daddy picks her up she presses her fat little cheek right up against his. sweetness!

jack

i feel like i don't have the words to adequately capture you my little jack boy..

 your small and wiry and perfectly proportioned. and your skin is so soft and brown and your eyelashes are long and dark and frame your sweet baby blues-  your lips are so kissable & theres something about the way you wrap your arms around my neck and squeeze that is too precious...

.. but its your personality that i can't seem to capture on paper..
your facial expressions and little intonations that say so much.. the way you slowly look up and charm your way with our words..  you love to climb and touch, explore  and bounce and drive trucks.. . you love to snuggle and dance cheek to cheek and give baby kisses...you are a comedian! if something you do makes someone laugh .. you do it again and again...more and more animated..

 sometimes i find you standing alone in the kitchen listening to the worship music playing with your little hands in the air praising jesus...or strumming an imaginary guitar ..just like pop....

you love to find the jar of jam in the fridge and ask for a sammy!!! ( almond butter and raspberry jam)

you love to point out everything in the house to whom it belongs to.. ( "mama mama mama ..pointing to the laptop")  if I'm not careful where i put my coffee cup in the morning .. you'll bring it to me.. not before taking a few sips!!!! nummy mama!!!!   your  little voice is so funny.. when you get  excited the pitch gets higher and higher!!!!

some mornings you cry laying flat on the floor with your head in your hands cause daddy had to go to work...
some days you tenderly bring ella every toy in the house that is for a baby.
some times you run from ava - but most days you call her name...(not ava..but ava as in avamaria...........) and let her hold your hand or snuggle in the same chair.

if you manage to get out the front door..good luck chuck trying to stop you - you'll walk as fast and as furious as your little legs can take you - straight to the playground....and throw yourself head first down the slide...

before you were born God called you  - a protector and defender of the faith....
my rogue cowboy.
i love you
xox mama