Berthon Baby Dedication

This weekend was full of wonderful milestones as a Wife, Mom and a child of God.

So as you know Sunday was Mothers Day, Last year was my second year as being a Mother but for some reason I really felt like this year I earned the right to be very excited about the day being about me. I think part of that is because Hannah-Joy was a total dream baby and we just always had an amazing relationship and from the day that I found out I was pregnant, I knew from that moment that God was going to give me a little girl and her name was going to be Hannah - Joy. The meaning of her name is Hannah (Gift From God) and Joy (She is a total Joy). Now that we have added 2 more little girls into the equation and they are completely different from there older sister Cheyanne Hope she is a very high matince baby and the funny part is she was the most active when I was pregnant with her but I know that her middle name hope suites her as I hope great things for her and know that she is very special and is very close to mommy were H-J and Bella are def daddies girls, then we have Izabella Grace and her name truly suites her as well she is the most graceful child and is so laid back and sweet and hardly cry's unless something is seriously wrong. So this year I truly felt like a mom and felt like I earned the right to be loved on and it was the first year that I really felt like a true mom.

Sunday was also Baby Dedication, this is something that I had been wanting to do for a while but my heart was never in the right frame of mind and that is something very special that you do for your kids. Having the twins was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, physically, mentally and emotionally and so after praying about it we decided that it was time to dedicate all 3 girls. We didn't know at the time that it was going to be Mothers Day, I literally cried because of the struggles we have had to have children and it was an honor to have them dedicated on Mothers Day.

The moment we walked on stage in from of our church I got this feeling of calm and serenity. God had told me that this is the church that we are to be a part of and that the people in front of us truly are going to keep us accountable on how to raise our children. With 3 girls as a Mom the only thing that I pray is that as they get older they have the confidence to know they can do anything and also find a man who will treat them like a queen but also a man who looks to his wife as a partner. I was blessed to have a partner who will do dishes, does laundry, changes poopy diapers, cooks dinner and also takes care of me it is amazing.

Just some pictures

(Annie)

(Bella)

(Bella Baby)

(Annie Bannanie)

(H-J) Resting been a busy morning

Look at my little ballerina

Busy as a bumble bee

Hannah-Joy's Art Project

Whew what a weekend

You know the saying you never know what the day holds when you have children, and I can honestly say that this quote is so very true.

So yesterday morning we awoke to the twins crying, I happened to look over at the clock and it said 8:30 both Brian and I jumped out of bed to run and check on Hannah-Joy because she never sleeps that late unless she isn't feeling well. 

As I am walking towards the twins room, I hear "Go get your butt in that bathroom" and I hear the bath water running. Now we have had a few challenges that most 2 years old go through

                 she through poop all over her room thankfully she didn't really smear it just she put it on
                 the floor and under her bed.

                 She managed to get a hold of a huge thing of baby powder and her room looked like it had
                 a nice blanket of snow all over her floor, all over her and all over her bed.
    
                 This weekend she decided that she was going to do an art project, now usually I don't mind
                 art projects but this particular project was done with (Butt Paste) yep she managed to get
                 of the diaper rash cream and she had it all over. On her chair, on her bed, her floor and her
                 blank canvas the back of her door.

Now as a mom usually I would be mad but the moment we opened the door she started to cry so she knew what she had done was wrong. And it was somewhat our fault as well, she managed to unplug the baby monitor and I was so tired that I didn't hear it unplug so she was up for a long while before we got up.

But what I will say is we have learned our lessons so by the time that our twins get to that age we will be able to avoid mishaps like this.

I still every morning wake up and thank God for my girls and my amazing family. And even though all of this I am enjoying being a mom and will always love them no matter what.


 

So as a christen and a mom of 3 it is extremely hard for me to find time to be with God. So this morning I decided that I really need to have my time with God, this has been an extremely challenging week and I have a ton of things to be grateful for but I also have a ton of things on my prayer list.

We found out this week that Brian’s dad has bladder cancer, now if you know Brian you know that he has not always had the best relationship with either of his parents. Well about 3 years ago we got a call that his grandpa had passed away well we made the decision to go to Minnesota for the funeral. Now Brian and I were going on our 4^th year of marriage and I had never met any of Brian’s family well I had the pleasure of meeting Dale and Barb who is Brian’s dad and step mom. Well after only a few days with them they decided that I was a pretty good daughter-in-law.

We were honored enough to have Brian’s dad come out for a visit in February of this year right after we had the twins, and we had an amazing week with him and he said something to me that truly meant a lot he said that he always wanted a daughter and he can honestly say that “I am the best daughter that he could have imagined ever having” that meant the world to me and we are just praying that God will allow him to beat this cancer and be a part of our kids life for a lot longer.

My Brother and his wife Kelly like Brian and I and all couples have been going through the ups and downs of marriage but they also have step-kids involved so they are asking for a lot of prayer as they are climbing a really steep mountain right now but we know that God gives us valleys and mountain tops. So we are praying for a Mountain Top soon.

So this is just a few of the things that we have going on in our family right now and back to my point that I really need to have my time with God. This morning I finally decided that the twins had been fed and I made myself a cup of coffee and sat down and just prayed and even though it was only an 8 min prayer I feel so much different today than I do on the other days.  I was also able to get online to Our Daily Bread today and what a difference it made I have been so much more calmer, so much more together today than I have been in the last few days

I know I am all over the place today but I feel like life is all over the place today.  My point of today’s entry is that God is with us and we need to remember in the midst of everything in our life to just stop and pray and thank god for all the good and even the bad in our lives.  And remember that we need to find our time with God and that extra 30 min of sleep that I wanted can wait because God needs that time not me.

Please just keep our family in prayer as we are going through valley’s and mountain tops right now and that only God knows the ending of everything and we may not always like it but God is in control and boy and I thankful for that.