"Oh Lord You Never Let Go"

I Just over heard Brady singing his favorite worship song with his own addition.  "O, Lord, you never let go, through the storm and through the bad guy!"  He was sing this to himself over and over.
Brady learned this song from his aunt Becca when she led worship at church in Nebraska.  I'm not sure why this is his favorite song, I would never have chosen it as my favorite song, but it's neat to see my son developing his own preferences!  My brother Aaron led worship at church on Sunday, and we sang this song,  Brady was excited to sing along!
This morning around 4:00 Brady woke up calling for me.  Micah went up since I was nursing Daiven.  Brady was scared, Micah wasn't sure what it was about, but he let Drizzle sleep on his bed with him to help him not be scared.  Brady's bed is Drizzle's favorite place to sleep!  I'm now thinking Brady must have had a dream about a "bad guy" (and it was also very windy last night),  and imaging him singing himself back to sleep "O, Lord you never let go, through the storm and through the bad guy".  Thank you Becca and Aaron for helping Brady learn a song that reminds him God is with him. even when he's scared!  and "thank you Lord for holding my kids in your hands!"    

Davey is 5 weeks old today!!!  He's such a sweet baby!  I'm having so much fun having an infant again!  Last week he weighed 10lbs 4oz!  He's getting chubby! 

Daddy holding his littlest boy after work yesterday!

Look at all his hair!  I love it!  This was right after his bath, so it was nice and fluffy!

This picture is blurry, I know, I'm not a good photographer! but I wanted to show how strong Daiven is!  This is him lifting himself up!

I can't wait till he starts smiling for real!

Boys and Books

I'm so thankful our boys love reading books!  I don't ever read to them enough, I'd rather be up doing things, and there is always so much to do!  A couple times a day I make myself sit down and read them a book or two.  It's special snuggle time, books teach them so much, and they love it.  Every time I sit down to nurse Davey, I'm reading either my Bible or a good book.  I'm really enjoying this discipline!   

Brady and Clark are wearing the hats I knit them for Christmas.  I need to make one for Davey so he can match too!

I found that setting books out on the stairs or other places in the house, encourages them to read.  I'll pick a few books off the shelve they haven't seen for a while and display them on the stairs.   

Brady is full of questions!  and stories!  Constantly!  He never stops talking.  I have to pray for patience!  

Even as I write, Brady is talking to me and Clark is on my lap, so if my words don't make sense, it's because I'm also having conversation with a 1 & 3 year old.  Earlier, Brady was asking when, where, and why we got our computer???  How funny to think that the first year + of our marriage we didn't have a computer!  I didn't have a cell phone either!  It wasn't until 4 years ago, we really started using a computer!  We use it for so many things now, crazy!

Our Three Sons

Mr. Determined Intensity

(Great 3 yr old activity Brady has spent hours cutting paper)

Mr. Happy Ham Hubba Lubba

(Clark loves being silly and making us laugh)

Sweet little Davey

(can't wait to see his personality develop)

Life is really busy right now!  I learning to be ok with a messy house, and realizing that keeping diapers changed, bellies filled, and books read is more important than having all the dished washed or laundry put away.  The house is quite now, but I can't write for long.  Micah wants me to cut his hair, I should finish my bible study homework before tomorrow morning, and it will be time to nurse Davey again soon!
I wanted to share some of the photos Renee took at Daiven's birth!  She gave them to us on Sunday at church!  I'm so thankful to have the memories of his birth and newborn st age preserved through photos!

I can't believe Daiven is almost a month old!  I'll share more from his newborn photo shoot later

Daiven's Newborn Pictures!

My friend Renee came over earlier this week to take newborn photos of Daiven.  She also photographed Brady and Clark in their first couple weeks of life!  I treasure these pictures!  Renee does such an amazing job of capturing their sweet infant looks!  and she does it right in our home.  Renee brought 2 of her daughters with her.  Tilly is her assistant, and Kalina came to play with Brady and Clark.  To see some of the pictures of Daiven, the cutest baby in the whole world!  go to Renee's site http://bakersdozen.typepad.com/little_earthling_photo/

Brady thought it was great to have Kalina read a stack of books to him!

I lost my camera for the day

I spent a lot of time today looking for my camera.  Our house is a mess and I should have been cleaning instead of searching for my camera, but Daiven is 2 weeks old today and was being so cute!  He was awake more today than any other day since his birth.  Well, it wasn't until almost 5:00 and still no camera, when I remembered Micah mentioning wanting to take pictures of the house he's been building.  I called Micah and the mystery of the missing camera was solved!  I missed some good shots of the boys, but Micah got pictures of the beautiful house he's building!

Micah is thankful God provided another job building houses.  Micah loves home building!  He says this house is a craftsman cottage style.  They're almost done siding it.

Orange Lunch!

Because my boys are so special to me, and they were being such good little boys!  I made them an orange lunch.  Brady's favorite color is orange and Clark just likes all these foods!  I love how the littlest things can make kids so excited!  Having kids helps me remember to enjoy simple thing in life!   

After eating his orange food, Brady went on to eat a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  Both boys have big appetites!  Our grocery budget seems to keep growing.  I need to start some serious meal and snack planning.  Any inexpensive, healthy, meal/ snack ideas anyone?

Our Davey boy is a good sleeper so far!  He sleeps right through his brothers wrestling, laughing, yelling, right next to him.  I think he likes all the noise!