The Mother of Two Year Old Twins!

I will be this in one week! I just find it insane. Tonight I was watching my children play outside and my mind went to the memories of the NICU. Poor Birdie had IV port in his head...his HEAD! Now you can't slow that boy down. It's like he is telling the NICU..."I will live and I will live it full!" He hasn't stopped since the day they let him have a bottle. You see the doctors told me Birdie had all these issues with eating and that he had a heart murmur. I prayed over my son (literally laid hands on him) and the next day a new doctor came to the NICU. She said, "give that boy a bottle...he is sucking a binki hard!" That was it ...he has never looked back... he ate that bottle and we left the NICU three days later! No heart murmur by the way. Nathanael was mommy's boy from the beginning. He was a little ahead of Birdie in weight, eating, and even left the hospital a day earlier than Birdie. He is just attached to me. He is starting to take some independence but he still loves his mommy and I treasure those moments of love...and when he calls me "Mommy."

God is just so good to us and I want to make sure that people know that I have good healthy kids all because of Him. I constantly turn them over to Him. I try to be a control freak of everything but he quietly reminds me they are His. I am so blessed to be thier mommy. I never knew I could love this deep or feel like this about being a mommy. God so knows what he is doing!

Jesus: The Bolt that keeps it together

It was an amazing message at church today and I am so anticipating the new series our pastor is bringing on in the next few weeks. The main theme today was to build your home on Jesus...not the church...not on money....not on the kids themselves...JESUS. I am longing for my home to do this.
I started to approach it like this today. James was having a melt down. I am not sure why except he wanted to put his shoes on by himself and couldn't keep them buckled. I asked him twice if I could help. He told me NO and continued to whine and cry. Finally he just started throwing a fit. I placed him on the step and took the shoes away. He began the tantrum. It was horrible. I scooped him up and held him. I told him calmly I loved him and Daddy loved him. I told him quietly in his ear as he was quieting down that Jesus loved him and he wanted him to calm down and not be so upset. I told James...lets pray. I quick simple prayer: Dear Jesus help Birdy to calm down and be a good boy. Amen. I tell you the truth. He relaxed and was a better kid. It would have been easy to get in a battle with him but I felt the Lord tugging at me on this. I am trying to make God be the bolt. So ready for the change God is going to breathe on our family.

You Pee???

My boys have talking about peeing on the potty for the past few weeks. They follow all people to the bathroom and interview. "You pee, mom? You poopie, dad." They are fascinated by flushing. They tell us when they go and make a bee line for the bathroom door saying, "I pee on potty." So with all this at 19 months I decided it was time to get a potty. I did not feel ready. Now don't get me wrong I am ready to stop buying diapers. I just feel like my boys are growing too fast. They went to sleep the other night without their binki's! They talk a mile a minute. Nothing gets by them. Quick as whistle. Anyways...my mom bought a potty to have at her house. She pulls it out today and they are all about it. They are getting on it and fighting over who gets on it. So i tell them they can take their pants off and get on. Birdie goes first. He gets on and boom pees in the potty. We have a party and he is so proud. Nate goes next and Bam...pees on the potty! These boys are quick! So needless to say... I will buy two potties tomorrow and this Presidents Day Weekend will be spent working on the potty!!! Luving this life...but they are too big too fast!!!

Dear Jesus

Please heal our home. Sickness is passed from person to person. Please kill these viruses that are lurking everywhere. This mommy can't keep doing this...well I am sure I can but I truly don't want to. I am tired of poopie both mine and theirs. I am tired of snotty noses, coughing till they puke, and disrupted sleep. I am believing in your power of healing. AMEN!

THE MANY FACES OF THE RILEY BOYS...

James Love his Hamburger Helper

Nate enjoys stacking cups with his shorts on head...dont ask why..I will be using this picture as leverage later

Who can resist this grin??? Not Me!!!

Nate wants you to see all his teeth...

LOVING THESE BOYS!!!!

James loves to eat Hamburger Helper

Do You Work???

Well yes I do....24 hours a day...here are some things i did today in the my job

• wiped butts
• wiped noses
• chauffeured
• cooked
• cleaned
• bathed
• sang
• made up a song
• taught toddlers a song
• gave kisses
• asked for kisses
• gave hugs
• prayed
• picked up toys
• played with toys
• oh and I also went to the VA and tried to change people's lives for 8 hours

Wouldn't change a thing!!! I wonder if i can get paid for the 24 hr job??? oh yeah paid with hugs and kisses!!! Loving it!

More Like my Mom Everyday

People tell me I look like her and that I agree with. We do have the same sense of humor. I thoroughly enjoy her company. I just keep noticing I am more like her. Its in the stupid things I do. For example, I was driving back to work from lunch thinking about what i needed to do the following day to prepare for my cousin to take care of the boys. So as I am driving I just turn into the development my aunt lives in. It was like my brain just thought about my cousin and turned to go to her house. What the heck??? I have lost my mind. I had to u-turn out of there. I find myself putting things in safe places so I can find them later. Do you think I can find them? I threw away my debit card the other day. It was in the bag from Walgreen's...just like my mother. On Christmas Eve we had rented videos. Nate was playing with them. He had them one minute and poof gone. I swear I had no clue where they were. I convinced myself I picked them up and threw them away. I went through the trash three times. That little booger "put them away" in the shelf where the DVDs go. So smart. May point is that things I made fun of mom about are now happening to me! Children...they steal your heart and your brain!!! Loving every minute....sometimes all I can do is laugh...call my mom and say..." you will never believe what I did!"