How Forever Feels…

Let’s all just go ahead and think of this blog like a tennis match.   Back and forth … current stuff then backwards to catch up.  Then back to current stuff and backwards again.  :)

This post is dedicated to my awesome husband!!

Last week Matt & I celebrated our 15th anniversary - on Sept. 9.  It was a great day! We are normally not the type to do “big” stuff for our anniversary, but this year  Matt sent me 15 BEAUTIFUL red roses at work – and I gave him 4 tickets to a MN Vikings game.  (we surprised each other … and it worked for both of us!)

We ended up going out for supper Friday night because my mom was very sweet and offered to watch Eli & Trevor (Brett was overnight at a friend’s house). 

We are both just so grateful to God for blessing us with 15 years of wedded bliss so far – and we pray for many, many more years together.  We are so happy to be the parents of 3 precious little boys.  Even though we live simply (but dream big!), we know that we have so much more than we deserve!

So … here’s to us, Matt.  I love you so much more than I could put into words.  Can’t wait to see what else God has in store for us! 

And … since Brent & Kelli, Mike & Pat, and Phil & Wendi all celebrated anniversaries within the last month – the happy anniversary wishes go out to them too!

Love,

Kristi

Birthdays Galore!

Okay, so I’m not a very good blogger so far.  :(  So even though it’s September already, I’m going to blog about August (and there are probably a couple more August posts that need to happen yet … I just have to get better at this first)  :)

August is a pretty crazy month for us.  We have lots of family birthdays and anniversaries to celebrate.  Here are a few tidbits about the occasions.

Trevor … you turned 8 this year.  What?!  All I did is blink, and you went from being a little boy to a 2nd-grader.   What are you up to these days? 

• You are becoming quite the little water bug.  You and Brett both took swimming lessons this year and you love to swim now.  (Thanks, Kiley!) 
• You constantly want to spend time at Wendi’s house playing with Juli.  I’m so glad you guys are such good friends!
• You never, ever want to clean anything up at home … it is like pulling teeth to get you to work around the house.  You are a pro at getting “distracted” and forgetting that you were supposed to be working.  On the plus side, Eli gets to spend lots of time with you when you will help by watching him instead of cleaning. ;)
• You love to watch anything on Disney channel or Nickelodeon. 
• You are a wonderful combination of sweetness, mischief and stubbornness. And your dad and I love you exactly the way you are. 

 

Eli … you are THREE!  Again – I have no idea how the last 3 years went by without me noticing.  As much as I wish I could go back to the days when you were a tiny baby, I also wish I could bottle you up the way you are now.  

• Not sure how much you weigh or how tall (or short) you really are, but we’ll have your 3-year checkup soon and then we’ll see those numbers.  (guessing you’re somewhere around 27 lbs though)
• You are NOT interested in potty training yet, but hopefully you’ll be learning that at daycare in the near future. 
• Because you hate the idea of potty training, you are in a size 4 diaper. 
• You love it when Brett & Trevor play with you … you think you’re just as big as they are.
• You love to give me hugs and kisses when I drop you off at daycare.  I usually let you give me as many as you want. :)
• You sleep like a champ … once you finally go to sleep.  We don’t always “make” you go to bed.  Lots of times you fall asleep by me or dad in the living room and then we put you in your bed.  A lot of people probably think it’s a bad idea because it doesn’t teach you a good routine.  But I wouldn’t trade it for anything – we love hanging out with you at night – the time is precious!  (we always did the same thing with your brothers too – so it seems to be okay)
• We can’t wait to see all of the new things you’ll learn over the next year (and I’m sure that year will go too fast as well).  Dad and I love you so much … more than we could say. 

Matt … well, let’s just say that you’re … older.  And – you bought your own birthday present.  :)  I know that the picture is pretty terrible, but I just needed to snap a quick one so that I could finally put up this post that has been sitting in drafts for..um..ever.  Maybe I’ll put a better one up soon.

• You finally went out and bought one of the things that you’ve wanted for a LONG time.  I’m hoping that you will get lots of use out of this.  (side note: for now, I like riding with you in town a lot more than the open road … guess I need some more practice runs … OR … you need to get a windshield on that thing)
• Brett, Trevor, Eli and I just all love you so much and hope this is your best year yet!