New Shoes

A Poem About Shoes

I am wearing a pair of shoes.
They are ugly shoes,
Uncomfortable shoes.
I hate my shoes.

Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair.
Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step.
Yet, I continue to wear them.

I get funny looks wearing these shoes.
They are looks of sympathy.
I can tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs.
They never talk about my shoes.
To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable.

To truly understand these shoes you must walk in them.
But, once you put them on, you can never take them off.

I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes.
There are many pairs in this world.
Some women are like me and ache daily as they try and walk in them.
Some have learned how to walk in them so they don't hurt quite as much.
Some have worn the shoes so long that days will go by before they think about how much they hurt.

No woman deserves to wear these shoes.
Yet, because of these shoes I am a stronger woman.
These shoes have given me the strength to face anything.
They have made me who I am.
I will forever walk in the shoes of a woman who has lost a child.

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Brennan is 3!

Brennan turned 3 last week. I can't believe how fast these last 3 years have flown by. We have so much fun with him and we are very fortunate to both have a lot of time home with him-especially now with Casey in school. I finally feel like we're getting somewhere with the potty training. I was really hoping by the time he started preschool he would be well on his way out of diapers and we are making good progress toward that goal. I posted some pictures from Brennan's birthday-he had lots of fun:) He was really funny though-he did not want us to sing to him! There were even tears about it. Enjoy the pictures..

Spring is Here!

We are definitely enjoying the warmer weather and playing outside! I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since I've posted. There has been ALOT going on around here! First of all, we signed Brennan up for preschool. We went to visit a couple and the one we chose is just amazing! Although I am sad about Brennan going to school, I am so excited about this program. I think he is going to love it! We also found out quite a while back that we are having TWINS! They are due in October and we cannot wait for them to get here! I don't think Brennan realizes what is going to happen, but he does enjoy talking about the "2 babies" that are coming :) Heck-I don't even think we realize how things are going to be! I am really just focused on getting through this pregnancy with two healthy babies. After having Brennan 11 weeks premature and twins being high risk on top of that, I will be happy to keep my sanity for the rest of this pregnancy! Brennan is turning 3 soon. I can't even believe how much time has passed since we had him, on the other hand watching home videos from when he was a baby seems like a lifetime ago. He just grows so much, physically, socially, mentally in such a short time period. I thought that was supposed to start slowing down the older they got? It still seems to be flying by. We gave Brennan an early bday presents-I think we were just as excited about it as he was :) I posted a picture of him on his Power Wheels and some other recent pictures as well. Thanks for checking in on us and I will try to continue (more frequently) with updates. Hope everyone is doing well!

Busy Week!

We had a very busy fun filled week! Monday was Casey's birthday. We had fun playing outside and got the traditional ice cream cake-Casey's favorite, and now Brennan's too :) Tuesday we had story time at the library, which Brennan loves-especially the puppet show. Wednesday we did a cooking class at Eckert's with Brennan's friend Carter and my friend Amy. Thursday we had our friends and Brennan's friends over for dinner, which is always a good time! The kids decorated shamrock shaped cookies for St. Patrick's Day. Friday we took Brennan to Disney on Ice. He loved it! He cried when it was over :) I posted some pictures of our eventful week, so enjoy!

Family Time..

I can't believe it's almost the end of February! I am so ready for spring and warm weather!! I just wanted to post this picture of Casey, Brennan and I-it is one of my favorites! Since Casey has been in school we have had so much time through the week to hang out-it has been great! We hope everyone is doing well :)

A warm day in December

We took advantage of probably the last warm day of the year/winter today. We played outside most of the day and Brennan was thrilled! We played with the kitties and put up a basketball hoop that Brennan was pretty excited about :) We had some grass seed planted a few weeks ago and have seen some grass popping up already-that, sadly enough, is exciting for Casey and I :) Casey is laid off and although it is not the most ideal thing right now-we are enjoying our time together.

Brennan has never sang the entire alphabet so I assumed he didn't know it-out of the blue the other day he sang the entire thing. He knows all of the letters so I was a little surprised that he didn't know the ABC's, but more shocked when he belted them out of no where. It really is amazing how much kids learn at this age and so fun teaching them!

We are so excited about Christmas with Brennan this year. We went to the Belleville Santa Claus Parade-the weather was gorgeous and we all had a really good time (Blue tongue picture :). We have had fun getting some decorations out, but have not gotten our tree yet. I can already tell it is going to be a challenge getting him on Santa's lap. I'm afraid there will be no Santa picture this year :/ We will see.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Happy Halloween!

Brennan and his friends dressed in a Wizard of Oz theme for Halloween! They were too cute!! I posted some pictures. Brennan was a scarecrow, his friend Brody was Tin Man, Bella was Dorothy and Clara was the Lion.