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Oh summer, where have you gone?  Just another couple of months zipping by.  Time disappears.  It happens all the time.  Quite the problem, actually.  I'm told...by people that have kids older than mine, that this is what happens.  That it gets worse.  The days pass even faster once the kids get older.  Life gets even crazier.  Time keeps disappearing and well, you basically NEVER find it again. 

I suppose this is where that phrase, "stop and smell the roses" would be relevant.  The roses being my sweet little babies and my husband and our (too small) home and our health and all that good stuff.  And so I'm trying to not freak out over the little things....the basement remodel being on hold for about the 100th time, the dying flower baskets hanging by my front door that I just can't keep alive for the life of me, the extreme lack of vacation time I have left for the remainder of 2013 because my little "roses" were sick non-stop for the first 4 months of the year.  As a co-worker of mine said (and her kids are grown), "Some years are good, some years are not so good.  Some days are good and some are not.  You just do what you have to do to get through it."  And it's refreshing to know that we're all challenged by this life but we push ahead and march on.  That these little things that I worry about now are rather meaningless in the big picture...because what I do have is so much GREATER.  My healthy kids, my hubby who makes me so happy and has given me the world, a house that keeps us warm and safe, an abundance of family and friends.  I think it's nice to take a deep breath....and to step back and really look at it all.  And to push aside all of those things that we think we want or need right at this moment.  To see that we have everything we need and we're heading in the right direction.

Maybe it's why I love this song so much.....and I love love Jack Johnson anyway.  But this song I SUPER LOVE.....

I got you!! 

Regardless, life is busy and my babies keep growing.  They are so much fun to be around.  Both just celebrated half birthdays (Marley was 3 1/2 on July 11th and Jax was 18 months old on June 6th).  Here's some of the latest.....

My Miss Marley.  She's OBSESSED with Spider-Man and that is a huge understatement.  We have Spider-Man jammies and boy Spider-Man undies.  She has recently requested a Spider-Man bed and a Spider-Man bike.  Oy vey!  According to Marley, she loves him because he saves people and jumps off tall buildings.  I'm ok with that as long as she doesn't go jumping off tall buildings.  Well, unless she has a parachute or something.  She's just really into the whole super hero thing and I suppose it's just another phase.  One of many.  She loves being outside, loves being in the pool, and is completely FEARLESS.  It has been really interesting to see her develop into the person she is....a little talker with a huge vocabulary.  And she always seems to NEED to tell me something when I get on the phone.  I told her the other day that if she needs to interrupt me, she needs to ask politely.  So her newest favorite thing to say is, "Ummmm.  Mama.  Excuse me.  I have a question. (while holding her hand in the air)"  She cracks me up!  If you've seen pictures of her lately, you've seen the hair!  It's growing!  And it's curly!  About time...

And my little Jaxie...aka Roni, aka Buddy, aka Brother, aka Roni-tron (as Marley calls him...or poopy butt).  A man of many names!  He's so sweet and sensitive and just oozes hugs and kisses and love.  Ack!  I just can't get enough of him!  Always getting beat up by his sister.  Just learning to fight back.  King of the pouty sad lip.  Still loves his bottle and I'm letting him keep it...so take that BabyCenter and all of your timelines for everything.  He's tall and skinny and stubborn with WHITE BLONDE hair and chocolate brown eyes.  Crazy little boy!  Wants to do EVERYTHING his sister does and that includes going potty on the potty chair, eating gum (?!), pushing babies around in mini shopping carts, and having dance parties.  Marley says, "Dance it up, buddy!"  And they're off to her bedroom to turn on the tunes and rock out.  Jax is more of a stomper than a dancer, but I suppose we have time to work on his dancing skills!

It's a happy life with these two.  So much excitement always!  Hope you all are enjoying your summer and taking time to enjoy the little things.  It's easy to get swept away by all the nonsense...I know.  But take some time to be thankful for what you DO have.

XO!
Stevie