Rambo's Rampages...

Grace and Christmas and all that.  Abide with me; falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. When other helpers, fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, abide with me. Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile; And, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile, Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee, On to the close Lord, abide with me. I need Thy presence, every passing hour. What but Thy grace, can foil the tempters power? Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me. I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless Ills have no weight, tears lose their bitterness Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory? I triumph still, abide with me. Hold Thou Thy cross, before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, Lord, abide with me. Thank you, God, for Jesus. Thank you, Jesus,

Days like today - bitter, cold, windy... winter- really put into perspective why I like summer. If I'm honest though, summer has become far too hot and gross for me. I'll take a beautiful spring day ANY day. But I'm also really starting to adore autumn. It would be once autumn is past that I realize this, of course. So, to honor autumn on this cold day, here are a few pictures I took this fall that make me look forward to the next one.    Now if I could just get in the winter spirit I could probably find some beautiful things to take pictures of. That, I suppose, will have to wait for now.

I hope you all are ready for this. I've been waiting for it for awhile now. That, my friends, is peek-a-boo. :) I'm a happy momma. I don't know why he picked this to do... I've been working on clapping, and blowing kisses, and signing 'momma' for quite some time. This one was just apparently what he wanted to do.  I'm not complaining.  

Just some pictures from the boy's birthday and the kids Christmas program. He IS that cute. And so are they :) Thanks to my aunt and uncle for the wonderful outfits!   

This child is going to be two on Saturday. 2. TWO.   THIS child is going to be two.   TWO !   TWO YEARS OLD! I LOVE YOU, THEODORE!!!  YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY PRECIOUS TO ME! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT AND YOU DID! HAPPY ( SLIGHTLY EARLY) BIRTHDAY!   MA MA LOVE S YOU.

  We're going to start taking him on the road soon. I think he's ready. (Note: You may need to turn up the sound quite a bit if you actually want to hear the playing over the equipment.)

Okay, so my start back to blogging has been a little slower than I hoped, but it IS a start. Christmas shopping is slowly winding down (thanks Ashley and Carrie for watching the kiddos last night so we could do that). The house is decorated.. the inside anyway, no outside lights for us this year. Which means the electricity bill will only go up 50% instead of 100%. :)  Christmas season is upon us whether I'm ready for it or not.  "It's Christmas, and we're all miserable."  In Rambo news - actually, there is really nothing new. He's being just as amazing as ever. Just as adorable as ever. Just as happy and joyful as ever. But now, more destructive than ever. He is ruining everything. Literally. If it's not going in his mouth, but most likely it is, it's being wound around and pulled. His pulsox is working even less because of all the moving he does. It's almost not worth having on him all day, but I can only take it off when I am right ther

I have been on a hiatus, of sorts, lately but this is the start of me getting back into this. I would say maybe the nablopomo2012 did me in, but in reality, I think life just got the upper hand and I let this slide. No longer, I say!! Rambo has been doing really well lately. He even came with us this year to the Christmas tree farm as we picked out our tree. I do think he has some tracheitis brewing, but nothing that is keeping him down. So my plan for this month? Cancel all his appointments and reschedule for after the new year. Seriously. I'm doing it. I am going to enjoy this month with no trips over the bridge (hopefully they'll be avoidable) and no working out kid care, and caretaker, and driver and blah blah blah. It shall be divine. Now for some very important news. Theodore is walking while holding onto something. Whether its cruising the length of the ottoman or the entertainment center or going around the inside of his crib, this boy is moving. It makes my heart s