It has been a while....

I considered going back and starting from where I left off, December of 2009, but that would take a while. So, lets fast forward. It is now August of 2012. Carter is just about to turn 7 years old. I am having a very hard time with this. It has been an emotional time for me. I keep having flashbacks of his first birthday. He was just learning how to walk and talk. He was a silly and sweet boy then and he is even more silly and sweet now. He is about to enter the 1st grade. WOW. He has some reservations about it but for the most part he is excited. He can ride a bike without training wheels, he has been able to since last summer. He is independent, helpful, a true love. He is outgoing, friendly, caring, social and one of the most amazing kids. I am truly blessed to call him MY son. He helps take care of his sister and plays with her with sincerity and loves her with every fiber of his being. Langston is 3 years old now. She has had a rough go for the last year and a half, fighting off lymes disease. Lots of tears and pain. Aside from that she is quite the character with a personality like no other. She loves to sing, make up songs about singing and usually all songs consist of the words singing, tonight, myself and princess. She and Carter dance together all of the time. Langston has had a summer full of "big girl" stuff. She started sleeping in her own bed about 3 weeks ago and she has said bye bye to diapers a little over a week ago. In 2 weeks she starts preschool and she has more than a few things to say about that. She wants to stay home with Mommy. Langston has an opinion about anything and everything that pertains to her. You can show her 30 dresses and out of those 30 you would be lucky if she liked 3 of them. She loves princesses and her middle name, no I take that back, her first name should be Pink. If something comes in pink, I can promise you, that is the color she wants it in. We are rewarding her with candy during potty training and she has a complete meltdown if I try to give her any other color candy than pink. When Langston gives you love it is genuine. She saves "love" for when she feels like giving love. This makes her hugs, kisses and words of "I love you" mean more than the world to anyone that is lucky enough to be on the receiving end of it. She prefers kisses on her nose. She is shy and gets a little embarrassed when she is told how beautiful she is, and boy is she beautiful. I am just as blessed to have her as MY daughter. My kids teach me things I didn't know I needed to be taught. God knew what he was doing when he sent me these two kids.

I hope that I can remember and find the time to keep this updated. I forgot how much this blog kept me on track with my feelings about being a parent and the stories I want to remember when I no longer have little ones.