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meaningful.

It's crazy how meaningful this sweet, sweet place has been to your daddy.  He spent time every summer at Camp Lurecrest.  From the time he was three all the way through college.  This place was where he came to know Jesus.  Where he became who he is.  Every time we visit, I am in awe.  I love being there.  And I love seeing him back on his old stomping grounds.  

As I was taking this picture I realized that one of my prayers is that this place becomes just as meaningful in your life.  That you spend summers here.  That you fall in love with this place just like so many other people have.  That you meet Jesus and draw near to Him up on this mountain.  

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mushy.

This whole being a mom thing has totally turned me into a ball of emotions.  

It has been such a beautiful process.  So difficult to put into words.

And, although so much else has and will continue to define me, mother will forever be my favorite part of who I am.  The two of you have created a new person in me.  I see things differently.  Process things differently.  Feel things differently.  

More deeper.  More passionately.  More fully.

I looked at the two of you in your daddy's lap last night, as we read a bible story, and I was taken aback by this overwhelming emotion.  This is my life.  You three have my heart.  And I am so eternally grateful for this opportunity.  This blessing.  To be your mother. 

I'm afraid I will be mushy from now on out.  But it is worth every second of being mushy to know that I can feel like this.  And that I can love like this.

Thank you for this gift.

missing daddy.

Since Jordan broke his arm, he has not been able to do much with the boys.  They are squirmy.  So it is quite the challenge to hold them with just one arm.  They want to play and move and bounce.  

He typically holds them each for a few minutes each day because he can't stand not to have some sort of contact with them.  During these few minutes it is so obvious how much Jordan misses the boys and just how much they miss him.

I took these the other day while they were playing.

 Tate and Jordan

Crews and Jordan

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resilient 

Last Friday your daddy broke his arm and had to have surgery.  

Needless to say, our life has been in upheaval for a few days.  

I left you with your Mimi and Pops and went straight to the hospital to meet your daddy there.  Mimi and Pops  stayed with you for the weekend.  Since then your schedule has been switched up quite a bit.   Your Nonny has been willing to keep you a bunch and she has been here helping with the two of you.  

I have been surprised by how resilient you have been!  Both of you have been great.  You really are such happy babies.  For that, I am thankful.  You have been wiling to go with the flow.  Even when plans change last minute.  

You did really miss your daddy.  Your faces lit up when y'all saw him.  You were so excited!  When your daddy holds you for a minute or two, you are on Cloud Nine!  

Thank y'all for hanging in there this week. 

daddy smiles.

I walked in to the bedroom last night and Jordan was talking to Tate.  He was just so excited that I had to grab my camera.  

I love that he already adores his daddy so much.

I could just eat him up.  He's one of my most favorite boys in the whole wide world.