Time

Today it hit me how fast time really goes.  There is so much we can do in life and when we have children, life goes even faster! To think I have a 20 month old and a 3.5 year old is just crazy to me.  It almost does really seem like just yesterday I was pregnant with my first child.  I had a privilege of going to a baby shower for a friend this weekend and it was just SO exciting to see all the anticipation that the first child brings.  The start of a new life, what could be better, or more exciting?!

Life in our house has been busy with the start of me teaching more now, I have enjoyed being able to do one of the things I love most, well two of the things I love most, teaching and music.  My kids adjusted well to it, they still do miss when I am gone, but when I am teaching at my house Timmy always comes around the corner pointing to the music room saying, "Momma, Momma."  Abbie kept telling me she was dreaming about playing violin.  She has been pretty interested in what I am doing in there.

Our life at home when I'm not teaching is filled with quality time with my kids.  I do enjoy this time so much and I am very grateful that I can work just a little but still have a lot of time with my kids.  I know parenting will be full of many different seasons and my mind wants to plan and prepare for EVERYTHING, but I just have to trust God and live in the moment.  Abbie is so smart, she knows all her letters and is very curious about reading so it will be fun as she gets older because I really do enjoy teaching her.  Timmy is starting to loose his babyness and turn into a full toddler.  I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet, but it's inevitable.

When I think about how fast life has went since Abbie was born it does scare me a little.  That's already 3.5 years.  In another 3.5 years she will be 7.  Okay, that does scare me!  It is so fun to watch them grow and all the challenges that you go through at each little stage just makes you that much wiser for having conquered what you were dealing with. At this point in my life I can really see how being a mom is really the most consuming job anyone could ever have, but it is the BEST job anyone could ever have.  Being a mom teaches me more about myself then anything else ever could have and it makes me a better me each day.

Each and every day with my kids is a true blessing!  I am excited to watch this journey unfold, but part of me really just wants to freeze time.

My girl and her silly face

quiet reading time

Dance class:)

Splash pad fun

This is Timmy doing the happy and you know it song

Best friends forever!

Princess Cinderella

Craft time, sometimes it's the little things that make her day!

Isn't he too cute?!

Timmy likes crafts too:)

Life here with the Burdick's

Once again, it has been awhile since I last blogged.  I am so glad that I am taking the time to blog, since I know that many times my memory might fail to remember all the fond details of my everyday life with two little ones. The biggest change since my last blog is that Timmy is starting to explode in his talking.  And when I say explode, I mean before he was really just saying baby babble and now he is saying real words. I attempted to write down all of what he says now, but I know I am still leaving some words out, but here is what I can remember, Momma, Dadda, Ball (which I must say is his all time FAVORITE word, he says this one like 40 times a day), Choo-Choo, Bah (like a sheep), Woof, Red, Yellow, Grape, Juice, Water, Dora, Moo, Fish, and Dark (for when he helps me sort the laundry into lights and darks). His personality is SO different from his sisters that it is really interesting to watch this talking explosion since it is nothing like what I experienced with Abbie.  Abbie is loving her time playing prince and princess with her little brother, which usually is just her trying to boss around her little brother.  In all fairness, she really plays really well with him and they are so sweet together much of the time! I have started teaching violin/viola and piano again and Abbie does get pretty excited when a student leaves to want to try piano.  I haven't done much of anything but show her how to hold a violin and with that she did do amazingly well.  We are in the process of looking for a dance studio for her so I'm sure my next blog will be filled with details about that. For now, enough writing, here are some pictures of our fun!

Fun riding on daddy's mower

Abbie is getting excited to try new hair do's

Timmy loves his kisses

playtime at the mall

Mommy's little baker girl

Mommy's handsome little man

why can't I use two spoons??

Let's go down together

Swimming and trying out our floaties

Just watching a show together

Abbie got a turn too