A rare picture

My two cutie pies in a very rare photo. They are BOTH actually looking at the camera. Now, I didn't say they were smiling, but I will take what I can get. Looking at the photos that I do have, I realized I have very few where Jonah is smiling, even though he is a very happy toddler (and was a happy baby as well). Noah,well, I have a lot of him putting on a grin...funny as he is usually grumpier. Oh well, one day maybe I will have a nice photo of us all.

I can't forget Elijah. Since the twins are now 18months I weighed and measured everyone. Elijah is 40.5 inches and 39.5 lbs. Jonah is 30.5 inches and 24.5lbs. Noah is 31 inches and 25.5 lbs. Not tall...not too short...but the twins definitely have a budha belly, especially Jonah. They are just so cute. Elijah is getting so old now. I feel like my little boy is gone. He reasons with us. He can do most things for himself. He is constantly thinking of new things...and CONSTANTLY asking us to play with him. This makes it very hard for me as I would LOVE to always play with him but with me working I get very behind on things and need to at the very least get laundry and dishes done. Somehow he always makes me feel guilty about  it and it makes me feel worse about not being able to stay home with them.

As far as the whole household we are finally on the mend. It seemed just when we were getting better, someone else would get sick again. It is very hard to have a positive outlook when you keep feeling as if as soon as you start to be on the upswing there is something that knocks you down.

We have been making yet another attempt to organize our lives (this is a common theme) and so we bought a few more cabinets for the house from Ikea. The boys decided they wanted to help us. I would like to say we finally got things done, but as it goes in our life, it has been filed to a project not quite done. I hope it will be done soon.  Jake's car is in the shop and has been for a couple weeks. I am hoping that will be done soon as well. It is a pain to just have one car.

I am ending this here before I just become a complainer of the little things that just happen in life and cannot be changed. I am battling a little depression so it is very easy to become Eeyore. It is something I do not like because I know that I have been very blessed and wish that my emotions could convey that accurately. If you could keep me in your prayers for this reason I would be very appreciative.