Happy 2 Weeks Brogan!

I can't believe that our littlest baby is 2 weeks old! It has gone by so fast, yet so slow! The sleepless nights really aren't that bad! I believe God blessed me with a sweet little boy who likes to sleep... to make up for his big brother who would rather run laps around the house starting at 5 am! :) Gotta love the very active little boys! He sleeps for 4 hour stretches at night which is definitely FINE BY ME!!! He has little fat fingers and arms already! I can't wait until Thursday to see how much he has gained and grown! He is filling out his up to 7 pounds outfits from Gymboree... WOW!! They swallowed him two weeks ago! He poos and pees like its nobody's business and Braydon thinks he does it on purpose when he aims for him! ha! Bryli thinks that all of her baby dolls need to be breastfed and I think she is just a precious little girl with a big heart for her brother!! They both think that God gave them water like he gave mommy milk so that they can help feed him! :) I love their imaginations!



We have had Many, Many, Many visitors. One of whom will be around Brogan all the time!! Poor girl, she doesn't stand a chance to be innocent around my children! :) My Best friend had her baby 4 weeks before Brogan was born. A little backstory: Krista and I met each other when we were 4 and we have pretty much been inseparable ever since! The rest is history, I guess you could say! Her sweet little girl weighed the exact same as Brogan (he was a 1/2 inch longer).



We also had our neighbors from our old house come by! Courtney, her sister Britney and Parker all came over to meet Mr. Brogan! The kids had nothing to do with Brogan... they got tattoos and showed off their muscles! It will always be a contest between Braydon and Parker on everything they do!! I sure do love those boys!! One day, hopefully soon, Brogan can meet Kaitlyn and Kynadi! I can't wait!!



I believe that a blog should be a mixture of ramblings and honesty! I also think that it is fully my opinion on what I think and if someone doesn't agree with the way I think of things, thats okay... everyone is entitled to their own ideas! That's why God gave us a brain that is completely different from anyone else!
With that said.... I am having trouble obeying what I am "supposed to be doing" in my life! I know that my calling is to be a stay at home mom. I know this because I have been blessed with a husband that works extremely hard to make that happen. I also believe that it is my job to teach my children how to become independent successful adults who love God and respect everyone around them. I just think that I am missing something to fully be able to do my job... I have some good ideas about what I need to do (I wont mention them on here) but I am learning to give up on myself and learning to live in the word. Learning to listen is the hardest part but I want to learn how to listen AND OBEY!!!

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. John 14:27

Good Morning! I woke up realizing that my baby, literally my last baby, is a week old already! I just cannot wrap my mind around it! I sit there and think about how I wish I could sleep all night long without interruption, and then I realize that getting up every 2 or 3 hours to get a little smile and big blue eyes looking at me is so beyond worth it. It is my own little slice of Heaven. Every time I get a smile from any of my children, an "I love you Mommy ... to the moon" and a question of "Mommy, will you sing me the songs for the night?" My life is turned upside down for the better! It truly is amazing how God blesses you even in the smallest people with their words!

I have been reading my Babywise book so that I can get Brogan on a schedule. We are going to have a busy fall with two different schools, Braydon in flag football and Bryli in dance, Bible Studies and playdates! Little Brogan is definitely going to be a world traveler... well a traveler around the town anyway! :)

I got a very neat email this morning that really blessed me! Thanks Jana! I am so thankful for it! It reminded me to be content on where my life is! Instead of worrying, know that God has me right where I need to be. Blake finally finished school and is working so hard for us. We moved to a new home and we have our wonderful children. We are in a season of growing and learning and pushing forward the way God wants us to! As our relationship with God develops over time and through experiences, we learn to trust God more and ourselves less. No matter what you're facing today, through prayer you can receive the strength to be content.

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

My mind has been racing since we got home from church yesterday. The sermon was on Serving a Supernatural God: Voices. This whole sermon series really has gotten my mind running and rolling in a way it has never been before. I got to thinking about how much time I spend on the internet, watching T.V. or just plain zoning out. I want to be able to hear God's voice when he speaks to me and I want to be able to distinguish his voice from pure "logic." In Samuel 3 he says: speak Lord for your servant is listening. I want to be able to say that and know that he will answer me when he is ready to give me the answer for whatever is going on in my life. As I sit here and look at all 3 of my children and know that our family is complete and we are moving on to bigger and better things everyday with our children, I want to be able to know that God is leading Blake and I along with our children in the right direction. I don't want to have any "But, what if..." moments. I want to give him my all and focus on him every minute of every day! I want my children to see and want to do the same thing! I am going to be working on giving my all and giving every moment to him. I want to be ale to do this through serving my husband, my children, family and friends!

In the mean time, we have welcomed a new member to our family! Brogan Tyler made his appearance on August 17th at 10:36 am.
He looks exactly like Braydon did when he was born. He has a proud big brother and big sister that love him more than he will ever know! He definitely will never be lacking in the love department!!! I am so happy to have the little family that I have! God has blessed us more than we deserve!


"speak Lord for your servant is listening. 1 Samuel 3:10