What's on My Heart Fridays

What a crazy week this has been! Do I say that every Friday? It sure does feel like it!!!  The week started out kind of crazy and I was a bit overwhelmed mid week but my friends really rallied around me and made me feel so much better....

Natalie, Thanks for offering to help.  I should be helping you! You crazy good friend with a newborn!!!

Amanda, You are always checking in on me.  In the world of my friends, you are my staple.

Stephanie, Your email made my week.  Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone.

Candace, For loving on my kid all week when I had so little energy to do it myself. 

Christin, That comment on FB about being glad to have me as a friend.  My heart almost blew up.  Can you come sooner?

Mom, You don't even know I'm upset sometimes but we laugh together and it changes my mood right around. 

Julie, For coming over last night, dragging me out of bed and going to dinner.  Ah. Good times as always auntie JuJu.

Adam, For starting a bathroom remodel two days before we have a huge party at our house.  It added a ton to my plate but I know it's your way of loving me.  Ha!

Thank you for all of the sweet, encouraging comments on the blog, via email, text this week.  I needed it and I appreciate you all!  The highlight of my week was definetely Aidan's birthday and Cohen's balloon release!

I am still crazy go, go, go April. It's probably not going to change.  I'm typing a blog at 11:44 and I still have 15 Spiderman masks to make before my bedtime.  I am working up the plan to RE paint our laundry room next week.  I need to do some adjusting and stop worrying about all the little stuff.  It probably wouldn't hurt to get a few extra hours of sleep a night either.  At least it's Friday and I have vacation to look forward to in a couple of weeks! 

Aidan's b-day post should be up Monday.  And apparently we will have a new bathroom to debut in the next couple of days so be looking for that!

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Cohen's Birthday

Not only was it Aidan's birthday yesterday is was also the 1st birthday of sweet, sweet Cohen Marshall.   I have been following his mom's blog since she was pregnant with him.   Her blog, has become one of my absolute favorites.   Not only do I love her blog but hers is one of the few Adam asks for updates on.   We cheered Cohen on from the moment we found out of his broken heart inside of Megan's belly.  We prayed endlessly for him during his twelve days here on Earth.  We were heartbroken but rejoiced for his complete healing when God chose a bigger plan for him and brought him home. 

If you want to read all about Cohen's story from the beginning, you can visit Megan's blog.  I can promise you that you will cry and your heart will ache but at the same time you will feel so inspired by the love this couple has for their son, his story and their twins that Megan is now pregnant with.  Please stop over there and say a prayer for this family.  It would mean the world to me.

Adam and I decided months ago that we wanted to do a balloon release on Cohen's birthday.  We already know he is in heaven having a better party than any of us could imagine but we loved the thought of him getting some balloons from a family that has been touched over and over by his story. 

I bought 12 balloons, one for each day of his life.  We attached a tag to them that said "Happy 1st Birthday Cohen.  You are Loved Little Man." Then I added his birth date and the day he went to heaven along with his mom's blog address. 

Aidan was so excited to share his birthday with Cohen.  He begged to let the balloons go.

 We started out one at a time and then he got anxious and starting letting bunches go. 

 The sky could not have been clearer.  We were able to watch the balloons for almost 10 minutes.  It was the perfect day to turn one.

I was really emotional {as I knew I would be}. I felt so much.  I ached for Megan and Brent. I know how bad they must have wished they had Cohen with them. I felt lucky my family was getting to play such a small part in Cohen's legacy and I had an overwhelming sense of thankfulness for Aidan as I was watching him let those balloons go.  It's because of Megan telling her story that I hold him a little tighter and love him a little harder everyday. 

Happy Birthday Cohen.  You were loved before you were created and your life lives on in the hearts of so many people little man. 

This song kept playing over and over in my head so I wanted to post it. 

Exhaustion

I am struggling big time today.  Yesterday was Aidan's birthday and it was wonderful but at the same time so much less than what I had hoped for him.  Im trying to make up for it by proclaiming this his birthday week.  Cake everyday? Works for me.

Im living on about 3 hours of sleep a night. I know that's not nearly enough but I am doing everything I was doing when I wasn't working in the evenings.  Adam helps but I am so particular I go behind him.

I really thought being a SAHM was so much work (and it is) but working and being a mom/wife is so much more work.  Right now I'm not able to do any of those roles very well. 

I'm suffering and so is my family. I am only three months in so I'm hoping we can get into an easy routine and I will be able to manage things better.  I'm doing my best it just doesn't feel good enough right now. 

Im hoping to be able to get a good post out tonight.  We did a sweet little balloon release for Megans son Cohen yesterday that I want to share with you all in addition to what we did for Aidans bday!  So be looking for those!@

Chandelier Painting

Want to see how easy Aidan's chandelier was for his room?

Adam had already started painting when I took this but you can see the bad brass color.

We used this Rust Oleum Satin Spray Paint in red.

And VOILA!  Chandelier.

I am taking a break from blogging to cry celebrate Aidan being 4!!! I will be back tomorrow with something fun!

What's On My Heart

I have been so tired lately that my blogging has been a little off and one of the things I am missing most is linking up with Casey on Friday's!!!! 

I have so much on my heart these days.    But most importantly, my little Aidan will be 4 on Tuesday.  My heart just sank even typing that.  4 years have flown by.  I know you hear all moms say this but I really do feel like I was pregnant just yesterday. 

Aidan has made me in to the person I have always wanted to be.  Sometimes I think to myself he is too good to be true. I have everything I want in my life. It scares me to death it all could be taken away.  In his four short years he has changed me so much.   My heart is so much bigger.  I am so proud that we are raising a polite, funny, handsome, happy little man.  He knows he is loved more than we could ever express.  We tell him at least 100 times a day.  Every other sentence is "We love you Aidan."

I always see moms with little babies and I want to say to them...Don't take a single moment for granted.  Take lots of pictures.  When your busy, and your little one is begging you to play or hold them, put down the laundry or the dishes and play.  The stuff can pile up, those moments will pass you by.   If once in a while your child wants to climb in your bed with you, let them.  In a couple of years they will want nothing to do with you, soak it all up.  

I am so glad Adam and I decided to wait to have a baby until Aidan was out of his baby years. We wanted to really enjoy him.  People tell us all the time they envy us that we have gotten this time with him.  It has been so special.  I worry I won't ever be able to love another human being as much as I love him.  God gave me the greatest gift in the world when we gave me Aidan.  He is so good.  I thank the Lord everyday for my boy. 

So this year he's four and I love him more and more everyday.  I wish he would slow down a little but at the same time I can't wait to see what God has planned for his little life.   Happy {Almost} Birthday My Sweet Aidan.

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Aidan's Bedroom-Part 2

While spending time giving Aidan's room a little face lift I addressed the scariest place on earth.  HIS CLOSET.  For whatever reason Aidan's closet had become the catch all for so much junk around here.  Random toys, pool noodles, our winter coats and the Diaper Genie that I cannot escape. 

There was already a shelf at the top of the closet so we just added one more close to the bottom.

Much better. All those bins serve a purpose.

 



Aidan's Room-Part One

When we decided to make Aidan's nursery in to a big boy room I knew I wanted one thing, NO THEME.  I got sucked in to the Twinkle Twinkle theme {PBK catalog always makes them look so good} and I loved it for a while, but when it was time to change it up, I was more than excited.  When we initially put the room together I loved it, I just knew it needed more.  I wanted bright colors but a neutral bed and wall colors.  This is what we started out with...

and it was just that...a start.

Over the past few months I have tweaked it a little bit and I am finally pretty thrilled with it.

I moved his bed to another wall...

{chalkboard wall is where his bed was}

I organized all of his books. The ones that he is too old for went in a basket in his closet.

I love the chalkboard wall. 

Aidan insisted I draw a firetruck, a tree with a cat stuck in it and a house on fire.  Adam wasn't thrilled that we were drawing houses on fire considering he had just done some amateur electric work rigging up a free chandelier we spray painted and hung. 

I framed some of Aidan's artwork from school, purchased a $5 poster from Ikea and Adam and I found this great frame that says "I love you to the Moon" randomly in a boutique at the Biltmore Estate.  Every night when we put Aidan to bed that is our saying. 

Remember when I painted Aidan's dresser?

Adam got this chandelier for free.  It was a hideous brass. We bought a $5 can of spray paint, painted it and hung it.  I love it.

Aidan was a huge help. Ha!

We added crown moulding and a ledge for his chalk and we're done! Except for purchasing a jute rug and a piece of personalized artwork I am waiting on to hang under the shelf above his pillow!

Perfect for a four year old packed with personality!



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