Oooooooooooo!

Hudson was so busy yesterday!

I took him outside with me to throw some trash away.

He was wearing the cutest little monster slippers.

He (we) then spent the next 45 minutes walking up and down our street.

Bottle in hand.

Living his best life!

He LOVES when uncles get home.

He makes sure they know he's there!

He continues to be obsessed with the TheraGun.

That red mark on this face is from him laying his face directly on the TheraGun and humming, "Ooooooooooooooooo!"

Love this Squish!

 

Aria's School Program

Papa went to Aria's school Christmas program this morning.

Gigi had to work.

Papa joined Aria's mommy, daddy, and Hendrix.

Then he sent all the pictures to Gigi!!!

She is our spunky, sassy, all-girl Aria Girl!

 

GIGIIIIIIII!

I was at work, in a meeting, when my phone started buzzing.

It was a FaceTime call from Mia.

I shut off my phone.

When I turned it back on, she had sent me these two screenshots.

Hudson REALLY needed to talk to Gigi!!!!

By the time I was able to call him back, he was napping. 

Those cheeks, though!!!

 

What Have You Done?

Burke was going through sports pictures of Cooper and Ryker from this year.

He likes to get poster-sized pictures to hang on their bedroom walls.

Burke and I are constantly talking about how to help the kids reach their goals.

Sometimes I feel like our goals for them should be their goals.

Obviously, that's not the way it goes.

Burke is daily sending me TikToks with protein-rich recipes, different exercises the boys should be doing, etc.

I feel like it turns into us trying to talk to the boys about what they should be doing to accomplish their goals, followed by them rolling their eyes at us.

It's a cycle that I'd really like to get off of.

So, I changed my approach.

Now I ask the kids, "What have you done today to work towards your goals?"

I'm hoping it helps!

I also ask Burke and then I just announce mine!

 

Purpose

I played one of those social media games on Friday.

It was an image of a bunch of words in on box.

It says, "The first four words you see are your 2025 roadmap." 

I totally played along!

The first four words I saw were:

PURPOSE

CREATION

LOVE
SELF-CARE

And what did I do?

I decided I was ALL-IN on these four words!!!

I even made a little image.

I have decided to really go with this.

As I pray each morning and night, I do so with these four words in mind.

I kind of love it.

In other news, Ryker's last basketball game for the year was Saturday.

This mama was too tired to go.

So, Burke sent pictures and updates while I laid in bed.

I am obsessed with getting pictures and videos of the grandbabies.

Delilah is SO sassy and naughty and I could not love her more!

I got to hang out with this Squish Saturday.

He's so funny.

"GIGIIIIIIIIIII!" is what he yelled from the porta crib in my room when he woke up from his nap!

 

The First Real Snow Storm

I love the pictures of the girlies that Isis posts and sends to us!

These girls are LIFE.

They are just the most beautiful!

Sweetest.

Our first actual snow storm arrived this morning.

It took Braxton a bit longer to get Hudson to us this morning.

Hudson thought it was very fun to walk through it to the front door.

The dogs, who got groomed yesterday, had a blast trying to chase Ryker to school.

They smelled good for about 12 hours.

I'll take it!

 

Feeling It

I have been allowing, even forcing, myself to go THROUGH the feelings of losing my grandpa.

Tuesday, I felt completely broken.

Sad.

Hurt.

Lost.

Broken apart.

Yesterday, I was raging mad.

SO angry.

That is such an uncomfortable emotion for me.

It's the scariest emotion for me of all the emotions.

I'm forcing myself to go through it... not try to run from it.

Just be royally pissed off.

At everything.

Today, I'm exhausted.

Physically, emotionally, mentally... in all the ways!!!

SO tired.

Drained.

This note, though.

Kehlani to her daddy.

He's the best girl daddy there is!