Greatest. Book. Ever

So I wanted to post a real quick blog about the book I just finished reading. Twice. It's amazing. It's called "Heaven is for real: a little boy's astounding story of his trip to Heaven and back". So, I have to admit that my faith has been lacking in the last few years. I haven't been the greatest Christian and I'm not exactly proud of that. Then I read this book. It definitely has made my faith shoot up dramatically. It's about a 4 year-old boy who went to Heaven and came back and told his parents about it. They're not sure if he died or not because he was in surgery but they know for sure he went to Heaven. I'll tell you a little bit of the book that it talks about it the book summary so that I'm not ruining anything. His mom had a miscarriage before she had her 2 kids when she was about 2 months along. Of course, she didn't tell her kids and she definitely didn't mention it to her 4 year old. Well, long story short, the boy talks about meeting the girl in Heaven and she told him that she died in their mommy's stomach and that she didn't have a name yet because their parents hadn't named her yet. Oh my gosh, gave me goosebumps again. Anyway, if you have a Kindle or love reading, read this book- it really is awesome.

I will post another blog soon about Tristan's first destruction of our house but for now I have to go to class then pick up the kids, then do laundry and then study. Yeah, it sucks being me right now  :)

Finally!

So FINALLY two things happened. First, Vincent and I got new phones and joined the world of smart phones. We are super nerdy and put a lot of research into finding the best smart phone we could get. We also asked my brother Galen who is the expert on all things phone-related. We decided on the new phone - HTC Inspire. It's awesome!! It's a 4G phone with a 4.3 inch screen. Vincent and I can't get enough of them.

Sooooooo the 2nd thing is that with my awesome new phone I took a video of Tristan's dance with his V-tech puppy dog. Excuse my mess of a living room. We were vacuuming and piled all of Tristan's toys in the corner. Don't judge :)

Back to School. Back to School, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool.

So I started work last Thursday and am actually very glad to be back. It's nice to use my brain for something other than feeding a baby and remembering to do laundry and clean the house. Yuck.

Last weekend my Dad, Caleb, and I went to Georgia to visit my grandparents. My grandfather loved every minute of the visit. My grandmother is not doing too well and doesn't always remember who she's talking to or where she's at. But Caleb made her very happy. As my dad says, "Everyone always loves babies". Caleb did phenomenal on the plane ride there and back. Of course, it helped that I had a sling that both of my children absolutely loved. It's called the maya wrap (click on words for website) and it's the best baby item I ever bought. Caleb was pulled in super tight to me with it and could hear my heartbeat and breathing so it made him go to sleep instantly. So, as much as I would like to take credit for Caleb sleeping so much, I really have that sling to thank. We visited all my Georgia favorites and it was beautiful there. It was chilly but not snowy/slushy like it was in Dallas. I love Georgia. I really don't think there's a better place. I love the old homes, the pine trees, the weather, the food, and the people. The first time I brought Vincent to Georgia, he fell in love as well. Now we both want to move there. Although, unless my parents, brothers and sisters move there, we probably won't. But we definitely would love to. I do have pictures of Caleb and my grandpa but of course no pictures of the dimples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So Tristan has this new adorable thing he does now, which is dancing. Sometimes he looks like he's having a seizure but it's still funny. Well, anytime he hears music on the TV he immediately drops what he's doing and starts the convulsions. But then he figured out that he has a stuffed animal that makes music. It's one of those V-tech toys and if you have kids you know what I'm talking about. I'm pretty we have all the V-Tech toys. But this particular toy is a puppy dog that you can touch his ear and it says "ear", touch his hand and it says "hand", etc. But then there's a feature that if you hit the foot twice all those touchable areas play different music. It sometimes takes Tristan awhile to find the music option but when he does, he's in heaven. While I was gone Vincent got a video of it for me. He recorded it on his Ipod and I can't figure out how to transfer the video to my computer. Anyone know if you can transfer videos from your Ipod??  If I can't transfer, I will try and get another video of it when it happens again.

And I thought I was busy before.....try going to work, school, and taking care of 2 kids. It's awful. I have been exhausted non-stop. But I blogged. You're welcome ;)