back to life, back to reality...

the last few weeks in the watwood household have been busy because we have been getting back to REAL LIFE! it kind of makes me sad because it means i don't have bitty newborns anymore but it feels good to be getting back into the swing of things! this picture up above was the babies first Sunday at church. it is SO GOOD to be back at church, i can't even say. the boys love it too!!

this pic has nothing to do with getting back into the swing of things but it makes me happy :). sophie woke up one morning and said, "i am SO HUNGRY. i want a BIG bowl with a BIG lot of cheerios and a BIG spoon." so this is what daddy came up with!! he is so awesome!! (and the brown things in there are chocolate chips...i know, really healthy...don't ask!)
look at these gorgeous boys! i am totally biased but oh i think they are just beautiful. cullen is on the top and liam on bottom, i really notice culley's baby blues and liam's brown eyes here.

friday night fellowship at church. the pictures above they have been matching but sometimes we just like to coordinate, like here. they honestly do so good at church, the nursery workers ask us if they are this easy at home. they may just be saying this :) but we choose to believe they really are well-behaved!! while they were at church we were roller-skating with a few different life groups...oh my!! what a (fun) workout!! and shane won 2nd place in red light, green light to boot!! (and was sore the next morning for his 20-mile run ;))
my beautiful little pumkpin-head at school. yes, we are back to school and loving it! it is so hard for me to get all 3 kiddos ready, myself ready, bags and lunches packed and to school on time but once we are there it is great for all of us!! i work mondays and wednesdays from about 9-3 and my boys are about 10 yards down the hall from my office. i love peeking my head in on them and going to steal kisses ;). i know once they get separation anxiety that will have to stop but for now i love it!
this is what li-li thinks of school...what a snooze!! ;)

pumpkin-heads just getting to school. is liam not so much bigger than baby bro??

i am sorry but these 2 are so cute it HURTS!! how can i not smile all (okay, most) of the day when i am gazing at these faces??
i know all of my pictures and stories are of happy times, and truly, 90% of the time in our life is so so sweet right now. but i want you to know there are times too when i feel like i am drowning. last week one day i was just begging God to let me come up for some air. i was drowning in laundry and drowning in toys and drowning in crying children and drowning in breastmilk. and frankly i just wanted to drive myself to the nearest hotel, check myself in and spend 24 hours alone. luckily after work shane did come home and take over and send me to the gym (what a vacation, right? ;)) but still, this is hard too and i want to be honest about that. that same day we went to get sophie her 4-year vaccinations. they said it would only take a minute (ha!) so i didn't feed the boys before we left. about 45 minutes later we have 2 screaming babies in a very small exam room and a hysterical 4-yr-old fixing to get her (4!) shots. i literally was laying across her restraining her and after her 1st 2 shots i was crying too. it was pretty much hysteria. well, the nurse's hand slipped and sophie was kicking and the nurse stuck herself with a needle after she gave sophie one of her shots. she got the worst look on her face and told me that protocol for that was that sophie had to go to the hospital and give 2 vials of blood. you. have. got. to. be. kidding. me. dr. martindale heard all of my screaming children and came into our exam room to try and help. he picked up liam, started rocking him and trying to distract sophie. he did not leave our sides until we left. i called shane bawling and he went to the hospital with sophie. i did not have it in me to restrain her again. when we all got home poor little munchkin asked if we could have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and took a 3-hr nap!! but--after that day--i just needed to come up for air.
i read this quote lately and i LOVE it. i find myself rushing through the little moments (brushing teeth, making lunch, changing diapers) and i have to remind myself i don't want to miss MY LIFE!! because friends, this is LIFE and i know each MINUTE is a gift not to be missed.


Most people miss their whole lives, you know. Listen, life isn't when you are standing on top of a mountain looking at the sunset. Life isn't waiting at the altar or the moment your child is born or that time you were swimming in deep water and a dolphin came up alongside you. These are fragments. 10 or 12 grains of sand spread throughout your entire existence. These are not life. Life is brushing your teeth or making a sandwich or watching the news or waiting for the bus. Or walking. Every day, thousands of timy events happen and if you're not watching, if you're not careful, if you don't capture them and make them count, you could miss it. You could miss your whole life." Addition by Toni Jordan

have a great week, friends!! cherish all of your minutes!! XOXO, meg