my Mom in high school!

How cute is she?! I am so proud to be a combination of my Mom and my Dad. I'm honored to resemble them. I love you Mom. I miss you Dad.

i caught a smile!

this and that...

he's getting big! 2 months this week!

Here's Isaiah in his new dirtbike outfit. He'll start racing soon at the track. Now he's ready!

Meet Peanut. So pretty.

And this is Isaiah's favorite, Taz. She looks just like Tiger did.

I wanted to share something Gabe said today. He was eating his cereal at the counter and heard the TV on in the background. The commercial came on for Monsters vs. Aliens. The one character said "pain in my zaxog!". Gabe repeated what he said and then said "that's a bad word". They catch on to more than we think. In so many shows and movies, they insert what we think is adult humor, over their heads, when in fact they are picking up on it and learning from it. I've been uneasy about some of the things that are coming out of my boys mouths, knowing that they are getting it from TV. I know boys will be boys, but I also want them to be gentlemen. Any advice on how to do this is welcome! I feel so lost in this whole parenting thing! Such a huge reponsibility!

second chances

As you know, Fluff had a sister who we lost through a tragic accident. Her name was Tiger. She was my favorite. Well, Fluff had five kittens, one was stillborn. Of the four we have, one looks JUST LIKE TIGER! We don't know if he has blue eyes yet, because the kitties won't open their eyes for another week. Here is a picture of Isaiah holding "Tigger", Tiger's "nephew" (heehee). Although a little unexpected, these kitties have been a neat experience.

"I MISS YOU" photoshoot

Wish Grandma & Aunt Hilly were still here...

it's good to be me...

My Mom and sister Hilary came down for the weekend to celebrate my birthday (my last year as a twenty-something!) Ever since HIlary stepped off of the plane, she became attached to baby Luke! She held him all weekend, changing diapers, wiping spit-up (sometimes off her face :) and just overall loving on him. She is going to be one heck of a mama one day. My Mom prepared a delicious birthday dinner and my favorite dessert: homemade strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream! Mmmmm! They showered me with gifts. One very special gift was a framed piece of artwork I had done as a young child to my Dad. I wrote "I love you and will always remember you". I wrote that almost 25 years ago, but it holds more meaning now than it ever did. We felt like 3 sisters this weekend, laughing, sharing and just being. It was perfect...

babies, kittens and birdies OH MY!!!

This is no joke! We now have little baby birds on the front porch!!! What a fun and crazy time at the Forbis house! I wonder if we can get funding for being a zoo?

WE HAVE 4 KITTENS!!!

We have suspected for the past month or so that Fluff was pregnant. Recently she was getting huge and we knew she'd be having them any day. Well, today Iwas vacuuming the boys room and when I shut the vacuum off I heard all of these little "meows" coming from under Gabe's bed! Sure enough, I saw 3 little kitty's! About an hour later she had 2 more under the couch, one of which was still born. We will have more pictures to come!

I have to start by telling you how much I miss writing on my blog. I don't have much time right now, but I love telling stories about my boys and recording my life one day at a time. As Luke gets older, it may be a little easier to write, but I certainly don't want to rush things. If there is one thing I've learned as a mother, it's that TIME FLIES!!! I am thankful that I've been able to really cherish this baby, partially because I believe it to be our last. I want to make sure that I take enough pictures and write down all of the cute stories. After all, this IS what life is all about...

Here are the brothers getting ready to watch Despereaux. Gabe did a great job holding Luke. He even held his passy in, but after a few minutes he tilted his head to the side and said in a high pitched voice "Mommy, you hold him?"

Luke has started smiling for real and I have wanted to catch it on camera but I'm never quite fast enough. I was able to catch the tail-end of this one! I'll keep trying!

We had a few storms pass through yesterday but the sun tried to peak out in between. The boys were eager to get out and play and I couldn't say no! Naturally, they headed straight for the mud puddles! It took a good hour to get cleaned up after this!!!

"CUTEST-BABY-EVER" ALERT!!!

4 WEEKS OLD