Parenthood... no, I'm not pregnant!

We had a busy weekend. It started out Friday night with a "kick-off party" for Steve's job that we went to. He works for the ALS Association (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease)... which is in MAJOR need of funding for research!!! (just FYI in case you're blessed w/ extra money and the Lord has laid it on your heart to give it away!) They have walks to raise money for research. Well, they had the "kick-off party" to start raising money for the walks that will be taking place this year. It was fun and we WAY over-ate! We ate bad food too! Over my calorie limit for sure! Gotta hit the gym hard tonight!

Then, we had the privilege of babysitting 2 of our nieces this past weekend. Brad and Shannon went out of town and asked us to watch Mallory and Morgan. Prior to the weekend, I was SOOOO excited about it. The day before it got here I got a little nervous. I don't know if it's because everyone would either laugh and say "Oh, can't wait to hear about that when you get back!" (while chuckling to themselves) or "Let's see if you're gonna want babies after this!"... things like that. That started sinking in before we went and I thought... "What in the world are we doing? We're not gonna know what to do!".

Well, I have to say it was NOTHING like that! In fact, it just confirmed my desire to want children and be a mother! I loved EVERY minute of it! Steve didn't even mind it! (ask him... I'm not lying) Mallory and Morgan are the best kids I've EVER been around. (If you know me, you know I've been around kids a LOT! I worked in day-cares and camps during college, I worked as a houseparent at a children's home, and much more). They were AWESOME! Props to Brad and Shannon!!!!!!

The girls are on a schedule and boy is it awesome! I had asked Shannon to leave me details on what to do (like do I warm up Morgan's food, milk, etc... if so, how much? Just little things that you parents have already learned). She left me a 3 page list of their schedule, instructions on how to make the bottles, what Mallory likes to eat, what they like to do, places we can go w/ the girls, EVERYTHING! It was wonderful and VERY handy! Shannon... THANK YOU!!!!

Outside of the girls being on their schedule... they are just a pleasure to be around! I can honestly say that we had NO crying, whining, fit-throwing, crankiness, or ANYTHING like that from Mallory or Morgan! Morgan cried for like 10 seconds in the car on the way to church... and then fell asleep. She cried again for like 30 seconds before she got her bottle (because I didn't have it ready)... and that was it! At nap time, both girls would just lay in their beds and go straight to sleep. It was amazing! I took LOTS of pics! I'll share a few as soon as I get them downloaded!

Again, Brad and Shannon, God is truly blessing your hard work as parents! You have beautiful and amazing children! Thanks for letting us be the one's to get to take care of them this weekend... it was an honor!

One more prop goes to my amazing husband! Steve, you were AWESOME this weekend with the girls! You held them, fed them, played with them, just sat with them, everything! You were so helpful and were amazing to watch with them. You're going to be a GREAT dad someday! I love you SOOO much!