Life as we know it

I'm sure everyone thinks I am one of "those" people who share too much on Facebook, when we are in the hospital, when we have family pictures, Derik got a promotion! Okay at least I can make fun of myself ;) By me sharing, and letting people into our world, we have support, we have more love, and we have come across some very humble and caring people who will forever have an impact on our small little world. One gal I came across is Cheryl. Derik was actually connected to her family by mutual friends, I saw her post something about Cystic Fibrosis one day and decided to "friend" her. Through our Facebook friendship, I learned a pot about her. She too has grown to know the girls and sent Zoie a cute "65 roses" necklace. Today we got to meet Cheryl. Both girls and I went and spent some time with her and her mama, and I tell you, I have never met a "stranger" who opened up her heart, showed love for Zoie, and was so sweet. Cheryl had a daughte

You really never know what a mom does until you are one. Derik and I are always having the conversation of, "I'm so glad you love to work," and "I'm so glad you like staying home." We balance each other in that way, he is career driven, and I'm family driven. It's a nice combo. His new job is going wonderfully! He even told me it was his favorite position thus far (it better be because I'm not moving out of state anytime soon) ;) And our home life, well it's just as wonderful, just crazy... By crazy I mean each day is so different and you don't know what you're going to get. I think we tend to create some of the craziness oursves, by filling up our weekends with friends and family, but that's how we create memories, so we will take the crazy. For some reason Mondays are always a bit more crazy. Maybe it's the "daddy went back to work" feeling, or the "we have so much to get done this week" feeling, but