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Life with Shiro

Life with Shiro can be very exciting. I think every Mama should have a Shiro in their lives. It is very refining and keeps you on your toes and also knees! I must say having a Shiro is not for the faint of heart though! Here is an example of a day with my sweet boy. These are some texts I sent to my hubby the other day.

Text #1

How's my morning going you ask? Well, your son pooped in his underwear unbeknownst to us and proceeded to take off his underwear and use a half a pack of wipes to clean himself. He then left said wipes in the reading book basket and the underwear with poop still in them on the floor next to it. He then sat on my coffee table to put on a brand new pair of shorts leaving smeared poop all over the table. He then pooped again. This time the poop slid down his leg and on the floor since he forgot to put on underwear that would have “caught” the poop. Unfortunately he stepped in it so everywhere he walked left a trail.

Text #2

Fast forward after the poop clean up and bath. I'm upstairs trying to get dressed and Shelbie and Shaylah are both gone, all 3 little girls are up in the bath and I realized that little boy had snuck out of the room. (I had been making him stay up by me) I come down to look for him and he's gone. I'm looking and calling and the big boys come out of their room to help. We look everywhere, by this time even Shayden and Shannen are sounding panicked. We check the pool, run down the road, we looked everywhere. Just as I'm ready to call the police Shannen says maybe he's hiding. I'm still outside looking down the road when I hear Shannen yell that he found him. He was hiding under the kitchen table the ENTIRE time! I will be taking extra adrenal support today!

Text #3

Newest update...he threw all his stuffed animals and some clothes into the full tub of water that I left when I went to go find him.

I should probably mention that these texts took place before 9:30am! To contain the little storm I contained him!

Look at this sweet face! Hard to imagine that he spends his days disguised as a tornado! Life would be so very boring without Shiro! I’m so thankful for this little guy!

Multitude Monday

1301. Reading with my babies

1302. The breeze thru my bathroom windows

1303. Vacation week 1304. Lunch date with two of our boys

1305. Birthday celebrations

1306. My growing garden 1307. Lunch at the park

1308. Campout in the backyard

1309. Cleaning the garage 1310. A surprise proposal by my sweetie! Love him to pieces!

But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. 

Psalm 5:11

An update from Neyville

He ran out the front door and down the driveway to say hi to Grandpa,  who was waiting in the car for Grandma. As he ran excitedly yelling, “Grandpa, Grandpa!”, he tripped and face planted on the driveway. The kids brought him in crying and we watched in amazement as a egg grew out the front of his forehead.

That is kinda how life has been lately. There is never a dull day in Neyville! LOL

I thought it was time for a quick update on life here in Neyville, so here it goes!

Shelbie is my right arm at home these days, helping to keep things in order and as much chaos free as a family our size can be. She works 3-4 days a week currently but will be slowing down during the summer. It will be nice to do some sitting on the lawn, drinking ice coffees and chatting with her this summer. She is praying about pursuing a career in midwifery. Whether she uses that here or in Africa I know that she would be excellent to care and minister to pregnant mama’s!

Shaylah starts cosmetology school in June. She will graduate in 12–15 months depending on how many hours she puts in. We are all so excited to have someone in the family who can help beautify us! She will have a pretty good client list just with her immediate family! Besides school, Shaylah also divides her time up with her boyfriend, Lorenzo. They have been in a courtship since November and we are excited to see where the Lord takes their relationship in the next few years. Shaylah and Lorenzo have known each other since they were 6 and 8. They have grown up together and are best friends. Such a great foundation for a relationship!

The boys are growing like weeds! Really, really tall weeds! Shayden is 6’1” and Shannen right behind him at 5’9”! Shadd is small compared to his big brothers but I have no doubt he is going to sky rocket just like them. The boys keep busy with their lawn service and hope to build it up even more this summer. They are excited to have a break from school this summer and I’m excited for them to have time to do some fun projects for me!

My three little girls are three peas in a pod! Its fun being back in the season of life with giggly, squealing little girls! We’re back to painting toe parties and lots of dress up. Frozen is the in “thing” here! Someone is always singing “Let it go!” I’m enjoying having another batch of little girlies around, it reminds me so much of where we started. :-)

Shiro is almost three and ALL boy! He runs around with his trucks and cars going vroom, vroom, vroom! He loves his daddy and big brothers and adores Shandie! Next school year I am going to start some preschool work with Shiro. He is such a busy boy and I think having him have something to do during our school day will be really good for him and us! Duane had to install a lock up high on our back door so I could keep him contained! He wants to be outside by his chicken, Leo, all the time!

Miss Shandie just turned 4 months last Tuesday. She is growing every day and is such a joy and delight for us. She just started rolling this week! She’s on her way to be mobile! The first couple months was so challenging with her colic. We seem to finally have her tummy issues under control. I feel sad that her first several weeks of life had so many tummy aches and made for such an upset baby. I had to be so careful with everything that I put in my mouth. I decided eating was overrated. There is nothing that is worth a baby with a hurting tummy! I am now slowly adding all the offending foods back into my diet. For the most part she is okay but there are still times I end up paying for what I ate and realize that I can’t have something yet.

Next week Duane is on vacation and we are having family week. We are all looking forward to a week off of school and being able to hang with Daddy all week. Our week will consist of an ocean trip, camping out in the backyard, and hopefully some fun projects. It’s also my birthday week! That is an added bonus! LOL

Well, there it is! An update from Neyville! I would love to say that I will return to the blogging world soon but with life so busy something has to give, and unfortunately blogging isn’t making the cut these days!

(Papa and Nana, we love you bunches and bunches! We haven’t forgotten you! We miss you more than words can say! XOXOXO)