I just can't say it enough...I love my children with all my heart. They bring my life so much happiness and joy. Being there mother is the best gift I could ever ask for. They are far more precious than any treasure on earth. Here is an update on my two sweetie's and our life here. I have lots of pictures to share too so be ready! :)

Our Janaya Lily is changing so much. She smiles ALL the time, coos and talks to us and is even laughing now. She sure does melt our hearts. Janaya is two months old already and I can hardly believe it! At her two month appointment she weighed 12 pounds 5 ounces and was 241/2 inches long already! She is growing wonderfully! She has finally gotten over the terrible cold she had and I am so thankful for that. She was so miserable and not sleeping well at all. She is sleeping better at night again and going down at 9:00 and sleeping anywhere between 6 and 7 in the morning. Her naptimes are not going so well though after being sick. The only way I could get Janaya to sleep during the day was in her baby swing because she had a cough and her nose would get so stuffy so laying flat made it hard for her to breath and sleep. So now I am trying to get her back into the routine of things with her naps. It has been a little stressful, but I know it will get better. I am just so thankful that she does well at night and I can have some time to get things done or just sit and relax with my hubby. It is so wonderful once they actually start getting on a schedule. It sure makes life easier. Janaya is such a joy and is truly the light of my life...our little sunshine. She sure does love her big brother. All she has to do is hear Jeremiah's voice and her face lights up with smiles. She especially loves it when her big brother talks to her. It is so precious and it melts my heart. I can't wait to watch them grow up together. I know that they won't always get along, but I do hope and pray that they will become the best of friends. I know that Jeremiah will love it when his sissy (that is what he calls her) can actually play with him. Janaya is amazing and loves sitting straight up so she can look at everything. Jeremiah sat up on his own very early and I think she might too. It is so fun now that she is more alert. When I think back to how our life was before Janaya I can't imagine our lives without her. She has truly made our family complete and I love my baby girl so very much. She is just too beautiful and too sweet for words. Here are some pictures of her smiling...

Something that we have loved doing as a family is exploring the trails around here where we live. Jeremiah loves going on adventures through the woods and by the water. We have lakes all around us and it is just breathtaking and beautiful. We feel so blessed where we live and that we can enjoy such beauty. I just love our home and thank God every day when I wake up in the morning for such a wonderful gift. I treasure everyday here and feel so blessed that God gave us this home to raise our family. So here we are on some of our adventures...most of the pictures are of daddy and Jeremiah. Oh what joy it is for me to watch my husband with our son. They are truly the best of buddies and Jeremiah adores his daddy. Isaiah is an amazing father.

Jeremiah Steven...he just amazes us everyday. He is growing up to be such a handsome little boy. He has always been handsome, but he just  gets cuter and cuter everyday. He is just so full of life. Just today Jeremiah was playing in his pool and I was sitting there watching him play and he kept saying, "watch mama" as he splashed and played. I clapped and cheered for him and then all the sudden he said to me, "Oh mama, I give you a kiss." It was so sweet. Then he said again, "mama another kiss for you" and kissed me. Totally melted my heart! Every night before Jeremiah goes to bed we sing "God is so good". This is how we sing it...

"God is so good, God is so good.

God is so good, He's so good to me.

He gave me you, He gave me you.

He gave me you, He's so good to me"

I love hearing his little voice sing and God is truly so good to me for giving me my precious son and daughter. Jeremiah loves to show off and make people laugh. I think he lives to make us laugh. He is our little comedian, that is for  sure.

My hubby and I got to go on a date the other night and it was wonderful. We hadn't been on a date in a little over a year so it was very refreshing and wonderful to go out, just the two of us. My mom came and watched the kids for us and we used a gift certificate from Isaiah's school and our meal was so delicious! Janaya takes a bottle very well which I am so thankful for because Jeremiah never took one and didn't want anything to do with it so leaving her was easy because I knew she would be ok. I truly enjoyed a quiet evening with my husband. Thank you, mom for keeping the kids for us so we could go out! I love you!

As most of you know already Isaiah was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. When we heard this news we were so shocked. Isaiah has been in pain with it which all started in his hands. It moved quite quickly then into his elbows and shoulders. Now it has seemed to move down to his legs...knees, ankles and toes. We had a little bit of a scare because Isaiah started having chest pains and shortness of breath which can be caused by R.A. as well. The chest pains are gone now, but he is still having shortness of breath. This disease also causes fatigue so Isaiah is very tired all the time now. His eyes are always red and tired looking and he has a hard time finding energy to do much which is not like him at all. The last three days now have been good pain wise though for Isaiah and for this we are so thankful. During July 4th Isaiah was in a lot of pain and there were times he felt like he couldn't walk. That was also scary to us, but thankfully Isaiah is feeling better these last few days and we truly give God all the praise for that. When I first found out this news and read more about R.A. I was so scared. Scared that my husband would have to live the rest of his life suffering and in pain. Scared because I just don't know what the future holds for him. Since then I have learned so much knowing that I don't have to worry or be scared about what the future holds because God is already there. I truly want to live for now and trust God not just in the hard times, but also in the good times. It is so easy to run to God just when things go bad, but I see each day even when things are good just how much I need Him in everything. I want to live for today, not for tomorrow because time truly does slip away so fast. None of us know the day that we will take our last breath, but God does and He is truly the one in control of our lives and our future. I know that He holds my husband in His loving, Sovereign hands and this comforts my heart so much. Praise God that through trials we can grow and praise God that He does have a perfect plan for our lives through the good times and the bad. My heart still breaks for my husband, but daily God is healing my heart. He has also caused my heart to rejoice in this knowing that we have a Savior that loves us so much and we have eachother and our children to get us through. And although what the future holds for Isaiah may not be good, our God is good and He is faithful. Praise Him for being all knowing and for being our refuge and strength for which we can always cling to. Isaiah has an appointment August 28th and is also on the urgent cancelation list. It would be great if he could get in before then, but we know God's timing is perfect. For those of you who have been praying for Isaiah, with all my heart I thank you! It is your prayers that truly mean so much to us.

Well here are just a few more pictures to close with. I know there are a lot, but there were so many and it was hard to choose! I hope you enjoyed them! Sending lots of love and prayers to you all today!

Me and my two loves!

Currently Listening Veggie Tales: Worship Songs By Veggie Tales see related

Quiet Moments

It is Sunday morning and I am sitting here holding my beautiful baby girl. Janaya and I stayed home from church today due to a very bad cold my baby girl ended up getting a couple days ago. She has been miserable. Even though she hasn't had a fever with this cold, I decided it would be best to keep her home with me today so she could get some much needed rest. She has been so stuffed up that she has had a hard time nursing so I didn't think it would be very much fun to deal with that while at church so we are home and daddy and Jeremiah went to church. It is so quiet here right now and I have to say that I am truly enjoying this time of just getting to sit here and hold my baby girl. There is not always time to just sit here and hold her so it really is wonderful. My Janaya Lily is already 6 weeks old and I can't believe how fast the time has gone already. She is so beautiful and so sweet and is smiling all the time now. She even coos at us and I can tell that she tries to laugh whenever we talk to her. It is so much fun to watch her change and to see these precious beautiful smiles, but it is also so bittersweet as well. These moments go by so fast. She just melts my heart and is truly the light of my life.

Here she is smiling...

Two big smiles

A few little grins..

Look at those chubby cheeks!!

I can tell already that Janaya just adores her big brother. Whenever Jeremiah talks to her she smiles and gets very excited. It is so precious. Jeremiah is such a wonderful big brother and is so sweet and gentle with her. It melts our hearts to watch them both together. Oh my children are truly the loves of my life. Janaya is sleeping all night now which has been wonderful. We are on a good afternoon schedule, but it still varies when she takes her morning naps still because she gets up different times every day. We will get there soon. I am just thrilled that her afternoon and nighttime schedule is going so well. I know that she will still have her off days, but she is getting there. It is nice to be getting a little more rest now! Janaya is growing very well as you can see! At her one month appointment she weighed 11 pounds 2 oz. and was 23 3/4 inches long. She is 90% for her weight and 95% for length. She gained 2 pounds in a month! It is always encouraging to know they are gaining weight especially with nursing because it is hard to tell how much they are actually getting. Well we know she is for sure getting enough to eat! :)

My Jeremiah...where do I begin? He is just such an amazing child and is so full of life and oh so precious and sweet. He of course has his many naughty days, but he truly does have a sweet nature and one of the cutest personalities ever. He makes us laugh all the time and everyone around him. He is very friendly and loves people and just melts our hearts. So even though it is so quiet here at the moment I just can't wait for Jeremiah to come home. He is always so full of energy and is just so much fun. Just yesterday daddy asked Jeremiah what he wanted for lunch and Jeremiah thought awhile and said, "ummm...bookies." (meaning "cookies") We laughed very hard. He doesn't get cookies all that often, but when he does he loves them! And then the other day I kissed and hugged him and he looked at me with one figure up and said, "mama just one more time" as if to say one more time is enough because I am always smothering him with hugs and kisses!  :)It was too funny and so cute!

Our handsome boy in my parents flower garden...

Our children truly are the joy of our lives and always make us smile. I hope all these pictures made you smile today and brought joy to your heart as well.

In this quiet moment as I sit here with my baby girl, I am reminded just how truly blessed I am. My heart is so filled with thankfulness to my Heavenly Father for all that He has given me. There is nothing like these quiet moments shared with each of my children...they are truly beautiful and breathtaking!

Sending much love to you all today...

The Kline family

A father's day poem to my husband...

The Joys Of Motherhood

No words could ever express the joy I feel being a mother to my two precious children. There truly are so many joys to motherhood and have been from the very beginning when I found out I was carrying our children in my womb, watching my tummy grow and feeling them move inside of me. The joy of finding out we were expecting our first baby and then meeting him for the very first time was such a beautiful moment and was again when we did it for the second time with our daughter. The joys of motherhood is holding my children in my arms and kissing their sweet faces and telling them I love them so many times in one day and hearing my son say it right back. Nothing could ever take the place of the joy that floods my heart when I wake up each morning to see their precious faces and to hear my son's sweet little voice saying, "goodmorning, Mama"! Nothing could ever make me smile more or melt my heart more then the way they do. Watching them grow is so exciting and yet oh so heartbreaking. These moments go by so fast. I don't ever want to let a moment go by without hugging them more, kissing them more and saying I love you more.

Just yesterday our Jeremiah graduated to the 2 and 3 year old class at our church. I could not believe already that he was going to be with the "big" kids now and that the time of him being in the nursery went so fast. But I am so thrilled that he gets to learn Bible stories, sing songs and do crafts and make new friends. He loved his new class and did awesome! When I saw him sitting at the big boy table with his sweet precious smile on his face truly melted my heart and I felt so proud of him! How fast they grow and how quickly time passes by, but how very beautiful! Jeremiah just amazes us every day. He is always learning something new and is always making us laugh and others around him. He has a very kind heart and a sweet nature and is also very outgoing. He also is very stubborn and strong willed and sometimes it feels like I am getting after him all day long. Oh the joys of when they get older! :) I just pray every day that the Lord will give me wisdom to know how to discipline for without Him or His word, I could never do it. Our son is very adventurous and loves any bug he can find and any pile of dirt he can dig in. He even kills spiders for mama when we find one in the house!! Haha! He is already looking out for me! He makes me laugh because when he sees a spider he says, "Spida". And when he wants butter on his toast he says "Budda" and it sounds like he is saying it with a cute little accent! So funny! Our son is truly the joy of our hearts and we love him so very much. Here are some great pictures Isaiah got of him the other day. My little boy is so handsome!

My little girl is a month old already! She just gets more and more beautiful every day and is now starting to give mama little smiles when I talk to her. She was even talking back to me this morning! My how she melts our hearts. I just love having a little girl and love all the pretty little clothes! It is so much fun picking out her outfit every day! :) When Janaya was two and a half weeks she weighed 10 pounds already and so she is growing very well. She has her one month appointment on Friday so I will be anxious to hear how much she weighs now. I love snuggling with my baby girl and I am really trying to treasure every moment because this baby stage goes by so quickly. The nights are getting better and she is getting up usually only once which has been nice. Some nights aren't as good as others, but she will get there eventually. Janaya is pretty fussy a lot and is now spitting up all the time, but she is so precious and wonderful. It is hard when they scream and cry a lot, but I wouldn't trade her for anything! Here are a few pictures of our beautiful baby girl...

Mama and her sweet girl!

I just love my family so much and have been so blessed!

These moments with my children truly are the joy of motherhood!

Sending love to you all today!

The Joy Of My Heart

My children truly are the joy of my heart! I love watching Jeremiah talk to his baby sister and see his excitement each morning when he sees her and all the kisses and hugs he likes to give. These truly are such precious times and I love my babies so very much. They are truly the joy of my heart.

Jeremiah has adjusted so well to Janaya and we are so thankful for that. Janaya has made our family complete and it's hard to remember our days without her. Having a little girl is so much fun. I love all the girl clothes and look forward to the things we will get to do together when she gets older. Janaya is such a sweet baby and she sure does melt our hearts. She of course has her very fussy times, but we are getting through them and I am really working hard to get her on a schedule. Last night I am so happy to say that she only got up twice where as before she was up constantly. It sure pays to be consistent and I know that soon she will be sleeping all through the night. I am a tired mommy these days, that is for sure, but I am loving every moment with my children and treasuring every day with them. Here are some pictures of our beautiful girl...

2 weeks old!

Sleeping Beauty!

Jeremiah is as fun as ever. He has the funniest and cutest personality and is always making us laugh and everyone around him. I can't believe how big he looks compared to Janaya. My little boy is growing up so fast. My mom took some great pictures of Jeremiah when he stayed a couple nights at their house after Janaya was  born so I want to share them with you.

These are such precious times, such beautiful moments. These are times to treasure and cherish for they go by so fast. My children are truly the joy of my heart.

Sending love to you all today!