The FIRST annual Boy Mom BlogHop!

Helloooo there ladies of The M.O.B. Society!  Welcome to this little corner of my world.

Until recently this little blog o' mine has been more of a diary for me than anything, so forgive the newbie-ness.  I've been a SAHM for just over a year now, and I'm still trying to get it together.  Hopefully connecting with some of you ladies will help! 

My oldest, my girly-girl, is 5 years old, and I have two extremely busy little dudes, who are 2 1/2 and 9 months old.  Oh, do those boys keep me on my toes!  Since they're so little and I'm still trying to puzzle out being a boy mom, I wonder if any other boy moms out there ponder these types of questions:

• Where did the facination with trucks and trains (and anything with wheels) comes from?
• WHAT is UP with the crazy gastric noises? My dudes are little, but have full-on man burps. Seriously.
• And the question I don't think I'll ever answer:  why, when you're about to have photos taken, do they get some sort of scratch/bump/bruise on their face?

I don't get boys yet.  But they sure are a lot of fun  :-)

In the last two years our family has gone through some major changes, I've dealt with depression, had a baby, moved, left a job I loved . . . yeah.  There's a lot going on here!  I'm sure lots of you can relate. 

I recently started reading Notes To Aspiring Writers (<---please read this ASAP!) and have determined to write for that all-important "audience of one," my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I have nothing worthy to offer to my God but my honest praise. 

Psalm 27:5-7 (NASB)

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice,

And be gracious to me and answer me.

After all, didn't Jesus say that if men ceased to praise Him, the very stones would cry out?  
 
So that's my new goal here:  to daily sing the Lord's praise, to worship Him with thanksgiving, to find the music in the everyday.  When the days are bright, sunshiny, and full of fun, I need to praise God.  Even when the days are hard and it feels like my tears won't stop; even when there's a bad cut that needs stitches; even when I'm too tired to play blocks, or read that Thomas the Tank Engine book again; I need to praise Him. 
 
Will you join me in the choir?

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Welcome to the First Annual Boy Mom BlogHop hosted by The M.O.B. Society.  How does it work? Glad you asked!


1.Write up a welcome post on your blog
2.Include information about you and what your blog is about
3.Tell us about your boys (age, how many, etc)
4.Share anything you think other boy moms need to know about you (ministries, businesses, etc)
5.Share a few of your sons’ favorite books and tell us the age group they’re best-suited for
6.Visit the MOB Society blog on July 28th and link-up your blog to the hop (use the post’s permalink)
7.Commit to visiting as many other blogs in the hop as you possibly can to make new friends, say “hi” and encourage one another in the Lord.