The Ford Family Adventures

Sixty-one years ago today my Daddy was born. I can't believe he would be 61years old. This just seems so old to me. Even though it's not.

So today I must say that my Dad has been on my mind a lot. No matter who it was, he always felt that birthdays were important. He made sure that the birthday boy or girl always felt important.

I truly can't believe he's been gone for almost 6 years. Where has the time gone? It's hard to believe it. Nothing that I can say here can express who my Dad was, what he did or how much he loved us. I wish I could put it into words. Anyone who met him never forgot him. It was hard to do. He was unforgettable.

I see a lot of him in my boys. Even though my boys don't look much like me, well Noah does, they definitely have the Brewer personality. Loving and giving, but stubborn :-) Their mannerisms, their over the top personalities, their love for music and Isaac's love of the color purple. You all know how my Dad felt about purple.

But today all I can say is Happy Birthday Daddy. I wish you were here to spend it with us, but I know you're having a much better time worshipping at the feet of Jesus.

I see today that it's been over a month since I last posted, but then I noticed that last blog didn't even post. So I guess that means I've very far behind.

Catching up.....
Noah turned 1 the end of May. He's a crazy child, but the sweetest baby in the world. And yes, I have decided he will be 'Baby Noah' until he's old enough to tell me to stop calling him Baby Noah :-) He's got this head full of blonde curls and these big blue eyes. He makes the most adorable faces. All in all he's a very happy baby. Except when we check out at Walmart or when he's tired or hungry. There's something about the checkout line at Walmart that make both of my boys melt down simultaneously. It's very frustrating.
Noah is picking up some words now. He asks for Momma and Daddy. He can say Isaac's name if he wants to. Noah's one of those kids that has the ability to do many things, but only when he wants to. He's also mastered pee pee and poo poo. I wonder who taught him those words???? Daddy was so proud of himself :-)
Noah is as fast as lightening and LOVES to climb. Once he mastered climbing on the couch he now is up and reaching for things behind the couch in about 3 seconds. When he can't get what he wants, he promptly plops one leg over the back of the couch and tries to get over. He has NO fear. He likes the pool so far but doesn't like to get his face wet at all. This upsets him very much. His favorite thing to do is climb out of the pool run as fast as those little fat legs can carry him to the nearest lounge chair, climb up and starts dancing. He always is dancing by the time one of us can get out of the pool and over to him.
His absolutely favorite thing to do is dance. He dances to every kind of music and has a few different dance styles. He twirls in circles, bounces his knees (which in turn he has the biggest/muscular thighs of any 1 year old I've seen) or swaying his head back and forth like Stevie Wonder. Both of my boys love music. No doubt where that love came from :-)
Isaac is the smartest boy in the whole world. He's convinced that he's going to go to the moon one day and hit a baseball from the moon. He also has a plan to go to Wal-mart, but the supplies to make a rocket and fly the rocket to the moon. He made this whole story up with no prodding from Mommy or Daddy. What two year old says that?
Isaac is the best big brother. We are trying to instill in him that he needs to be a positive example to his little brother. Some days that works, others it doesn't!
Isaac can identify every letter in t he alphabet, in capital letters and most of his lower case letter and can identify several sight words already. He can also sing the ABC song. He loves music too. Always singing and holding up his "microphone" for everyone else to sing with him.
He's still a very rough and tumble kid. Always covered in bruises and bumps, but rarely if every cries when he gets hurt. As he says "Mommy I'm a fishy!" He can swim very well with little arm swimmy's on. The other day he got out to the 5 foot water in the pool before I could get to him. Again, another child with no fear :-)
Both of my boys are very loving boys. Isaac always give hugs and kisses. He told the helper in the nursery at church yesterday that he loved her before he left. Noah is very lovie as well, but refuses to give Daddy love. He only gives Mommy kisses. This makes me very happy as I often have the fear that they won't understand why I go to work every day.
My favorite part of the day is when I come home from work. Both boys are waiting for me and they come running to the door to greet me with hugs and kisses. Usually it's just to try and get outside before I can catch them, but I like to think it's just for me.
Our little family is doing very well. We love our family and we are so thankful that God has blessed us so much in the last year. I keep thinking that this time last year, we had no job and no place to live. We went 7 months without income. The most amazing part is that we never went without anything. God supplied all of our needs, even a washer and dryer and many other things that weren't necessities, but we needed. We always had a place to live and food to eat until He provided another way to earn money. God has richly blessed us. Even though this year has been hard, we have learned so much. I pray that we never forget these lessons that we have learned and are still learning. I am so thankful for the family God has given us and the family that we have become over the last year.
More pictures to come soon......
Vacation with Nanny and Poppy in 5 days!