Nap Time

This morning we woke up and decided to visit one of the many churches here in Augusta, one we had heard about from Josh's parents. It is called Steven's Creek Community church and it is not far from our house, maybe about 15 minutes. The church runs 2 services with about 400 in each one, there are a lot of families our age and we are so excited to get plugged in. The kids program is huge considering all the new families and as we took our children to the nursery I felt very encouraged about the people watching over my children for the next hour. All set with a pager number, Josh and I head into the sanctuary to find a seat in the already packed out auditorium. Immediately we fall in love, even though we miss our church and family back home (no one can preach like you Pop Pop) we were very excited about this one. The music was like being at a Chris Tomlin concert and the crowd we were in was very young and contemporary. I am glad I wore jeans because if not I would have been a tad over dressed. The sermon was from another church pastor because they were in the middle of a four part series lead by this pastor along with 100 other churches. So yes we watched a sermon on a projection screen, but it was great and we really enjoyed it. After the service concluded we met some of the young parents and we swapped information so that we could get together sometime soon. We are very excited about this church and hope it is as welcoming and life altering as our church back home!
So today after we get home from church and eat lunch, Josh and I clean up the boys and get them ready for a nap. Of course I thought they were tired because it was already 2:00 and neither one had had a nap. Boy was I wrong! First clue was neither one buried their heads in their blankets like they usually do and they both threw major fits. I shrugged it off because normally they cry a few minutes and then fall asleep. After a few minutes of crying they both quiet down and start talking in quiet voices, which is normal because since they have begun sharing a room they tend to talk to each other for a few minutes before they fall asleep. Thirty minutes later as I was reading my book and Josh was watching TV I can still hear them talking. So I enlist Josh to go be "serious" and tell them they need to quiet down and go to sleep. He gets up, walks to the room and whispers, "Courtney come here and look." He is doubled over laughing by the time I get there and confused as to why I just take a peek into the room. Jacob had gotten out of his big boy bed and climbed into Caden's crib and they were having a grand ole time. Jacob was jumping in the bed and Caden was laughing at him and falling over. I couldn't help but laugh while trying to scold Jacob about his wrong doing. Finally we gather composure and tell the two boys not to do that again and we replace them in their beds to commence the nap. And I was wrong again; for some reason my boys were not tired today and they would not stop talking to each other. In the end they won and we took them out of bed and brought them in the living room to play. They weren't in bad moods, so today was a no nap day. Surprisingly it is 8:30 and neither one of them is sleepy yet with only 30 minute naps under their belts.