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One of my bestest friends just returned from China a few weeks ago with her baby girl. Today she turned 2.
They spent the afternoon with us. The kids just doted on her the whole time they were at our house. We made cupcakes and got lots of kisses from this precious baby girl.
She is a love! Giving kisses even to Macy!
I just can’t believe it. My baby who refuses to let me baby her is now 6! She’s so precious and VERY entertaining. I am the luckiest woman alive to have her as a daughter.
Swim and ice cream sundaes party! WHOO HOO!
Little family party sharing it with my dad.
I so love my kids. They all bring me such great joy.
My youngest asked me how old I was turning this year on my birthday. Once the question was asked, my brain froze and I totally could not think.
“Maybe 32 this year or 33″
After calculating I realized it’s 34. I so don’t feel 34, not that it’s old, I just still feel like I just graduated from college – Life sure does fly by.
So far, I’ve had an amazing day. My man had flowers and the kids had homemade cards for me when I woke. Then my sweet guy delivered to our door step my favorite doughnuts. The kids and I went to see a play. A close friend took me to lunch. My parents had this AMAZING fruit arrangement delivered. I was so excited I just squealed – so did the kids. It is SO beautiful and I love love LOVE chocolate covered strawberries.
Tonight we are having dinner with friends – one of my closest friends here shares my birthday. We’re eating Japanese. I can’t wait.
You know – this is going to sound so corny – but I can’t help but think it on a day like this. God is so amazing and I am so thankful for the life he has given me and for the amazing plan he let’s me take part in. I truly love my life – meaning MY life is my family, friends and circumstances.
Now – I am off to gorge myself on chocolate covered strawberries!
Half way to 18. Half way to the point where he is old enough to vote, graduate from high school, move out of the house and get a place of his own, hopefully not BUT the fact that he is half way there – puts tears in this mama’s eyes!
So here’s the story. In early December of 1998, an at home pregnancy test confirmed what we had been hoping, dreaming and praying for. That following month my parents came in town for my birthday. They arrived early on a Friday to attend a doctors appointment where we would get to hear the baby’s heart beat. They were unsuccessful. Next they sent me down the hall to have an ultrasound. I had zero clue that anything was wrong. As I looked at the screen at a tiny blob that I knew was my baby, the doctor came in and placed his hand on my leg and said, “I am so sorry to tell you, you’ve lost your baby.” I was like is disbelief. The pain and heartache was one of the toughest things I have ever gone through. I wanted a baby so bad.
Two months later, I made reservations at a Bed and Breakfast, determined we’d move forward and try to conceive again. The place where we stayed was run by a Christian family. We were the only couple staying that weekend. The wife prepared us a meal one night and we got into a conversation about losing our baby and that we were hoping to get pregnant again soon. She held our hands that night and prayed for me to conceive. It was such a blessing to meet this godly woman and to have her pray over us gave me such a peace.
March rolled around and shortly after my man’s birthday I took a pregnancy test. It was negative. I was so disappointed. One week later, I began to have pain in my right side. I began to hurt so bad that my mother in-law had to pick me up from work and take me straight to a doctor. Their diagnosis was that I had a kidney stone but they wanted to take an x-ray to be sure. As I sat in the room waiting for the tech, they asked me if there was a chance I might be pregnant. I told them I was doubtful, but not a 100% sure. Well – BIG surprise, their little test slowly came up positive. Now I am so ecstatic, but then they tell me they think it’s a tubal pregnancy and send me straight to the emergency room at a near by hospital. I am like numb. Their I am admitted and they do the most uncomfortable and longest ultrasound I have EVER experienced. The lady performing it said she couldn’t tell me anything until a doctor met with me. She just kept looking and probing and looking and probing while I lay there just silently crying asking God why. Sometime later, which seemed like and eternity, we get the results. I am pregnant, it’s not tubal, but I have a very large ovarian cyst. I honestly didn’t know what to think. I was so relieved but so scared still at the same time.
Time went on and my pregnancy went on as normal. I felt amazing and secretly I was hoping for a girl. At 20 weeks we went in for a ultrasound. Amazingly my cyst had disappeared but of course the most exciting news was – IT’S a BOY. You would have never thought I wanted a girl b/c I never gave it another thought. I was like bouncing off the walls knowing it was a boy. I was showing the ultrasound picture to strangers in the elevator, delivery guys at work, just random people. In fact one lady who stopped by the office I worked at called me later to thank me making her day by sharing my joy of finding out I was having a boy. I was excited. I mean REALLY excited.
Ok – I didn’t realized I was going to go into all this. I am going to pause it here and call it He’s 9, part 1.
It’s that time of year again – combining the oldest two’s birthdays. Sunday we had a delicious spaghetti lunch family party. Monday 28 homeschool kids came over to kick it up a bit and celebrate them both. It was a blast. As all the kids gathered around #1 and #2 to sing happy birthday – I got really emotional. I looked up and saw all their best little friends who are just all so precious and my heart was just overflowing with thankfulness. We are so thankful for our family and friends. So thankful God placed us here in this town. So thankful our kids feel so loved. So thankful for the support we receive from those we love. So thankful we have such a large community to grow our kids with – the friendships they have are so amazing. So thankful for a loving family who is always there for us. We are so so SO blessed.
Thank you God. Your graciousness humbles me. Your love overwhelms me. I love you.
My parents are the best! They made two identical cakes for both parties!
Seven years ago today, early one Saturday morning, I was driving my man, my mom and myself to the hospital. My stomach was in KNOTS and I had been up the entire night with pains. Not labor pains – anxiety pains. I was so sick to my stomach that I had to drive the car so I wouldn’t succumb to motion sickness and lose it on the way. See, in order to get the doctor I wanted to perform my c-section (he was going out of town if I waited any later) he requested I show up at the hospital first thing and tell the staff I was in labor. I was so so SO nervous that I would get all the way there, just to have them send me home. Well, the nurses never checked me, they waited for my doctor. He arrived on time just as he promised and next thing I knew I was being wheeled into surgery to give birth to my first little girl.
I fell in love with her the moment I looked into her big beautiful eyes. She was a gorgeous infant who loved to be held and snuggled close. She never cried once in our hospital room and she was a very lazy eater. Today she still is the biggest snuggler in the house. She still is petite and doesn’t eat a whole lot. She continues to get prettier and prettier and those eyes just completely draw me in. The crying, well – right when we got on to the highway heading home from the hospital after I delivered her, she started to wail. I freaked out b/c she hadn’t made a peep since the birth! She’s had her share of cries ever since, but she’s a girl – fearfully and emotionally made.
I love this child and I am so blessed to call her mine.
Happy Birthday sweet thing. Mommy is so proud you.
The celebrations have come to an end. My #3 had her last party today and it was with our family. It was hot as blazes but nobody melted and all seemed to have a great time.
Lots of people dressed up. Check out my dad!
My parents made the cake … I know – I am a very lucky girl! Beats anything you can order at a store!
Ok, I am beat.
I am off to bed!
Today was her Pirate Party with her homeschooling friends. 28 precious kids helped us celebrate. We had an amazing time. Seeing all our children running around together having so much fun made me realize again just how fortunate we are. I am so so SO blessed to have so many families in our area that I just LOVE.
I seriously cannot believe my baby is 5. Where has the time gone.
This sweet piece of messy love is such a joy. She’s amazing and I am so proud to call her mine!
Check out her new shoes. She is so protective of them. She won’t walk with them on the grass or let them get wet in the rain.
She shared a small family party with my dad this weekend.
This year my #3 wants a Pirate’s of the Caribbean birthday party. Though she has never seen any of the movies, she’s all about it and wants everyone who comes to dress up and have a treasure hunt.
I was running behind on getting the invites out – so we did the quick cheap email approach. Everyone who was invited got this pictured emailed to them.
Don’t you love her little mean pirate face?
Oh, and she said that she wanted the skull to sit on top of the sword, like she had cut it’s head off! (That’s her brother’s influence!!!!)
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