So today is my 28th birthday! I am thanking God that I am yet to yank the dreaded gray hair from my head! I don't feel any older, but am amazed that I am a mom of three, a wife, and a grown up.... a true grown up!
It's funny how birthdays change the older you get. I remember being a kid, and all I could think of was what kind of cake I wanted, what an AWESOME slumber party I would have, and the birthday gift list was miles long. Then came the milestones. Getting my drivers license, and scaring the ever loving poo poo out of my parents as I drove off for the first time alone. Then there is the infamous 21st birthday... need I say more. At 25 I got a break in my car insurance rates, that was nice. Now here I am, 28 years old. My greatest accomplishment is raising my three girls thus far, and keeping them alive, healthy and happy! They are my gifts. They beat all of the milestones of years past, and now my greatest joy is in watching them reach there own milestones. Every day that God blesses me and lets me hang on and enjoy my girls is the greatest present that I could have or ever ask for. The icing on my big birthday cake, is that I get to do this all with the best guy a girl could ask for.
The moral of this 28th Birthday story is, even though I am spending the day cleaning house, folding laundry, changing diapers and all of the usual... I am doing it with a happier heart. God has given me another year to love on my babies, Seth, and enjoy his plans for our little family.... and what great plans he has.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Queen Slacker.... not so much.
So I can't believe I have not blogged in this long! What a slacker! But, the truth is life has been a bit nutso and chaotic. A good chaotic, but not leaving much time for sitting by the computer. This is probably a good thing. I have been working a couple of shifts a week at the ER, and still enjoy it very much. Preschool is done for Kira, so that frees up a little more time. But, the funnest thing as of late has been planning my sweety's surprise 30th Birthday Dinner.
I originally had great plans, of some surprise BBQ with tons of people at the house and perhaps a keg of beer or two! Then, it hit me... you have three kids, that's never going to happen. The people that would watch them for me, would all be at the party anyway! I pondered for weeks on what would be just the right thing to do. Then it hit me, lying awake in bed at 2am some morning. Plan a date night for my hubby, only when we get to the restaurant... have all of our family members there to celebrate with us.
I got a little crazy creative, making homemade centerpieces from mason jars, tissue paper and old black and whites of him as a kiddo. Martha Stewart... eat you heart out. I wrote a funny toast to him, that was pretty cute too. I think he really appreciated the end of it being recited in front of his Mom and Dad and twenty or so guests. "Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you you old coot. I'll see you tonight in your Birthday suit!!" Priceless. He was genuinely surprised, which made all of the hard work and secret keeping worth it! Kira knew for three days, and even she was perfect at keeping "our little secret", "if you don't tell Dad, you get a candy bar at the restaurant" kind of secret!
The major disappointment... In all of the nervous planning and commotion of getting him here there and everywhere, I forgot my camera!!!!! I do have some video of the night at least. It was great, all I had hoped it would be and more.
As for the rest of life, things are beginning to slow down. I love summer (if it would ever get here). The girls are growing like weeds, and have drawers of gorgeous summer clothes with the tags still on them. Will they ever get warn???? Tori is making huge strides with her gross motor skills lately. She is crawling the way she is supposed to finally, which in the physical therapy world is huge! Emma is hilarious. She is the reason that child safety devices were invented. She climbs everything, spills everything, and tips everything over. I change her shirt twice a day, from toilet water casualty. Tori just found the toilet too.... the joys! Kira is getting too big too fast. I always tell her that I am going to put a brick on her head so she stays this little forever. If it were only that simple (she'd being sporting her brick hat right now!) She is hilariously clever and smart and in tune with all that is going on around her. Those little ears pick up everything. She is such a joy. My little buddy.
These are some pictures from a week or so ago, can you believe how they have grown!
I thought this picture matched my previous description of Emma perfectly! This is how Seth and I found her after leaving the room for a minute. Those are underwear on her head, and yes the beer bottle was empty when she found it!
I originally had great plans, of some surprise BBQ with tons of people at the house and perhaps a keg of beer or two! Then, it hit me... you have three kids, that's never going to happen. The people that would watch them for me, would all be at the party anyway! I pondered for weeks on what would be just the right thing to do. Then it hit me, lying awake in bed at 2am some morning. Plan a date night for my hubby, only when we get to the restaurant... have all of our family members there to celebrate with us.
I got a little crazy creative, making homemade centerpieces from mason jars, tissue paper and old black and whites of him as a kiddo. Martha Stewart... eat you heart out. I wrote a funny toast to him, that was pretty cute too. I think he really appreciated the end of it being recited in front of his Mom and Dad and twenty or so guests. "Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to you you old coot. I'll see you tonight in your Birthday suit!!" Priceless. He was genuinely surprised, which made all of the hard work and secret keeping worth it! Kira knew for three days, and even she was perfect at keeping "our little secret", "if you don't tell Dad, you get a candy bar at the restaurant" kind of secret!
The major disappointment... In all of the nervous planning and commotion of getting him here there and everywhere, I forgot my camera!!!!! I do have some video of the night at least. It was great, all I had hoped it would be and more.
As for the rest of life, things are beginning to slow down. I love summer (if it would ever get here). The girls are growing like weeds, and have drawers of gorgeous summer clothes with the tags still on them. Will they ever get warn???? Tori is making huge strides with her gross motor skills lately. She is crawling the way she is supposed to finally, which in the physical therapy world is huge! Emma is hilarious. She is the reason that child safety devices were invented. She climbs everything, spills everything, and tips everything over. I change her shirt twice a day, from toilet water casualty. Tori just found the toilet too.... the joys! Kira is getting too big too fast. I always tell her that I am going to put a brick on her head so she stays this little forever. If it were only that simple (she'd being sporting her brick hat right now!) She is hilariously clever and smart and in tune with all that is going on around her. Those little ears pick up everything. She is such a joy. My little buddy.
These are some pictures from a week or so ago, can you believe how they have grown!
Look at my big girl use her walker... this is her PT Miss Jenny. The crazy thing about this picture is if you knew Kira at this age.... spittin' image!
I thought this picture matched my previous description of Emma perfectly! This is how Seth and I found her after leaving the room for a minute. Those are underwear on her head, and yes the beer bottle was empty when she found it!
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