My Guy

My two girls are now almost 3 and 5...my little guy is almost 18 months. The whole world is different with my little guy! My girls were soft spoken *until recently*, well mannered, sweet, playful, silly, tiny little things. My guy, on the other hand, not so much. He wakes up all smiles!! I LOVE this. Then he's off. The girls come in to see him and he squeals with delight and then suddenly he thinks it will be funny to pull hair (apparently hearing the girls squeal is much more fun), take toys (which they allow him to do), climb EVERYTHING he can until I have his breakfast ready and I strap him into his chair. He prostest for a moment, but ultimately the food wins. Then we take Miss Mae to school. When we return home for lessons and cleaning The Belly Monster has to tinkle, My Guy thinks this is the perfect opportunity to help. He runs in there and in the blink of an eye half the toilet paper is off of the roll...doors are opened...soap is poured...and toothbrushes are being used to clean the (not yet flushed) toilet...GAG!! What in the world!?!?!? My blessing is that they share the same germs so there's no sickness caused and I think I'm losing weight...no time to sit still when the children are awake!!

Ego Trippin'

It's a blessing to know that I can trust my husband and that we have, mostly, full disclosure. I believe that life is not just black and white and that sometimes things are best left unsaid.

I learned that my husband had gone to a bar for drinks with the guys after work (which I knew) and that the ladies serving the beverages there were nearly nude (which I knew not) I confronted him thinking he would simply admit that he should have mentioned it, but didn't want for me to feel that I had anything to be threatened by, apologize and it would be done. THAT, however, was NOT the case. This lead to my darling husband feeling as though I didn't trust him and that, despite his best efforts to show me in every way possible, I don't believe him when he says I am THE only one for him. His feelings were honestly hurt!!!?!?!

Three hours later (SERIOUSLY??) we agree to disagree, the blessing from all of this came several weeks later. I was waiting for a restaurant to open and a very nice man started conversing with me. We were alone. In another country. In a hotel. I immediately worked into the conversation that I was married and he admitted he, too, was on his way home to visit his wife. He then started making suggestive comments about our situation (Being solo in another country and no one would know if we didn't always follow a straight line) and I thought about my husband and the fact that I KNOW that he isn't this type of man. I told the gentleman~hee hee~that I would know and I wouldn't do that to my husband, my family, or myself. I thanked him for the conversation and went to my room. I then video chatted with my husband and told him what had just taken place. He smiled and said a free dinner is nice. He didn't question me or worry. I then asked if it bothered him and he said, "No, I know that you love me and that you are going to come home to me."

I have had some major trust issues and let the mistakes others have made blur into my relationship with my husband. When he looked at me and honestly didn't understand why he should be concerned (and he shouldn't, but seriously strokes the ego) I realized he wasn't concerned because these are not things that he would do. I love knowing that he is committed to me, our children, our marriage...God is good.

Life's Blessing #5

Okay, so obviously I have WAAAAYYY more than just 5 blessings, however there are far too many to add and not nearly enough hours [available to me] to post them all at once, so as the kids are screaming at each other in the tub and the hubby pics up some dinner with his brother and I FINALLY got the jumper done for church in the morning AND most of the baby shower favors...I wanted to let it be known that I'm acknowledging what a blessing it is that someone can love you even though you don't see them and even though you disappoint them and even if you don't put them where they should be on the list of priorities in your life. This applies to God as well as my husband and my parents and my friends...and even my kids. I fall victim to being consumed by random things, not things unimportant necessarily, but things I could put off until the kids are in bed or until Chris is busy with something else, if I remembered it...but THANK YOU God for loving me...and Thank you mom for always accepting me.

Life's Blessing #4

Our first open house was this evening...it broke my heart. My eldest daughter is almost five and so excited about her upcoming first day of school. She wanted her daddy to go with us. I am so blessed to have a husband that loves and accepts her as his own. I do get a little sad now and then thinking wow, James would have loved to see this or been there for special occasions, but Chris is so good to her and dos such a wonderful job loving her. He is such a proud father and I am so blessed to have him in our lives. Of course a continuous part of this particular blessing are our other sweet babies. They LOVE their big sister. Ah, as much as I dread the getting up super early and thinking of what she's being exposed to, etc...I'm so happy she's going to be able to meet new friends and learn new things...and is able to do so. My prayers are always with the parents with more difficulties to overcome in this regard, but God blessed them in so many different ways! God is good!!

Life's Blessing #3

My roof is leaking into my kitchen and now through the drywall in my dining room. The money we were hoping to save has been used in other "renovations" and just when I want to sit alone and cry...I remember the families from the mission field. When in Mexico on a mission a few year ago the "wealthy" family in the neighborhood had a roof over their bedroom, not the kitchen, living, or bath area...only the bedroom, which a family of 5 (and more in some cases) shared. No electricity or indoor plumbing. However, they were very upscale because they had a toilet. The water for bath, cooking, and potty were collected in large buckets around the house when it rained. The "gutters" ran into tubs in the kitchen and bathroom. They gave us toilet paper, which I knew they couldn't really afford, and let us use their restrooms. They were so pleased to share this with us. They didn't complain, they were grateful for the relief we brought. I know how blessed I am to have a home with seperate bedrooms for my children, central heat and air, electricity, kitchen appliances, indoor plumbing, and A ROOF!! Thank YOU GOD for my leaky roof (I'm still praying we get it fixed though;))

Life's Blessing #2

My kids have ground eggs into the furniture and cheerios into the floor, I haven't been able to get a thing cleaned up because every time I try someone starts to cry and needs "mama"...then they say "Mama" out of nowhere and "I LOVE YOU" Makes it all worth it!!!

Life's Blessing #1

Knowing that no matter how happy I am there is something waiting for me that exceeds any happiness  that I can comprehend here, when I get to Heaven!! It makes the sad moments more bearable! God is good!!