Sophie after a long day at Disney :o)

Love these!

http://babybeblessed.blogspot.com/2010/05/yayfree-friday_28.html

Dried Baby Food

While sitting in church Sunday morning, I noticed a spot of dried baby food from Reese's breakfast on my arm. Yes, most normal people would have tried to get it off thinking how gross! I, on the other hand, savored in the moment. Reese was not with me...she was in the nursery. But in my heart, all I could think about was this spot of food dried to the hairs on my arm. I gently rubbed it with my hand thinking to myself how I didn't want these precious days to end.

Being a mother is the one and only thing I have ever imagined being. This little spot reminded me that once I wipe it away, these days will end just as soon. Silly to think about dried baby food this way, but for some reason my heart hurt for these days to stay.

I rubbed it gently throughout the service thinking about all these wonderful years I have had so far as a mother, and the years I have to come...

As soon as the service was over, Mark and I immediately went to get Reese. She was so ecstatic to see me! I love that about babies! They are always so happy to see you...even if you only left the room to use the restroom. As soon as you are back, they react to you as if they haven't seen you in forever!

We got the other girls, got in the car to head home. We were all talking about church, what the girls learned, listening to Sophie sing, stopping a couple arguments (like always), and just being together. In all the togetherness, I forgot about the dried baby food. Once we got home, my hand rubbed against that spot, and it was gone. I looked twice...and yes it was gone.

I thought to myself that how weird that I noticed this spot when my children weren't with me, but as soon as we were all back together again, it was gone.

I think God was telling me to enjoy even the smallest of things...like the baby food that Reese spits everywhere while I feed her and she blows raspberries!

Take in the small things in life and especially in motherhood...it goes by too quickly!

Every Texas Mom's Dream *The Perfect BlueBonnet Picture!*

With one child-super easy!
With two children-very do-able!
With three- well, she looks cute even when she doesn't smile!
With four- GOOD LUCK! We will take what we can get...

What you can find Madalyn doing...

Madalyn has really turned into a avid reader this last year. She is always reading, has finished an entire 5 set book series and is starting it over! I love this about her because neither me nor my husband ever really got into reading. I would love to sit down with a book, but I would get about halfway down the first page and I would hear "MOMMY!" Excuses, I know... I am just glad my daughter has found something all on her own that she loves!

Easter 2010 (Reese's first!)

The girls Easter baskets from the Easter Bunny! There was a trail of eggs from Sophie and Reese's rooms, and a trail going down the stairs for Madalyn and Loraly.
Here is Reese with her first Easter basket! (and her infected eye) :o(

Loraly hunting eggs.

Madalyn hunting...

Sophie FINALLY got in the grass to hunt for eggs. She didn't want to get dirty or wet...

All of beautiful girls...I am so blessed!

Reese's Nursery******(for Shannon) :o)

Just wanted to post some pics of Reese's nursery. We really hadn't done a lot with it since she slept in our room for so long. We rarely even went in there except to get clothes. But she is officially sleeping in her own room now, so we moved the cradle out of our room and into her room, cleaned up my scrap booking stuff (yes, I was using her room to scrap book) and now have it pretty for her :o)