Milestones……

  So many posts never make it past my brain….. I somehow had forgotten how time intensive a new baby is and how tired one can get when you have one! :o)   The last 2 1/2 – 3 weeks have been full of milestones.  Celebrations….. all celebrated in very different ways.  I wanted to address each of them separately, I wanted to add pictures (but most of them are packed away in some unknown box and/or need to be scanned in and I currently can’t use my scanner/printer because *someone* lost the disc to reinstall it on her computer. That poor creature will remain nameless though. ;o) Obviously none of my big plans are happening! :oP Hopefully I will be able to get this post written and posted though. Better than nothing I guess…….  

  First off we sort of celebrated my 30th birthday….. *was going to add adorable baby pic of me here* I say sort of because I spent the majority of the day in labor :oP  I have to admit that through the months, as my birthday got closer, I went through a variety of emotions regarding this birthday.  At first I was bothered as 30 seemed old, over hill, scary, and a little depressing. Somehow changing that first # felt traumatic. Then I came to realize that I had bought into a worldy mind set on age (not anyone else’s age, just regarding mine). Our culture has an anti-biblical view of age. It worships youth and the “wisdom” of youth. Women pay copious amounts of money every year to try and maintain a youthful appearance, adults acting like teens is considered “cool”, it’s considered a compliment to say that someone doesn’t look like the mother of _ children, etc….. funny thing is this has always driven me nuts. Biblically I see the opposite….. age is respected, gray hair is an earned honor (not something to be hidden), and maturity is considered a good thing! After I thought it through I decided that I was rather excited about turning 30 and am really hoping that my 30s are WAY better than my 20s!  :o)

 

The day after my birthday we welcomed our 4th child into our home.  What blessing and joy!  A milestone and celebration in so many different ways….. We thought we were done after 3 kids but God had better plans and we are so grateful! He is such a smiley, sweet boy! When he looks into my eyes and smiles I totally melt! Truly a joy to have in our family and it is so neat to see how the kids all interact with him. The transition has been smooth and they all adore him so much!  I just can’t get over what a blessing he is! 

 

A couple weeks later we celebrated our 10th anniversary……. We celebrated with a nice dinner at a local restaurant we had never been to before. They actually had a couple different options on the menu that I could eat!!!  Thanks to my Mom we were able to go out without any kids which was fun. :o)  Our ten years together have been so amazing. We have experienced such joys and such sorrows, so many trials and triumphs.  Life has been full and, though I wouldn’t have chosen to go through most of what we have been trough, I am thankful for God’s loving hand on us at all times and the fact He gave me the most amazing man ever to go through it all with.  I would not have wanted to face life with anyone else by my side! It is fascinating to me to look back at who we were and who we have become.  

 

Then, on the 27th, we celebrated the second anniversary of Nathan’s home going. This year was quieter than last year…… We (Brian, the kids, and I) just drove to the cemetery and shared a few memories together. I was reminded of how much he loved his nieces and nephews and was saddened that he never got to hold his newest nephew….. nor will I get the congratulatory half hug, the request to take his picture with baby, or any of the other little traditions we had.  The kids still talk about him a lot and it keeps the memories fresh. I can’t believe that it has been 2 years already and that the girls remember him so well. 

 

  I hope this post isn’t too disjointed and that it makes sense…… I have only managed to get a few sentences in at a time so it has taken me over 2 wks to write this!  :oP   I may have to edit later but for now I am going to post this just to get it done! lol….  We have more changes happening which will need their own post, hopefully it won’t take as long to get it written!  ;o)