growing up…

This week…..my favorite girl…..and my favorite man are getting a bit older………

..which means i have some planning to do…… I am a tad bit behind in the party planning committee….it’s not my fault…….even though i was voted HEAD of this committee…..i just didn’t realize what goes into being in charge..and to tell you the truth…..i lack delegating skills…….or should i ask Fin to pick out the tunes for the party……or should i have Mason choose the menu?

See…….i didn’t think so……

So…since i will be a BIT tied up doing some planning…….i thought i would give away one of my favorite butterfly pendant necklaces………Yes….you heard me………………….a little token from me to you……

and don’t you fret….I shall be back soon.
oh…and new tunes added today…just listen…

xo

cruise control…..

I’m in the chatty mood right now……just finished a few glasses of vino….which always helps open my mind up….

i went with a friend last night and saw ‘ a movie’ …….in which i also read the book….probably 3 or 4 years ago…..and let me tell you…… i bawled….actually the whole theatre was bawling……and this is a story of a family of three children…just like myself.

And i felt as a mother of 3 children that even though i love each of the three the same……the firstborn is and will always be a firstborn.

We mothers of more than 2 children know how much energy goes into our first child…..they are not competing with other children…we have more time with them……we dote on them…..

it is a fact.


I am a lucky girl.

I know this.

I don’t know what it is like to have a sick child…..

or to lose a child.

I can’t imagine what a family goes through because of a situation like this.

If you have….my heart goes out to you….

i know marriages only have a 30% success rate after the death of a child….

and i can totally understand why………as a mother…….my whole being would be about my child ……
all the while knowing that when i married my husband we told each other that our marriage would always be first and foremost…..even before the children……..marriage first…children second……
both of our parents are still married and hold the same values…..


so i cruise on cruise control………and i think alot of us do……

we never anticipate….we never assume…….

we just cruise…

xo

bliss….

Have you ever just sat back……and watched…………………

….I .. did………….I sat back and watched my children yesterday…………..really just watched them.

I watched them smile….

I watched them laugh…

Italic

I watched them be who they are…….

which is amazing….

beautiful…..
babies………


they don’t care what i do…..

they don’t care that i have acne* like a teenager……

they don’t care what i’m wearing….

they had no cares…….


these babies love their momma……

they love life….

they love having fun…..

they love loving……

they love summer…..

I sat back and just watched for once…..

and you know what…..it was amazing.

*acne caused by high levels of humidity….

…..{oldest baby wanted nothing to do with being photographed}