Moments in Life

There's moments in life as a Mom you want to hold close. To remember always. The way the kids look when they get up. The way Jacob sets his jaw when he wants to fight with you. His phrase "my old truck....my old book and lately my old Mom". The way Kaylin furrows her brow when she concentrates, she's a thinker. The way she sits any child that comes into our house and "reads" them a story, which she has memorized. When we get a new cd she'll sit in front of the music player and play the same one again and again until she can sing along and only then does she move on. Even the little hand prints all over my glass windows. The toilet paper ripped and strewed on the floor, the bath toys that get thrown in the bath tub every morning by Jacob, he seems to think this is his duty. The socks that I find in odd places, hairclips everywhere. The more I'm home the more I clean. The little things that annoy me but I know one day I'll miss. I no longer rush to clean the windows everytime the kids press their faces against them watching the world go by. This is our life.

We're down to the last 11 weeks before we meet this new one. This babe within who is showing me already that he/she is different from the others. That this one will add its own dynamic to our family. Kaylin rolled around in my womb, Jacob kicked and punched, this one bounces, from one wall to another. In awe I watch my stomach shake when baby wakes up. This little one who steals my sleep from me before birth, perhaps preparing me for the long nights to come? Kaylin in church on Sunday pressed her little hand on my stomach to feel the baby move. She stares at my growing stomach and is busy practising with her dolls. She changes them and feeds them and puts them to bed. Even Jacob has become aware of babies, which to him is any child under the age of 2. What a wonderful way for children to learn the miracle of life.

Kaylin at 15 months,singing a song while camping. I've been sorting through so many memories as I slowly tackle the large task of organizing our pictures.


Jacob at 7/8 months. His first album will be done by his 2nd birthday. Time is flying past us at such a fast speed.


Thanksgiving is this weekend. My favorite holiday, tomorrow we eat turkey with Drew's family and in a couple of weeks with my family. We're always late with my family for holidays, due to shift work and Laura and her family in Michigan. Its nice in a way that it makes our holiday weekend not to busy, yet we still receive the blessing of all getting together. I find myself these days overwhelmed with all the blessings around us. Monday, Drew and I are taking the kids and the dog on a hike. Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!