Oh how time seems to fly, I don't sit down to write on this near enough. It seems like there are always ads to do or babies to tend to:) My babies are growing so fast I know that making this a priority is more important than many of the things on my to do list.
Christmas was a haze with the sale and all that went on, it seems like it was hear and then it was gone. My mom and dad came down for the sale, it was so good to see them and so hard to let them go back home. Each day I come more and more to the realization of what a blessing each day is. I hope that I cherish them a little more, it seems like all to often I let things that really don't matter take precedence over the things that really do.
Dad has had quite a bit of trouble with his heart. They just put a pacemaker in about a month and a half ago. He has started to give away many of his "earthly acquisitions" and in a way it breaks my heart to know he is thinking of the days when he won't be here. For Christmas he gave us all a Navajo rug. Each genuine rug has a flaw in it that the old women would leave to let any evil spirits out. We used to spend hours on the floor in his office looking for the flaw, they were one of his most cherished possessions in this world. Now as his children they will be one of ours. It makes me cry quite easily knowing that someday I won't have him. How lucky I have been to have the great legacy that I do. I often contemplate that my children won't grow up with the desert, Asay Creek, or the barn meadows that I grew up roaming and loving. I did have an enchanted childhood, with parents that I knew loved me. Dad took us everywhere. My memories are filled with long days in the saddle, bucket rides in the tractor and water sceeters in the barn ditch. I would give about anything to let my children have those memories.
We have been down to Poteau quite a bit, I know it probably won't happen but someday I would love to buy it just so my children can have a piece of land to grow roots down into, a place to love where serenity can be found in the day to day chores of life.
Maggie is growing each day, she is her own little spirit that has more spunk and will power than most adults. Her middle name should have been Gilbert, she reminds me so much of him. She tells me her skin get's pinkley when she has been in the tub. All she wanted for Christmas was a swing set and a yoyo, the yoyo came thanks to Peppa Pig which she LOVES. She would very much enjoy if she could watch toons all day everyday which I do try to limit how much time she gets in front of the TV. She LOVES her cats and talks to them like they are her little babies. When she gets a bottle she refuses to drink it and unless it's "all the way to the top." She would love to mother Garrett all day everyday and loves to play with her babies. Lately she has started to play pretend on most everything. Her "friends" consist of the shaving cream bottles (one night after John had got done shaving she wanted one of them in the tub, she informed me the leftover shaving cream was a booger) the baby wash and the soap dispensers. Sometimes they go to bed with us, multiples of them, but for real:) She loves honey bears which I have tried to eliminate in the last little while just so they don't leak everywhere.
Garrett is my kind soul who loves life and smiles at everything and everyone. He is CRAZY lately in the fact he has no fear of heights and is on everything and falls off of everything. I cannot keep him down from anything, of there is a way to climb it he does. He is all boy, he growls at you, and is pretty easy to get a giggle. I would love to get him weaned and yet it seems like his happy thoughts are nursing so we still nurse away. He bites like the dickens and we have went the rounds a few times over it all. He has suddenly grown a fettish for pulling Maggie's hair. Last night he pulled it so hard he pulled her backwards in her chair she was sitting in. It breaks his heart when you get mad at him and he has the saddest little cry in the world. He has a little sweet tooth and would prefer you feed him candy, who wouldn't:)
John, my sweetheart, best friend, and love is as always crazy busy with trying to conquer the world. He is never content to be idle and slow down and always takes on a bigger challenge somewhere, hence Poteau. He really is my better half, we have had a heck of a ride, I don't know where I would be without him. I love him with all my heart and soul. We just had four years, there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then, a lot!! He runs his head off for us and always has a smile, I marvel at his patience and his ability to stay calm in the eye of the storm.
My little Birdy is going to have a baby, I know how crazy is that!!! I am so excited, how did she grow up so fast, where did childhood take us all and how is life so fleeting? She has been terribly sick. Tawnya and Rodney are coming home, it will be good for them to be back with dad, I will be glad to have them there just for the peace of mind. Emily I pray with all my heart finds the happiness she deserves. Jess is doing awesome on her mission, I need to write her. I miss my Hells like crazy, I would give anything to have all my sisters live right next door. Julie amazes me to stay on top of things, she is selling vitamins and gives a sales pitch to all of us lol:) Steven got a new mini van and glasses. Lou just turned the big 30, how wild. Each and everyday I marvel at my parents and how they did it all. I am so blessed. I love this crazy day to day thing called life.
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