Thursday, February 28, 2013

the best is yet to come

i have a chalkboard that i like to write quotes on.  not to long ago i wrote "the best is yet to come".

it got me thinking.

















i want to ask everyone i meet (i might have already).  take a poll. what were the best years of your life? 

one day ill reflect and maybe there wont be a specific "best year". maybe its more complex than that.   

maybe they are all great in there own way.  


Thursday, February 21, 2013

this is us, this is our team

 
on the way home from the hospital with our second little miracle, a girl, a sweet little unexpectedly brown girl ~ brad turns to me and says "this is us... this is our team". i hold back my tears. because that's what new moms do.  new moms to one or two or five kids.  i laugh instead.  i laugh because its funny and sweet and kind of sad at the same time. 
 
 this is us, this is our team
 
i had wanted a little girl my whole life, and now i had one.  to me a princess. to me an angel.  to me the sweetest girl in the world.
 
I had a boy first. to me the sweetest boy in the world.  to me he is amazing. he makes me happy and young.  when his sister first arrived (new to the team),  i needed him. needed him more than he needed me.  he kept me busy he kept me laughing. he kept the new mom tears at bay.  for that i appreciated him more than ever.
 
 
we are now heading into five months of this new team.  its a team im proud of. its my biggest and best accomplishment.  of course it couldn't be done without my better half.  a boy turned husband turned dad. he's an amazing dad. hes only getting better.  he has a baby girl that he's still getting to know.  he has a boy that loves him with his whole heart.  just two dudes, its what they say when they are headed outside or on a trip. 
 
just two dudes couldn't be any cuter. just two dudes that mean the world to me
 
I feel more in touch. more excited.  more fulfilled as a person.  i love this little family.
 
this is the start of something beautiful, this is the start of something new.