love list

okay so today i did not feel good.  not terrible ... just not good.  run down, tired, yuck.  it got better as the day wore on. i rested on the couch while my littles played around me. we read...alot.  we snuggled and talked and read some more.  i did not get out the camera.  i did not even contemplate my to-do list.  i did not clean anything up - not even the kitchen.  and it was a great day.  as i tucked them all into bed tonight and said prayers i thought of all the little things that i am so thankful for.  the little things that make me love my life. 

my love list

my husband is my best friend and the most amazing man i know 

he supports me always and loves me perfectly

ethan is an ambidextrous thumb sucker - which ever one is closer is fine

he puts himself to sleep by "talking" around his thumb (adorable)

the way he crinkles up his whole face to grin

 what an amazing help my sweet mia always is

the songs she loves to sing and make-up

 how she still loves to snuggle up in my lap (oh that this would last)

asher's imagination 

his tender, loving, compassionate heart that is always ready to take care of me

his little grin that means a bigger one or a giggle is coming

eli's fierce hugs

the way his giggle makes you giggle too

his crazy blond hair that rarely lays straight

the moments when somehow they are each snuggled up with me all together 

and we are one big pile of family