Thursday, January 13, 2011

Close to my heart

So I read many many blogs. Or maybe a more accurate description would be I glance at many. Well, I love reading C Jane's various blogs. One I read today was close to my heart. I love my children so much. For a very little while in the beginning of our marriage, it seemed we were not going to have any children. And then We found out I was pregnant with Miaya! It was such an awesome and pleasant surprise. :)



So, having said that, Motherhood doesn't always come easily for me. With Miaya, everything was easy for me. The pregnancy, the labor, the birth, and the after. I felt I was an excellent mother. The best. :) For my Miaya, of course. hahahahahaha. After pregnancy number two, I think I got a bit of the postpartum depression. I didn't realize it until much later. It was hard to lose the baby. But then I got better. And after thinking again that maybe we would be parents to our one and only Miaya, I became pregnant with Sarah. Such blessings are my girls in my life. They make it so full, so purpose filled, so good. :) I am so grateful for them. I have much joy in my life from my little family.

The transition from one to two kids was a struggle for me. I remember being pregnant with Sarah and seeing my friend sit with her two little ones in church and thinking how does she do it? That must be so hard! And Miriam having her two little ones, and Melisa too. And now I know. You just do it. But for me, there was a transition period. Like in C Jane's blog, the first postpartum month was quite a change for me. With Miaya, it wasn't as difficult, because Dustin was an adult and knew I would be more consumed, if you will, with taking care of Miaya. Miaya didn't understand why she could no longer able to have our complete and total attention. It has been good, though, and I have grown. And how grateful I am for that.

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Miaya wanted me to type a bunch of b's  because she learned about letter B today. :)

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Nutcracker 2010



Here is video of her second performance. It was a crazy, crazy week, but so worth it. My shy little butterfly. :)


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Christmas song.

My favorite childrens Christmas song this year? Samuel tells of the baby Jesus. Our Primary sang it on Sunday and they did so well!! What's yours?

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Ick.

Tissues. Cough drops. Books. My bed. Movies. Sick kids. Pajamas.

Yuck. That's how I feel. I feel like I've been sick (only colds and sinus thingies, mind you) for like a month. Between Sarah, Miaya, Dustin, and myself, someone HAS been sick for like the last 2 months. so gross. I was the last one to get sick, so everyone else is pretty much on the mend.

My ears hurt, my head hurts, my throat hurts. My nose is stuffed up, and running, depending on the time of day. I also can't breathe very well when I sleep, so sleep isn't easy to come by. Poor sad me. hahahahahahahaha. That's okay. Like I said, only a cold. It'll get better. :D

Any nice home remedy recomendations? I would love to hear them.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Cheeky and Irreverent

Me: I like cheeky and irreverent
Dustin: I know. That's why you married me.

hahahahahahahahahaha.
yesh.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Inspired by Unnur.

So I was reading through the many blogs I follow on Google Reader and I came across Unnur's for today. And I was inspired to write my own list of things that I am so grateful for. I wanted to do one thing a day on Facebook but by the time I noticed, it was already November.

And so, here is my list: the good, the bad, the shallow. One item for each day of the month of November.

-Dustin

-Miaya

-Sarah
-My parents

-My siblings

-prayer
-sunshine

-the beach

-good books
-chocolate covered raisins
-rain

-long drives with my family

-the temple
-snuggling
-the desert

-fishing

-snow

-wheeling

-the gospel
-being able to see and smell and feel and hear and touch
-walks with my girls
-going barefoot

-the atonement
-music!
-good friends

-starry nights
-beauty

-kisses

-different cultures

-change

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Halloween

This was our Halloween. It was lots of fun. :) Chilly and rainy.