Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Buried Alive!



Wow that was a lot of snow we got all in one day back at the beginning of February! Tuesday night (the 5th), I went out to do some shoveling after about 3-4" of snow and the girls came out with me. We had a blast having a snowball fight and building a snowman (in between shovel scoops). The next afternoon, Emilie and I went out to shovel (for the third time) while the younger ones napped. Emilie asked if I'd bury her in the snow...so I did. I was really surprised at what a good sport she was, since the snow was blowing a considerable amount and would often end up in her face! I joked that I was going to leave her out there until supper. For some reason she didn't think that was too funny!

Emilie's 5th Birthday





Like I mentioned in my entry last night, I had wanted to do this first to keep things in order...but here it is anyway (only a month and a half late).

For Emilie's 5th birthday, she had breakfast with Daddy at McDonalds and later that afternoon, we went to the movies with both the girls. After the movies, we headed back over to my parents' house (they had the boys) for cake and ice cream and some present opening. Emilie requested a cake with flowers and polka dots (thank goodness! something I can kind of do!) and it was even chocolate -- another plus for Emilie!
I'm sure you other moms and/or dads feel the same way...I cannot believe how quickly five years goes by. I still look at her sometimes and think, "No way was she just a little 7 lb baby five short years ago!" They really do grow right before your eyes!

Monday, February 11, 2008

Truly amazing...





Hopefully this won't sound like the late night ramblings of a tired mind, but I just had to get back up and post this now (even though there were a few posts I wanted to do before this one, just to keep a chronological flow).

I cannot believe how truly blessed I am. There are times during the course of a day when this is (shamefully) not always the first thought on my mind...But then I see them sleeping so peacefully and I can't help but stand there for moments on end just watching them breathe and thanking God for them.
After climbing in bed tonight, I turned on the news only to find a story on a family whose second son was a stillbirth. They had quite a few pictures of him and his coloring was so good that it was really hard to believe he wasn't just sleeping. This only magnified the gratefulness that had so overwhelmed me earlier and brought me to tears. Wow. To have four little children, as much work as they can be, is incredible, amazing and absolutely wonderful. What a blessing...