Thank Goodness for my Beautiful Family

I took this photo a few days ago and realized how good I have it. I have a wonderful and caring husband who is my best friend (almost 12 years of marriage and still going strong).......I have 4 beautiful, yet different children, each and every one so unique that they make me smile. Brendan is the gentle, sweet, emotional one. He is the one who truly understands me the most of all my children. We are like twins in some ways with our personalities. Samantha is my spirited one, the one with so much energy that I wish I could bottle it and use it up. She is a strong-willed one but she is also very funny (although she truly doesn't know it)......Delaney is my girly girl. My chatterbox, my sidekick. This girl is so smart and cracks me up at every single opportunity. She says things that truly make a mother proud ("hey Mommy......I love you 3 much. I am 3 years old, so I love you three much. How old are you mommy? (I reply with a gulp and a sigh "35") so she says "then you love me 35 much ok?" She is my cuddle monkey and would attach herself to my hip if she could.

Last but definitely not least is Natalie. My lil' mini-me, girly girl, goofy kid who just lives in the moment. I think that makes her so special. She loves to just be who she is at the very moment she is in it. That makes me look at her with wonder sometimes. She is funny, witty and has her own mind. Even the people at early intervention were baffled. (Natalie, point to the dog- Natalie: "no, no dog. Ball." LOL).

Anyway, I love them all so much and I'm grateful for every second they are here with me. On Mother's Day they hung around with me in the afternoon.......and they reminded me how much fun it was to just throw away the remainder of the day........we climbed trees. And it was fun!