Mother's Day

Here I am with my Mother's Day breakfast of fruit crepes and my beautiful roses!

Beautiful Christina almost 3 months old!

I love this picture because it shows the difference in the kid's sizes. I wish Andrew was in the picture too. Bella looks huge and Christina looks so tiny!

My Birthday!

I had a nice quiet birthday. I got a yummy cookie cake from Vince and the kids and a beautiful card with heartfelt sentiment from Vince. I know he loves me, but there is just something special about him putting it into words and telling me that he will love me forever. I am so blessed to have him to share my life with!

I also got some beautiful sunflowers from my sister Sharon. She is so sweet and always knows just how to make me feel special! I was kind of sad that I never got a birthday card from my mom. Not even a phone call. I certainly didn't expect a phone call. Even before Mom started having memory issues, she wasn't one to pick up the phone and call. Although I did tape record a message that she left on my answering machine of her singing happy birthday to me many years ago. At the time I knew having that recording would someday mean so much to me. Vince always told me that the one thing that he really misses about his Mom is hearing her voice again. He didn't want to forget what she sounded like. So even though I didn't get birthday wishes from my mom, I know how much she loves me.

We also took the kids to Lollypop Farm. They had fun looking at all the animals. Andrew and Bella are always bugging us to get a cat or dog. I always tell them, maybe when you are older, but I don't think that day will ever come. I have no desire to have pets. I've got my hands full right now taking care of the four kids that I've got.

Back to School...Yeah!!!

Today was Andrew and Bella's first day back to school after spring break. It is nice to get back into the routine again. Having all four home with me every day last week was rough. I feel bad that I couldn't do anything fun with Andrew and Bella on their vacation from school. It is pretty difficult for me to get out with all four kids, so I usually just stay home. It is much easier. I will be glad when the weather gets better so we can at least take walks and the kids can play in the backyard. We have talked about getting a trampoline for the backyard. I think the kids would love it. The weekend was pretty crazy, as always, but we did manage to get some nice pictures outside.

Welcome

This is my first posting of my first blog. Yeah! Every day I have those little moments with my kids that make me stop and pause and say to myself, "I don't want to forget this precious moment in time". But I do forget, and that makes me sad. I have already forgotten so many precious moments of my life with my older three kids, not that they are old by any means. But now that Christina is 2 months old, I want to try and remember as much as possible. So hopefully this blog will help me do that. I would love to write something everyday, but I am sure that won't happen. So my goal is to post something at least once a week. And even though life is crazy and passes by in a blur, I want to stop and appreciate all the little things that make life worth living. Especially my kids, who are all little miracles in their own special way. So I dedicate this blog to Andrew, Isabella, Michael and Christina. May you always know how much your mommy loves you!