Jenni enjoying food again!
This is how Jenni talks to daddy, while he is in the bathroom......Funny stuff this girl!
Grace wanted to look "fancy" for school, this is what SHE picked!!!
Mommy and Jenni being silly!
Grace is showing you my new sewing station!I am ready to learn : )
INTRODUCING ROCKSTAR GRACE!!!!!(Yes, she is playing a Jem guitar, and YES it used to be mine!)
This week, for whatever reason, I thought a lot about what people don't tell you about being a parent. You hear a lot of the same things like, it goes so fast, its really hard work, and its the best ride of your life. The things I never heard were how much of yourself you sacrifice to love these little people and make them extensions of yourself. How quickly they just turn the switch on you and choose to be independent of you on things.
A friend of mine wanted to know how I do it, how I stay home all day and be a mom. While on my reverse question, I wanted to know how she does it, gets up early enough to get herself ready for work, then gets her kids ready for the day. They are both very different worlds in the morning and through the day, the one thing that was the same......at the end of the day, we are done!! We are out of patience, we are tired, and we just want 5 or even 2 minutes to ourselves. My husband works crazy odd hours, one week is never the same as the last and it takes a toll on me, him and our girls. We survive every week so I guess it can't be that bad right?!?!
I always knew I wanted to be a mom, I don't think I always knew I wanted to be a stay at home mom. I think our 'situation' has made me be a stay at home mom, after being able to stay home and watch first steps and hear first words, I am blessed!
People told me that I would have to sacrifice a lot of things to be a mom. I don't mind not getting my hair done but once a year, I don't mind not having a shower first thing in the morning, I don't care that I don't have a fancy flat screen TV (I am sure Ryan wants one though!), we even gave up our cell phones when Ryan lost his job in 2008. I am appreciative of the things that we do have, our house, our food, our beds, the things that we need the most to survive, each other. The one thing that I hope the girls learn from me more than anything is to truly appreciate what you do have, because all of it could be gone in a flash. A fancy flat screen TV is not going to make your life better, but being able to play with your parents and take those memories with you, those will last a lifetime and you can take them with you wherever you go.
You amaze me as a mother Cheryl!! I look up to you so very much! Your message may be the most important message we must all learn, young and old. I go through sperts where I will call my dad, or email him just to tell him thank you for all he's done for me. I will NEVER be able to repay, in money for sure, but in any other way! The parents that I have are incredible. I look at my life everyday and realize what I've been given and what I've gained for myself is perfect. Your girls will surely know love! You and Ryan both show them how much you love them everyday! Please save all of these blogs so you can show them to them when their teens or 20 years old! : )
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Dani, you are so sweet, my blog is totally for later use :) When I some day have time to scrapbook all of these pictures and blah blah blah!!!! I think its great you know what your parents did for you already, I think I always knew what my mom did for me too, but when I became a mom, then I really, really noticed the things she did and still does for my brother and I.
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