Seriously!?!

So our week has been a little busy. I've been trying to get back into our routine after the girls' being sick and then the Holidays. So mostly I've just been trying to get out of the house. Every morning when either I finally get dressed or get Audrey dressed (b/c we all know Grace never gets dressed, until the last possible moment), Audrey asks where we are going. As if the only reason we get dressed is because we are going somewhere. Okay, for the last 2 months, that has been the reason. That or Daddy was coming home. Anyways, that's my excuse for not blogging. I'm too busy getting our family dressed. :o)

We had our ultrasound on Friday morning and were really pleased to know that our child is healthly, the heart has it's 4 chambers and is beating well and the spine is all long and good. And we also discovered that apparently, our children tell me when they are ready to come to our family and to Michael with what they are. That's right folks, 3 out of 3 times, he's been right and I've been a little disappointed. With the girls, I knew it was a boy and was just so excited for him to come! Thankfully, both times, Michael mentions he thinks it is going to be a girl, about the week before the ultrasound, so I'm not crushingly disappointed. :o) This time, he's been saying all along, it's a BOY. I thought I was doing a good job of not really caring either way or thinking it was one way or the other. Apparently, I was wrong. I so thought that this child was going to be a girl. I could just picture the 3 of them in their cute Christmas/Easter/Summer dresses...


I'm still a little blown away that we are having a boy. Hopefully I don't sound ungrateful - I just can't believe that it is a BOY! But, truly, either way, I'm just so happy that everything looks good! Thank goodness! However, because I'm still pretty early in the pregnancy, the pictures were clear but not great ones. And I'm not putting his little boy parts on the internet. So you only get the best of the monsters. :0) I'm sure he'll look different when he arrives.


This picture was drawn during Grace's first day of Primary. From left to right, it is Grace, Mommy (the little round circle on me is the baby) and Audrey (barely seeable). I've brightened the drawing, so it will show up. But aren't we a cute group?! Today's picture was Grace, Daddy & Mommy, but I can't find it at the moment. I didn't realize that she could draw people! :0)

I wish You Enough

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

May we all take the love we have and share it in the new year!

A story that touched me, a story read from a IC friend's blog:

Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, 'I love you and I wish you enough'. The daughter replied, 'Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom'. They kissed and the daughter left.

The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'. Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'.

'I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' she said. 'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough'. May I ask what that means?'. She began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone'. She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.

'When we said , ' I wish you enough', we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them'. Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

She then began to cry and walked away. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them but then an entire life to forget them.