1) Cuddling my sweet Aliyah. She is in a very snuggly phase and I love it. Each morning when she wakes up, she is all smiles and as soon as I pick her up she wraps her tiny little arms around my neck. I look forward to it so much every day.
2) Watching Kaleb dance. He seriously knows how to shake his little hips and puts his whole body into his "moves." He knows it will get a good laugh out of Jonny and I, so he does it often and I love it!
3) The interactions between Kaleb and Aliyah are so fun. Aliyah laughs so hard at Kaleb when he is being silly. She watches his every move, just waiting for him to give her his attention. As soon as he turns to her she lights up and get so excited. I'm looking forward to the next few months as she gets a little more mobile and they can play even more together.
4) Nights preceeding mornings when Jonny doesn't have work. This is generally Friday and Saturday nights, and occasionally a week night. I am required to stay up until midnight for my job and Jonny works at 4:00 in the morning, so we are on such opposite schedules! I love it when he can stay up with me and we have a chance to watch a movie or even just talk and have time together without the kids. Jonny is such an amazing guy and just so much fun to be with. I really lucked out when he asked me to be his forever!
5) A prepared meal...especially one that will last for 2 - 3 meals. I have struggled so much to get in to a good schedule and system for cooking. I've found some great, healthy recipes recently and I'm getting better at having meals and stuff for meals ready to go. I love the feeling of making good, healthy food and not having to wonder...what are we going to do for dinner tonight?!
6) Dressing the kids in super cozy clothes. The weather has turned nastily cold out of the blue here in Rexburg (which is not an abnormal occurrence) so we've been pulling out the sweats and the fleece. Today we bought Kaleb 2 sweat outfits and he tried one on this evening. He looked so snuggly I just wanted to hold him!
7) Having Kaleb tell me he loves me. He's been able to say "I love you" for quite a while now, but he would only say it when we would ask him to. Within the last couple weeks he started saying it just because. Sometimes I'll look over and smile at him and he'll smile back and say, "I yuv you Mommy." Oh it just melts my heart!
8) Getting contracts! Ok, so I really shouldn't bring work into this, because it isn't exactly a source of great joy in my life...but it really does make my day when I get contracts in. I have 34 left for winter semester, so thats (hopefully) 34 more little snippits of happiness coming my way! (The sooner the better)
9) My time. So even though I've grumbled quite a bit about staying up until midnight to lock up, it really has become a pretty wonderful blessing for me. I've set it aside as my time to read and study the scriptures and write in my journal and write love notes to Kaleb and Aliyah in their journals. I just have to bear my testimony that there is a reason we are counseled to have time for scripture and prayer each day. I have received so many tender mercies during this time, and I have felt my heart changing. I really needed this at this time in my life. The gospel is true and is so incredible!
10) Hmmm...to finish it off. I know I've already mentioned a lot of things about Jonny and the kids, but so much of my happiness...the deep, pure, peaceful, life is amazing happiness...comes from knowing that we are a family and we have each other every day and it will never end. This extends to our parents and siblings as well. I love being so close to both families and being so blessed by their love and how fabulous it is to have regular interaction with them. Life is really so sweet right now! Even though work is frustrating, I am trying to focus on not wishing this stage in life away. Thank you to all those who contribute to my joy. I hope you know how amazing you are!
Hi cuz! Such a sweet blog post. :) I didn't know you had a blog, so I'm glad you put something on facebook about it!
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