Balancing Bliss

grateful....

our family is complete...

special.....

ms. mina moon had visitors this week... her great grandparents.. my grandmother...mina's daughter...

isn't that picture precious? classic...

great grandpa meeting mina... he was always such a fun grandpa.. when luci saw this picture she said "they came over today? did grandpa tease mina?"

my grandma has always had a beautiful home... i got her knack for that... some of my earliest memories are baking with her and pledging the furniture... she has always had lovely candy dishes throughout her home too...we searched them out after walking through the door as children... i commented on that a few months ago and she responded "kati would you like to take one home?" normally i would bashfully decline but this time i did not! i was not passing that memory up. after taking it home i took it from room to room with candy corn in it (another thing we share, a love for condensed sugar). i was so afraid the kids would accidentally break it that i decided to put my coffee in it instead. then i get to look at it every morning. i don't know when or if it will ever quit bringing a smile to my face. thank you gram...

another special moment... and maybe i will be able to pass that candy dish to her one day... or her babies... i so look forward to being a grandmother one day...i stay in the moment of being a momma to these four right now but sometimes i let my mind wander to what kind of grandmother i want to be...

my little snow angels....

ms.minas first snow...she was already appropriately dressed too..

this middle schooler was up and outside by 630 am celebrating no school.. and yes my out of state friends, oregon shuts down for 1/2in" of snow...

i always love to look out at a peaceful untouched snow...when i was little my mom saved one patch of yard out her view of the window that we couldn't play in...now i know why...





but how do you complain about something as cute as that snow angel?
luci just made a list similiar to the one on the movie ELF .... all the things she wants to do today;

*snow angels

*hot cocoa

*snowball fight

*sledding

*snuggle

hehe...love her...

my boys....

 after i made my 'even' post i thought i hope people know how much i love those boys of mine... it's different having my daughters but i can't imagine not having my boys... especially when they were little and i was their whole world...right now brian is the parent with the mostest... he plays video games and understand them a bit more... it will be my time to shine again... just not right now.. i'm just the lady who makes them do their homework and pick up their laundry... sigh...

this boy;

he spent the week with me home sick... he is a master fort builder... he makes forts in the bottom bunk daily.... he has a huge heart and weeps on movies when someone is hurt... he could care less what people think and is his authentic self ... always... he wins my heart although his true love right now is nintendo... and dad... he loves his pups... periodically makes my bed in the morning just because... both idolizes his older brother and loathes him...is almost taller than his big brother... is so kind to his little sister (luci) and reads chapter book after chapter book at bedtime... love him...

this boy;

finally agreed to cut his hair... it's almost this long again though... is too cool right now... is all about drama club and the Christmas play... listens to music in his room like a teen... is growing up right before my eys... irritates the crap out of his siblings...or is irritated by them...so smart and gifted, he has no idea... still comes home everyday and tells his momma Everything... will always be 'my little man'.... never quits talking... is very helpful...

our four boys;

watching the four of them bond is priceless....

her protectors....

these two haven't left her alone since she came home...they walk from room to room where ever i go with her... they sit outside the door if i close a bedroom door... they nose her but never lick her ...and the cutest part is when someone comes by and holds her, they stand at guard in a way i have never seen them do... it's amazing how gentle and protective they are...

then they check eachother out and kiss eachother...

i think she is loved a little bit...

even....

for years it's been my dad and i...then came my little man gaven...and brian joined the sade family... then along came eli blu.... when luci came along i went from princess status to queen... but mina just made our house EVEN.... 3 boys...3 girls... i didn't think it would make a difference but i can already feel the shift in energy around here... the day i loaded my girlS to go scrapbooking last weekend... i knew it would all be different... amazingly different...

i found luci in her room reading this morning a little after 6am... you know where that girl has been by how many books are left stacked around the room... love her..

and to those boys we say ;

                                                                               "so there!" 

so grateful...

grateful for mother nature...grateful for this toasty warm home full of the people i love... grateful for how many wonderful people have brought meals and treats..... i feel very blessed... THANK YOU...

grateful for a little girl who slept in her own room last night...i actually had to wake her to eat... i think she would have slept through the night... just jinxed that though now didn't i?

and this is what ms. mina thinks of all my photos...

thank goodness i don't use flash...hehe...

oh how we love her... lots to blog about soon... right now i'm just the milk machine...

my very own little butterfly...

 

in her cocoon....

introducing miss mina moon....

                                              mina moon rae was born 11-10

                                                          @ 328 a.m. 

                                                        7lbs 2oz 21in.

 

more to come... there is a baby 'calling me' ...

 

last time.....

today is the last time i will ever be pregnant again... i'm a sentimental soul... i think that is why the Lord may have had his hand in this pregnancy and how miserable most of it was... i'm taking time to reflect on it but honestly... i will not miss being so ill that i can't lift my head, peeing 6x a night, my boobs hurting so bad i cringe when people hug me, my lack of ankles, crazy food obsessions such as; jerky, yogurt, berries, and icees....sometimes all at once... contractions for weeks, raging emotions (like i am someone who needed some more), smelling if someone does or does not wear deoderant 3 pews away and what perfume someone else put on 2 rows ahead of them... the inability to eat food without it turning to acid in your throat...having to scope out the cleanest public restrooms and planning your errands around them...

and even with all of that... i will miss the movements and squishes...the unknown of who this little one is..i have spent almost 4yrs being pregnant...the first person to know my babies... i think i am ready to know this little soul now...

(forgot to mention....i am getting induced tomorrow early a.m)