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Baby Colton smiled at me this morning before he even opened his little eyes. I was standing over his crib coaxing him to wake, and with his eyes still closed he flashed me a big gummy grin. He knew it was his mommy just by hearing my voice, and that made him so happy that he was smiling before his little eyes even popped open! He made my day, I have been in a great mood ever since! There are few things that warm my heart more than morning smiles from my babies. Note that I said "babies", I don't get morning smiles from my oldest two anymore, they used to smile at me...when they were babies. Now I only get morning growls from them. Which made me think about the very last time Summer and JD gave me a morning smile. What day was it, how old were they? If I had known it was going to be their last morning smile, I would have enjoyed it a few moments longer. Speaking of morning growls - Summer, who is 7 and wise beyond her years, decided sometime last year that she no longer liked pizza or poptarts! What American-raised child of a working mother does not like pizza and poptarts? Is she nuts! They are staples of my family's diet (I say that shamefully). When I asked her what brought her to this decision, she very thoughtfully said, "When we have a bad morning and are running late, you always say, 'Grab a poptart and get in the car!' And when we are late getting home and you are too tire to cook you always order pizza for us. So, poptarts mean bad mornings and pizza means bad nights." Being a working mother has destroyed what should be a childhood pleasure for my children! I look forward to being a stay-at-home mom. Maybe I'll catch a few more morning smiles from my kids, and maybe Summer can eat poptarts even when we are having a great mornings. HIS WILL update: This past weekend, my Mary Kay consultant and I got on the subject of our husbands' jobs. Somewhere in the conversation she suggested that I get my hubby's resume to her and it was very likely that her husband could get Jeff a better paying job. This was step one in my plan and Jeff didn't even have to go job hunting! Isn't it wonderful when God just drops opportunities at our feet! I really hope that this works out, this could be what we have been praying for! As I am reading over my blog, checking for spelling mistakes (which I am sure that I missed something - my eyes often deceive me), I would like to point out how horribly embarrassed I am about my spelling yesterday! My fingers get ahead of me sometimes, and I was very nervous about posting. Where is the spell check/grammer check button? |
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