* I wanted to share my blog entry to BRING THE RAIN "giggle contest"... funny kid moments . If you haven't had time to log into BRING THE RAIN blog... do so - you will be so blessed by their story!You are quite the inspiration to me and many others. I recently found your website and have been blessed by your journey. I have found myself crying and laughing through your words. Relating to many of your stories and also remembering the sad experiences of my own. (i.e - the excitement of going in for an ultrasound... only to find no little blinking light on the monitor at 10 weeks).
I also LOVED your blog entry of BLINK - I have a minor in photography and take LOTS of photos and in my mind I also "capture moments" and remember snipets of my LIFE... both significant and the small moments in between. MY FAVORITE BLINK is still the day the doors opened on my wedding day and the feeling of love overwhelmed me as I saw MY HUSBAND standing in a ray of beautiful light (as if GOD was shining his LOVE and blessing our union) with all our family & friends in ONE ROOM - holding the arm of my daddy... ready to get married! That BLINK was my focal point when giving birth to all my 4 kids... really - it's my calming and happiest moment. After 13 years... I can still close my eyes and feel & remember that day. The love is different now... BETTER - seeing my husband as a daddy of our 4 kids! He amazes me! Truly feel blessed for how GOD brought our lives together!
So... I laughed hard and related to your MAXI party story! Why is it we get so wrapped up and too busy when our sweet kids try hard to capture our attentions... even just for a moment. There are nights when I lay silently in bed and wonder... 'WAS I THE BEST MOMMY THAT I COULD BE TODAY? DID I HEAR MY KIDS? DID THEY HEAR ME? WAS I TOO BUSY?' Sadly, I sometimes recall the day and remember moments that I may have missed because of the mundane of getting through the day... dishes - laundry - LIFE.
We are a NAVY family currently living in GUAM... just arrived here about a month ago. As I type you I look at the clutter around me and the boxes still yet to unpack. And it's a slow process because LIFE happens and my sweet babies don't realize that things have to get done. They could care less that we're living out of boxes... all they care is "DO I HAVE MOMMY'S ATTENTION? IS SHE LISTENING TO ME?" I love that they make me want to stop and enjoy THE MOMENTS.
I am blessed with 2 boys - Morgan (10), Ryan (9) & 2 girls - Daniella (7) & my baby Mia (18 months).
As you can imagine I have a lot of GIGGLE moments. One that comes to my mind is when Morgan was only about 3 years old. His favorite book for the LONGEST time was every version of THE 3 LITTLE PIGS. We're a very animated and loud family... it must be a filipino thing. Sometimes I wish I had a remote control to regulate the VOLUME in our house! But it sure makes life fun!
Okay - back to the 3 Little Pigs. You know how the story goes. Wolf chases pig. Pigs run from wolf... with the dialogue in between. Imagine every night of this... MOMMY READ ME THE 3 LITTLE PIGS AGAIN!
Fast forward... it's my birthday and we are out to eat at a Chinese restaurant... I'm out with friends & family - we're a BIG group, just enjoying our day. Enjoying adult conversations and stepping out of the mommy mode, if for only a moment.
Morgan was always (and still is) a very good boy... the kind of kid that would sit still in his highchair and entertain himself. He was a thumb-sucker, too - a self soother - so even at night time he rarely cried. He was quiet. He tricked me really - I thought, "WOW, this mommy thing is pretty easy - I can do this! Let's have another baby honey!" Yes, this was my conversation with MY MAN when Morgan was only 4 months old! Then we had my Ryan... born 3 months premature in the NICU for 7 weeks in Bethesda. The life of the party... the spice in OUR family (probably very similar to your Kate’s spirit).
Back to Morgan - as we sat in the restaurant, in the background I could hear Morgan saying, “NO NO NO”. Half there I would turn to him and wonder what he was doing or saying “No” three times to. He seemed fine to me every time I saw him. He continued doing this and I just couldn’t figure out why he kept saying, “NO NO NO” and pointing his finger! Being the multi-tasker – caring & entertaining my kids, ordering off the menu and holding adult conversation is an art to master. Especially the apparence of “all is fine”. Making parenting and going out look easy. HA!
Still unsure of why he was repeating 3 no’s… a waiter came over and asked if I wanted more water. I nodded yes and picked up my glass to hand to the man – just as I was doing this I hear Morgan scream just a bit louder, “NO NO NO” – ignoring his No’s for about the 5th time – I am now turning to look at the waiter with my glass in hand just in time to notice this HUGE mole on our waiters chin… with a few hairs coming out of it. Seriously, I had to bite my lip to refrain from the kind of “I might spit in your face laughter”. In that moment of maybe 2 seconds… I realized that every time Morgan saw our waiter he would say, “NO NO NO” and in his mind finish the line – NOT BY THE HAIRS ON MY CHINNY CHIN CHIN! Thankfully he didn’t repeat the entire sentence – that would’ve been so embarassing! We all laughed so hard and it just added to the FUN of that day!
I’m not sure what it is about MOLES and my kids – but just recently our little Mia (who is 18 months) had a MOLE moment. Every time Mia would see something drop she would say, “uh-oh”. It was one of her first words. “UH OH”. Well, my husband went to pick up some food at a restaurant and took Mia with him. As he was paying the cashier, Mia points and say’s “UH OH”… apparently she had a huge mole on her face… thankfully distraction works – because my hubby said, “blow kisses to the nice lady” and she did. Oooohh THE MOMENTS IN TIME that make this life worth living. The laughter… the crying… the moments in between!
Thank you for your blog site and for being an inspiration to me. I've only been reading about your beautiful family for 3 days and feel blessed to have found you online! THANK YOU FOR YOU!
DOT
http://daledot4kids.blogspot.com/
