i heart my life

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

i love the way my husband's eyes can hardly stay open if he sits down for even a minute.  hate that he has to work so hard, but i'm so grateful for someone who would rather work himself to the bone than sit around   being all kinds of unproductive.  as if he were capable of such a thing.

i love the way my (almost) 12 year old son's mouth tightens and gets a little crooked on one side when he's trying as hard as he can not to smile. he's the preteen of the house and it shows, but not in unbearable amounts. i love it when he tells me things he would never dare tell anyone else.  i love that he trusts me.

i love it when my (almost) 10 year old son snuggles his bony little body up to me and hugs me without a thought as to who's looking, where we are or what anyone would think.  when he wants a hug, he wants a hug. he has the best vocab, too.  he talks like a gentleman from the 40s sometimes.  an old soul. :-)  i love his quiet confidence and that little face - it is so perfect.

i love jespen's sweet, tender heart.  he adores his baby sister.  he loves his mommy.  he wants to be every bit like his daddy and big brothers.  he is so grown up sometimes that i hardly ever remember that he is only 6 years old. he is so smart - i am always amazed at the things he picks up all on his own, like basic math, reading and spelling.

i love how kierstyn's lips purse out ever so slightly when she sleeps. she looks exactly like her daddy when she slumbers - it's uncanny.  she walks everywhere now, feet spread so far apart i'm afraid she may be a bit bowlegged. i suppose it really is more of a waddle.  i love how she growls at everyone and everything. i love how she pulls the flower clip out of her hair, then squeals for me to put it back in.  she is a snuggler and an angel - the best baby ever, truly.