Have you ever just felt joy? Where you watch your kids playing together or laughing over some ridiculous joke they are telling each other? In the quiet moments of chaos I have come to cherish the love that can be found <3 Grateful for girls and that I finally get to experience the love of sisters in my home!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
I don't want to forget
Life has been returning to our new normal and everyone is feeling settled and joyful. There is so much laughter and happiness. The little girls engage in play throughout the whole house and I love drinking it in as I hear the girls pretending to be bunnies or rescuing each other from the jail (the laundry basket flipped upside down) and my heart is finally happy.
Na Na-roo has decided that shaking her head no to everything is the new things to do and it is fun to see her little mischevious personality shine through. She loves and adores her big sisters and constantly wants to be wherever they are. It is fun to see her try things she hasn't before and to have two big sister cheerleaders cheer her on every step (literally) or crawl of the way! She has mastered going up the stairs, as she followed her sisters up them as they called and encouraged her every step of the way. Na Na has learned to stand on her own for a couple of seconds before she plops herself down. She has even taken a couple of tottery steps. In no time we will be chasing after a toddler.
Adaya has mastered the potty all on her own and will now book it to the potty so she doesn't have an accident! Thank goodness for coming to learn that a secret to this little girl's heart is chocolate! It helped when the motivation was waning. But she is super cute and constantly asks me to come with her up to the potty. She wants me to help her on and then immediately tells me to "shoot shoot!" as she motions for me to leave the bathroom. An act that can only be learned from big sister who constantly shoos her out of the bathroom for "privacy please!" My heart is filled with joy in the little things and I am happy. Many times this little girl will break out in dancing around the house singing to her own beat and songs! She sings the words to the Troll songs and really beat bops to the music. A hip hopper in the making I am sure. Love those little groves!
Jessa, my big girl, my little warrior princess is happy. She laughs a lot more. She sings all the time, even if it is off key! The radio is constantly going and when we turn it off she sings. And sings some more. She is happy oh so happy. For this my heart sings. She is an amazing big sister who definitely leads her younger two sisters by the hand. She is a little mommy and a protector of the weak and those without a voice. I am proud of her and grateful that she is mine. And we are all happy.
Na Na-roo has decided that shaking her head no to everything is the new things to do and it is fun to see her little mischevious personality shine through. She loves and adores her big sisters and constantly wants to be wherever they are. It is fun to see her try things she hasn't before and to have two big sister cheerleaders cheer her on every step (literally) or crawl of the way! She has mastered going up the stairs, as she followed her sisters up them as they called and encouraged her every step of the way. Na Na has learned to stand on her own for a couple of seconds before she plops herself down. She has even taken a couple of tottery steps. In no time we will be chasing after a toddler.
Adaya has mastered the potty all on her own and will now book it to the potty so she doesn't have an accident! Thank goodness for coming to learn that a secret to this little girl's heart is chocolate! It helped when the motivation was waning. But she is super cute and constantly asks me to come with her up to the potty. She wants me to help her on and then immediately tells me to "shoot shoot!" as she motions for me to leave the bathroom. An act that can only be learned from big sister who constantly shoos her out of the bathroom for "privacy please!" My heart is filled with joy in the little things and I am happy. Many times this little girl will break out in dancing around the house singing to her own beat and songs! She sings the words to the Troll songs and really beat bops to the music. A hip hopper in the making I am sure. Love those little groves!
Jessa, my big girl, my little warrior princess is happy. She laughs a lot more. She sings all the time, even if it is off key! The radio is constantly going and when we turn it off she sings. And sings some more. She is happy oh so happy. For this my heart sings. She is an amazing big sister who definitely leads her younger two sisters by the hand. She is a little mommy and a protector of the weak and those without a voice. I am proud of her and grateful that she is mine. And we are all happy.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Choices, Choices, Choices
Sometimes the only thing you can do is face things head on. I don't
want to run from our family blog because it means something to me. It
means a lot actually. But I struggle because I know that this is a sad
story to tell... and it's not just my story to tell... And truthfully I
don't want it floating over the internet. But I know people will
wonder and my girls will one day ask. So here it goes...
A choice was made that hurt a lot of people. It altered our family's path and choices, hard choices needed to be made. On my part the choices I made are ones that I can stand behind one hundred percent. Choices that had to be in the best interest for both myself and my girls.
In hindsight, I didn't ever know that an individual's life could change so drastically from one day to the next. I didn't realize that my phone would ring so much or that my life would be put in the decision of someone else's hands. I didn't know that sometimes the media does such a good job of painting a picture of certain organizations in such a negative limelight; that when you really need them the most and get to understand and see what they do behind the scenes that they aren't the bad guys they are made out to seem. I didn't know that sometimes silence is truly the best closure of all.
I know people want to know what happened and what ended it all but what it comes down to is this; it's not just my story to tell. What I can say though is hug your family a little tights and thank God for them because things truly can change in the blink of an eye.
A choice was made that hurt a lot of people. It altered our family's path and choices, hard choices needed to be made. On my part the choices I made are ones that I can stand behind one hundred percent. Choices that had to be in the best interest for both myself and my girls.
In hindsight, I didn't ever know that an individual's life could change so drastically from one day to the next. I didn't realize that my phone would ring so much or that my life would be put in the decision of someone else's hands. I didn't know that sometimes the media does such a good job of painting a picture of certain organizations in such a negative limelight; that when you really need them the most and get to understand and see what they do behind the scenes that they aren't the bad guys they are made out to seem. I didn't know that sometimes silence is truly the best closure of all.
I know people want to know what happened and what ended it all but what it comes down to is this; it's not just my story to tell. What I can say though is hug your family a little tights and thank God for them because things truly can change in the blink of an eye.