Life Happens

Yeah- lately I have been feeling tense and probably overly emotional that my last little baby bug is growing up. (see I'm tearing up just writing this) Everytime I pick her up I take note of how much she's grown and how she's not a little newborn any more. She smiles and giggles and coos. She can almost sit up and scoots forward sometimes between rolling almost like an army crawl and I think- "My last little baby is growing up too fast- I don't feel like I'm cherishing it enough." And so I avoid lots of tasks I used to spend more time on like blogging or photography or being more social or cleaning... I just sit and inhale my little sweet baby Molly. And I snuggle Kara a little longer and I draw Brock another picture of a power ranger and lay down a little longer with Scott while I tell him a bedtime story. Isn't this the whole reason I wanted to have kids- to enjoy the connections and closeness and just essence of life that they exude. Wow- this is ultra sappy and bordering on lame but darn it I just love these precious little creatures that make enormous messes in my house all day long. That wake me up every night for drinks of water or bottles or bad dreams. I love that Dan and I have made 4 perfectly imperfect little people that are jam packed with such completely different and unique personalities that we are growing to know so very well. ***sigh*** I love my family!!!

Here's a few pics from our Newport trip--- to tide ya (read- me) over until I find for time to sit on the computer after school starts in a few weeks...