I was reading a post the other day on my friend Jennifer's fb page and there was a lady that had blogged about why she shouldn't have had 8 children. It was a great article about how after her 4th baby she became overwhelmed by her shortcomings. Through prayer and prioritizing, she now has 8 children. She talked about how she would never be the perfect parent but her kids were loved and that was what mattered. My friend Jennifer, coincidentally, also has her hands full (hahaha we joke about it all of the time) and is having baby number 7. I love Jennifer, she is the kind of mother I would love to be. She loves that she has a big family and doesn't care to tell the world. I admire that. I feel like we all have those kinds of days and especially moms have those kinds of feelings of not being enough. Are we doing enough? Are we making good memories? Are our kids turning into good people? The past 5 months have been a rude awakening for Adam and me. We work tirelessly to make sure Weston gets every normal experience that is possible in the hospital while trying to make sure our other 5 get to do all kinds of fun, fall activities. We are exhausted but determined to make it through this strong parents and stronger Christians. If God has showed us nothing else by all of this, he has showed me how Adam and I were really made for each other. There is no one else I would rather go through all of this with. He is my best friend (sappy, I know). We got the nicest compliment the other day though. A man said "for all you all have been through, your kids look so happy". The guy was a faily random stranger (just a guy at the hospital) but he made my week!
Today, we had Christmas card pictures. Thankfully, my friend Sarah wanted to take on the challenge of the Super 6. The kids do look beautiful in pictures. Pictures are one of the few things that I will never regret doing. I am not sure what our nurse thought-perhaps that I was on crack. We had never had her before and here it is Ocotber and I am forcing the kids into their finest Christmas PJ's for pictures that don't look "hospitalish" for our Christmas card. Sarah did a great job and I can't wait to see the previews.
Tomorrow, the kids are coming for the Hospital Halloween Party and Trick or Treating. I can't wait to see them all dressed up. Dressing up is one of their favorite things. They would dress up 24/7 365. The boys are going to be Batman. The girls are going to be Minnie Mouse, Cinderella, and Snow White. I also got them another dress up outfit on clearance for Christmas. They haven't had many dress up outfits here so this will be a great surprise for them.
We are still figuring out the logistics of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Adam's sister and her family are planning to come for Thanksgiving. It is always good to see them and we wished they lived closer (to TN not PA). I will miss being at home during the holidays but I will not miss my sisters and their drama filled holidays.
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