Feelin Groovy

No I’m not changing the name to the “Blog of comparison pictures” although it seems like that is all I post. At least to me.

Truth is for the first time in my nearly 4 decades I feel content. Happy (do I dare say?) with where I am at the moment. So much of my time has been spent thinking “If only I had kids” or “If only I could go back 5 years when things were really great”. Now, not so much.

I love the ages the kids are right now. Annabelle with her growing independence, the fact that she wants to walk instead of ride, the spontaneous outbursts of “Guess what Mommy? I sure do love you” Yes, Mum Mum has been replaced with Mommy sometime in the past month. I don’t know why or how but it really seems to fit the no-so-much-a-baby-but-more-a-small-person she has become.

Nate, my Nathaniel is just a firecracker. He says so many words but only 1 at a time. Yet he conveys his exact wants. “FRIES!” is the command at the dinner table. “BATH” when he is winding down for the evening. Most often he takes your fingers in his chubby little hand and escorts you to the door while pronouncing “TRAMP LINE” (said in capitals with 2 syllables).

I mean really, how could I yearn for a past or future when I have so much that makes me smile right now?

Above are our Annual Mother’s Day pictures. One with each child, one of all of us together. I like looking at the comparison, not to be melancholy but to say “Wow, this is where we are and look how we got here. It wasn’t the smoothest ride but it sure was worth every bump.”