Things I Take for Granted

Another fellow blogger had this great idea to make a list of all the things we take for granted as parents of healthy wonderful little kids.

Here is my list:

• Watching a little plastic flower shoot out your daughters nose - having no idea when or how long it was up there
• Watching your child play with other kids for the first time
• Taking your first family vacation
• Seeing the wonder in their eyes as they discover something new
• See how proud they are when they show you they can do something for the first time
• Here them say "Mommy I have to go poo-poo really bad!" when you are in the middle of the grocery store with a cart full of groceries
• Watch them throw themselves on the floor screaming in the middle of a department store
• Play endless games at the dinner table to get them to "eat those vegetables!" - Here comes the airplane!
• Read the same book over and over and over - hearing them laugh just as hard the 100th time as when you read it the first time
• Hold them in your arms when they are sick
• "I love you mommy"
• How the word "mama" evolves into "mommy" and then "mom"
• Hugs and kisses - the sloppier the better!
• Changing their outfits 4 times a day
• Fishing poop out of the bath tub - hearing "Mom, Bella pooped again!!"
• Watching their eyes light up when they see that Santa ate the cookies they left for him by the fireplace - oh, and drank the milk too!
• Playing eye-spy for way too long!
• Rocking and singing them to sleep - sometimes several times a night

I could go on and on. Children are truly one of God's great miracles!

I love you Bella & Kadin!