A Martin Minute

. . . a Princess, a Child of God, a Daughter of THE King. She is smart & beautiful. She is creative & artsy. She is sensitive & a little shy. She is my little girl & always will be. She will be 10 tomorrow - double digits! I cannot believe it  - I want time to go back, yet I also want to go forward with her on the journey. What will she be like in 5 or 10 years from now? I know she will love God more & love her family. I am being pulled by the sentimental side & the curious side. Bay, you are wonderful & will always continue to be so.  You are "fearfully & wonderfully made."  Be who HE wants you to be & you will go far.  Love you, Mommy

. . .it is 10:30 &  there are 5 cutsey girls runnin' around with giggles & squeals.  I love having a little girl! Slumber parties are FUN!  I hope there are many more to come. Someone has their first crush upstairs * * PAUSE * * I had to run upstairs & teach them how to pick a lock - they accidentally locked themselves out of Bay's room.  We could be up for a while =)

Littlest Baby is 6 months in these pics that my SIL took.  He is ALWAYS this happy.  He is ALWAYS this cooperative. He is soft & cuddly.  He now sits up & has 2 teeth & should have more any day. He has been such a precious gift.  Last night he had a bad diaper in the middle of the night & woke up to get that taken care of.  He just smiled as I changed him & fed him some ba-ba & then we smiled & talked to one another & then I told him I needed to go back to sleep he laid his head down & went back to sleep. True story.

Last night the older 3 took Littlest Baby to play so I could finish their dinner.  I heard sounds of fun & they are all 3 so good with the baby.  When they came down for dinner a few minutes later . . . . B: You are such a good human baby!  We will let you play again.  Mom can we borrow him after dinner to be a human baby? Me: Of course, but what other kind of baby would he be? B & W & W: (trying to talk at same time) He was the human baby we found in the jungle & we were a family of tigers.  We were raising him as our own. Littlest Baby then proceeds to growl as if he knew what was happening. I want to remember these bonding moments

I think this is a lucky number, but I do not believe in luck. I believe in blessings & one of the biggest blessings is the man I get to do life with. Thirteen years ago we got hitched!  I will not pretend we have the perfect marriage everyday, but I cannot imagine life any other way with anyone else. THIRTEEN years . . . 4 babies, 2 houses, 2 dogs, a station wagon & a minivan, MANY nieces & nephews & weddings  . . . daily life is the best with him in it! I love you, SuperHubby!