Happily Ever After...

 The Newlyweds came through town on their way to a wedding in TN. It was awesome to see them! Wait! Did I just say WEDDING? Yes, yes I did. That calls for MORE WEDDING PHOTOS for your viewing pleasure. You're welcome. I mean to tell you. Three of my SIX beautiful girls. If you had told me a few years ago that God would give me SIX girls, I would have never believed it.  Blessed.  Justin told me the highlight of the wedding was that his Grandpa married them. It was so special! Okay where was I? Ahhh, yes... Newlyweds, then teeth. Gianna lost her first tooth last week. At our house the "Tooth Daddy" comes and leaves you a cash prize. Except sometimes he oversleeps and forgets. Parent fail. And then a crying child comes running in your room saying, "Daddy forgot to leave me money!!" And then Mommy sweeps her into bed and soothes her, strongly suggesting that maybe she didn't see it and it's there. ...

So, how's that for a title for a blog post?!? HA! More on that later..... Celia had her Make A Wish visit last weekend to determine her wish. The ladies who came to see her were very sweet. And they brought her bubbles in a princess wand. For Celia, bubbles=love.  We looked through a booklet of people places and things. Celia started SHRIEKING,  "Disney go, DISNEY GO!!" when we got to the Disney page. I think she might want to go see Mickey again. Just a a guess.  Sooooo..... We established a wish trip. But they needed a non-trip wish as well. We wracked our brains trying to think of something she would LOVE. Nada. Then one of the volunteers says, "You mentioned she loves water. How about a pool?" Hmmmmm...... She would LOVE THAT!!  Her two wishes are officially either a Disney trip OR a swimming pool in our backyard. We have about 3 months until we hear what she has been granted. Then after the sweet l...

"Mom, will you do me the honor?" A memory etched in this Momma's heart. “You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.  And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes,  even if it's just in your own eyes.” ―  Walter M Schirra.

My heart might explode. Gooey, syrupy LOVE is about to burst to overflowing. LOVE MY KIDS.

I'm in LOVE. With these kids. With this picture. With the wedding. With what God has done.

 While waiting for the wedding to start,  the girls decided to have a lil' photo fun.  Channeling her inner something-or-another. Not really sure. But she wears it well. I think.  Look! A tongue-curling beast with antlers. Be afraid. Be very afraid.  This looks like a mug shot. The only one she will ever have, mind you. And I plan to save this lil' number for future use. HA!  They even got Celia in on the goofiness. But not Sofia. She stays true to her inner-princess. At. All. Times. Her favorite saying is: "I look beautiful!" We plan to work on humility soon. :)

 We started the PARTY a day early when her teacher and therapists showed up for school and had gifts for the twins. We quickly decided pre-school was less important than a birthday celebration. Wonderful people love our girls. Seriously.  My sweet Sofia. She was SO EXCITED to have a birthday this year. And she knows how old she is. (Which was a tad confusing at first.) She wanted to pick out gifts for Celia. Because she is that sweet kinda girl.  And our baby Celia. How can she be FOUR? Praying that this year is a HEALTHY, non-eventful year.  We celebrated in the sunshine at the park.  They are breath-taking.  And oh-so-big. How does that happen?  Then we went for ice cream in the middle of the day. Because birthdays are just that special.  Celia LOVES IiiiiiEeeee. (ice cream) And we snuck  her a few birthday bites.  Our BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING friend and social w...