Babies

I just love this picture I took on my iphone last week. The boys had just left for school. I climbed into bed with my 2 babies and squished them together and smooched them and hugged them for as long as Anna would let me.
This is such a hard time of life with two babies at once. It is also such a special and sacred time that I am not taking for granted. I realize that my impromptu trips to the store or to lunch have kind of come to an abrupt halt for the time being but I am feeling such a peace about my role as a mommy to these two. I'm feeling very good about my decision to say no a little more often so that I can be less stressed and more involved with the things in life that I can control right now.
I was thinking back to the days when I would cry and plead with the Lord to send me a baby back when we were dealing with all of our fertility issues. It makes me smile to think that he always knew what he was doing. Thank heaven above I have a 5 year gap between Anna and Landon. The older boys have been phenomenal as far as helping with these two. I have been very blessed and I feel so thankful that this STRESSFUL year can come to a close on such an incredibly high note. There is something extremely special about having a sweet newborn in our home during the holidays.

Life is good and I am so thankful.