Smile.

As someone who has always loved tiny babies and always wanted to be a mommy to many, I find myself often smiling. You see, I come from a family of four with two sisters, my brother and I. My brother wasn’t adopted until I was in sixth and he was in K. And my sisters and I were all born within three years of each other. So, I never really had any “babies” in the house growing up. While my parents did do foster care when I was a teenager I was already in college and driving and just not home much at that point. So why do I say all this? And what makes me smile?

My girls do.
I know how much I would have loved to have a baby in the house when I
was younger.
And watching them have that experience is amazing! They all love him and can’t get enough of him!
I love watching them “love” on him. I giggle when they ask if they can play house with him. And I just keep thinking that I would have been the same way if my momma had brought a new baby home when I was a young girl!
Raising a big family has many perks and this is just one of them, watching your children love each other and find pure joy in a new life!

5 Responses to “Smile.”

  1. One of my dear friends in Ohio had 3 girls then added a boy, a girl and another boy. When that first boy came, her girls were all over 12. She was seriously afraid Cade would never learn to walk because he had 3 “extra mommies” to mother him = ) It was good to talk with you the other day, you sound great, happy to be home and completely content except for not getting out to visit yet = ) Don’t worry, before long we’ll be on your doorstep bothering you

  2. Those pictures are amazing! Captured just at the right time…with Maggie’s eyes closed taking in the pleasure, Kate smiling at Jeremiah and Sam trying to get him to hold her finger. Great moments in time!