Rainbow Lights ♥♥♥

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen!"  Michael Jordan As many of you know in September 2011 my father in law passed away from CLL, a form of Cancer. He had been in remission for 7 years but was re diagnosed in February of 2011. He was only with us for a short time after he was re diagnosed but we lived everyone of those days to fullest! Last year John's cousin Erin, my father in laws niece, was diagnosed with SLL/CLL. Last year Erin's sisters started a group...

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Make a Mess ♥ Guest post by Erin♥♥

My husband and I bought a 4 bedroom house when we were childless with every intention of filling it.  When I slow down and look at the gifts my older daughter, Q, has given us, I see she has turned this "house" into a "home."  It sounds very cliché, but after seeing her have a non-febrile seizure one evening, I see it for exactly what it is.  Windows don't just let light in, they are looking glasses to finding the moon, peeking at rain or snow storms and waiting for mommy or daddy or Nana to arrive.  The area rug...

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Amazing Mom ♥♥

"Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed" Linda Wooten Since becoming a mom I have learned a lot about myself and a lot about things I thought I already knew. I have always thought I knew the kind of mom I wanted to be, until I started spending lots of time with two people who I hold very near to my heart! One is my friend Lisa and the other is my sister in law Melanie (Mel). Ive known Lisa for about 5 years, way before we both had kids, we met cause we...

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10 weeks before and 30 weeks later ♥ Guest post by Santana

Is it normal or unique to be living my life worried this way every day? Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy with my life. I am grateful for everything I have. The good things, the not so good things, the easy things and the hard ones, I appreciate having them all. But every day that it gets closer I get even more scared. Not of life or reality, but of it not being real. I worry every day that it’s just some long, lucid, drawn out dream. I have had them before. Some short, some long, but always ending the same way. I am having an incredible...

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No regrets!

"Life is about laughing and living in good and bad times, getting through whatever comes our way, and looking back with a smile!"  Unknown I have always taken opportunities by the head and ran with every experience that has ever presented itself to me. I was presented with an amazing, well what I thought was amazing, opportunity after john and I were married and I took that opportunity and ran with it. People told me I was crazy and that I would regret the choice I was making. But I don't believe in regrets I don't regret...

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Soul mate ♥♥♥

"He's more myself then I am. Whatever our souls  are made of, his and mine are the same!" Emily Bronte I think it's time to share a little about the person I was made for. The one person who I know will always have my back no matter what, the person who has carried me through some of the hardest times in my life, my husband! I believe in soul mates. I believe that if you just listen to your heart you'll learn amazing things! I believe in fate and that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Going back six year...

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Moments like this

"I cherish the breathless moments that we share. Those beautiful moments when time stand still and our souls leave our bodies to unite with each other in a timeless bond of divinity." Aarti Khurana Have you ever had a moment when you felt like you could just stay there forever?! Like life would be perfect if you could live in that moment and never leave!?  Since having Anya I have moments like that all the time! But I also have moments that I need to remind myself of those cherished times just to pull through what i'm going...

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Inner Struggles.

"You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it!" Unknown So I have been having this inner struggle for a while and I have decided to finally write about it!  It wasn't long ago that I faced the struggle of trying to get pregnant and when I finally was blessed with a baby I thought that struggle would be over but now I struggle knowing there are so many people that go through the same struggle and have no one to talk to. I was lucky to be blessed with some amazing woman in my life that have gone through...

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Growing up!

"Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away!" Unknown  Its still so hard to believe that Anya is already 4 months old. It feels like yesterday that I had her. She is currently napping and I just think back to when she was newborn and would just sleep in my arms all day, I loved that so much. The little gas smiles she would make while she we sleeping were beyond adorable. And of course I miss how tiny she was. People always told me "oh they grow so fast" and being a nanny...

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Anya's first Christmas!

Family! "You may not be the only reason I smile but your definitely my favorite one!" Unknown We were really busy over the holidays but John ended up with two weeks off so that was really nice! We were able to spend lots of family time together. John also got to do some snowboarding so I think that was definitely an added bonus. I took Anya to see Santa at John's mom's Christmas party put on by her work. It was good but Anya fell asleep right before Santa showed up of course. But I got a picture of her with him any ways! She...

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