Undoubtably

Today as I was talking with Sterling, I noticed several grey hairs mingled in his fine brown hair. I (of course, being the person that I am!) went over to pluck a few out.

As I started running my fingers through his hair, I noticed that there were actually quite a few grey hairs! I laughed and said to him, "I think that our boys are turning you grey"!

To which Sterling replied, "Undoubtably! I would gladly trade my youth to raise them!"

*smile*

I love my husband.

I think that I need to go and take a closer look at my hair!

Nine years ago today . . .

Sterling and I celebrated our 9th anniversary today! It seems like we have known each other for much longer then 9 years! Well, we actually met 11 years ago when I moved into a house with a bunch of my college friends. Sterling and his guy buddies lived in the house before us. Once we moved in, Sterling and another guy didn't seem to get the picture that we lived there now! LOL! They were always hanging out there . . . go figure, a bunch of hot girls!! (LOL! yeah.)

Sterling actually asked 2 of my roommates out before me! What a dork, huh?! :) It was nice though because we were friends for about 7 months before we realized that we both had feelings that were deeper. Two years or so later - we were married!

I love Sterling so much and I wouldn't trade where we are at this point in our marriage/life for anything. Tonight, we went out with our children. We have been so busy that we decided to keep the celebration low key.

The evening could not have been any nicer! Believe it or not, our boys were on their best behaviour! Sterling and I kept giving each other smiles like we couldn't believe that they were being sooo good! Then, and this is truly amazing, Myles actually ate red meat!!! I know that that doesn't seem like much of a feat but trust me, this little boy was following in Asher's footsteps with his eating habits. He has never eaten any meat other then bologna.

This truly was the best gift that our children could have given us! It is the little things that make our lives special. I am so happy to be sharing my life with Sterling. I love you babe!

Leilani's Meme

My friend Lei is so patient with me and she always has faith in me that I will respond to one of her tags! I am excited to finally have time to reply. So, here goes . . .

7 things that I cannot do:
~Run very far (I think a 5k is the most I'll ever be able to do)
~Get up consistently early every morning and get ready for the day (sad I know, but I have a feeling that I am going to have to learn to do this really soon when the third baby comes!)
~Sing
~Dance (I dream of being able to!)
~Eat green beans
~tolerate injustice
~deny my beliefs

7 things that attracted me to my spouse:
~His ability to truly make me feel safe and secure
~His belief in me
~His dreams
~His friendship with me
~His intelligence
~His incredible patience . . . with me
~His tender side

7 things that I say often:
~Hello Handsome. (to all of my boys)
~How's my monkey? (to Myles)
~I guess that, these days, I mention my "verbena" often (according to my mother). My "verbena" is aka my "beautiful flower" etc.
~Hell No! (when I really want to state my opinion about something!)
~Come and snuggle me. (To any takers in my house)
~Yes sweetie. (I think that every mother has this phrase in their repertoire)
~Uh oh!! (More often then I'd like to say it!)

7 Authors that I love:
~Charlotte Bronte
~Terry Olsen
~Jane Austin
~Kate Chopin
~Neil Maxwell
~Orson Scott Card
~Viktor Fankl

7 Movies that I could watch over and over:
Well, I am kind of like Leilani on this one. I really hate to watch a movie more then once. My husband hates it! But, I do have a few that I think are pretty good.
~Napoleon Dynamite
~Somewhere in Time
~Office Space (I know, I know)
~Jane Eyre
~Princess Bride

Mommy . . . what is the dog eating?!

It has been a few days since my last entry and let me tell you, they have been LONG. It all started earlier this week when I got fed up with being taken advantage of! I called our carpet guy . . . the one who installed our carpet in two different colors, and told him that after 9 months of waiting, I wanted my carpet to match!! Surprisingly, he said that he would be out to our house the very next morning! Imagine my elation. Could this be a sign of other good things that would change in my life!?
Before the carpet was even nailed to the floor, my husband pulled a muscle in his back. After writhing around for a while on the shredded carpet, my husband was able to pull himself upstairs to our bedroom . . . where he has remained . . . for the last 5 days! I do feel really bad for him. I do. It's just that, well, that same day, my 10 month old baby started and episode of diarrhea. I am talking the kind that leaks through the diaper . . . every 15 minutes. I found myself getting a little bit frantic between trying to change my baby's diaper, bring my husband some pain killers, and serving the carpet guys lemonade.
It wasn't until my 5 year old's special ed. pre-school teacher called to tell me that he had been "expelled" from school that I really started to feel the burn. Our little Asher, it seems, has been hitting the other kids in his classroom, including the ones in wheelchairs! All humor aside, this really was a blow to the stomach. All of my hopes about my son entering mainstream kindergarten flew out the window in that moment. This was a new development in Asher's behavior that we were not prepared for.
Sterling and I were able to meet with the school's psychologist and an IEP committee a couple of days later to create a "game" plan for helping Asher through his frustration. It was a really great experience to realize the concern and love that the people in my son's life have for him. Not only that but, the committee didn't seem to mind that my husband participated in the meeting from the conference room floor!
I have realized that sometimes life just piles all of it's junk on you at once and there is really nothing you can do other than to push through it. Things never look or feel as bad when you get to the other side. Now that the week is coming to a close, I realize that I can handle these minor bumps. After all, it is hard to make time to feel bad for yourself when you are interrupted by your 5 year old saying, "Mommy, Marcello is eating poop!". In the moment that I look down to see my dog licking my baby's leaky diaper I realize that someday I might possibly see the humor in all of this motherhood stuff! Until then, I have a mess to clean up!! :)