7 years & counting

Friday, September 25th, was our 7th wedding anniversary!! Months ago our plans started out with possibly staying over at a hotel somewhere, which by the way would be a first since Mya has come to us. Then Jesse came, so maybe just dinner and a movie. Come to find out Scott was planning to ride in a 100 mile bike race in Heber City on the 26th, so the plan was to take the kids and go and stay in Park City for 2 nights. (Mind you, we have not been on our own little family vacation for 3 years. So we were getting excited!) The next thing we knew, our Jeep needed to be fixed, the cars needed to be registered and a baby blessing ended up on the same weekend. Lo and behold, Park City was out the window. We were pretty sad, Scott had already taken of Friday so we decided to take the kids to the Zoo. We had a little laugh that these were the plans for our anniversary, but we were going to be together so it had to be fun, right?!? We woke up Friday ate breakfast and headed off to the Zoo. Mya was so excited, she kept on pointing at everything and asking us "Is that the Zoo?" She loved the Zoo! It was so much fun. Scott and I were talking about how fun our anniversary had been thus far as we were walking to go see the giraffes. As we were with our 2 children walking I started thinking back a few years before Mya came to us. And I remember on our 4th anniversary talking with Scott and recalling us talking about if we would ever be able to adopt and have a child in our home. I started crying right there at the Zoo as I was walking hand in hand with our daughter and Scott and our son next to me. What a miracle our life has been, we are so blessed! There are so many couples out there that have been waiting for months and years to be able to adopt and here we are with 2 children! We are so blessed to have these angles in our home. I love being a MOM! It is so hard some days and I am not the most patient person around. But I love being at home and having Mya ask me question after question about everything and to see Jesse change so much in the last 8 weeks. I swear time just keep on going faster the older I get. Mya will be in preschool in 2 years, OMG!!!! I find myself savoring everyday because before I know it my kids are going to be all grown up and then what am I going to do. So what do I do today, I rock Jesse to sleep and watch his beautiful face and try to remember every detail. I lay be Mya while she fall asleep every night and enjoy the fact that she wants me there and take time to talk to her about her day. I give them hugs and kisses as often as they will let me. I can only hope that I am doing even so my husband and children can see how much I love them. Thank you Scott for being such a wonderful dad and husband! I love you so much....Forever and For Always!!!