Sometimes its hard to leave my family every day and go to work. My Karlee blows me kisses and waves bubye, Emmie gives me hugs and kisses, Zac varies from hugging my legs and begging me not to go to giving me hugs and kisses and a 'Bye Mommy!' When I come home, the two older kids run to me screaming 'Mommy's home, mommy's home!' which always makes me happy, and Karlee crawling towards me. I pick up Karlee, and with a big smile on her face, she lays her head on my shoulder and pats my arms with her little baby hands. Ahhhh, I love being a mommy!
I love the times when I wake up and I have one or more children cuddled up next to me. Emmie sometimes sneaks in our room in the middle of the night because something in her room is scarey, and she'll crawl up in between us, put her arms around my neck and fall fast asleep.
Children are definitely a blessing, a gift from a loving Heavenly Father. Its sobering at times, the responsibility both Jeff and I have as parents, to raise these little people to be quality adults. It definitely gives me an inkling of what unconditional love is. The love you have for your parents, your friends, and even your spouse is very different for the instant love you feel when you hold your child in your arms for the first time. I can remember thinking after Zac was born that there's no way I could love something so much as I loved him. Then Emmie came, and the feeling doubled. Then Karlee came, and it multiplied yet again. Its so hard to describe how much I love my children, and the love they show me in return makes all the craziness worth it. The messes, the screaming, the throw-up, the sicknesses, the little emergencies, it is ALL worth it when at the end of the day I kiss my babies goodnight and get to see their peaceful faces in slumber.
I know this is pretty sappy, but hey, I can be sappy every once in awhile!
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