Daria’s Life

This morning my Brigs jumped up on the side of the bed beside me. He folded his little arms and bowed his head and closed his eyes. About 5 seconds later he looked up at me with the most dazzling grin and exclaimed “Amen!” Oh how that little boy touched my heart. I felt like I must have done something right as his Mother for him to want to share that moment with me.

Today as I sat in church with my little ones I knew that I was so blessed. They finally are learning not to run out of the chapel during the meeting and even though they fuss about somewhat, they were really quite good and sweet. I was so proud of them today for allowing Nathan and I to be able to sit and be edified. It’s always so amazing to me to go to my meetings and feel of the spirit and the messages that are presented there. I felt that special warmth thoughout the day and enjoyed the friendships that I have built here. It’s going to be a hard adjustment in a few years to leave this city - I never thought I would ever say that! When Nathan is finished dental school we’ll be off to make our way in the world and leave behind this lovely city and church as well. I’m sure that we have friendships here that will last for years to come but realistically many of them won’t. It’s just a delight to belong to a place where so many people are in the same position as we are with school, student loans and a young family. I’m glad to know that we aren’t the only ones in this stage of life, it’s also a blessing to see other families with older children and teenagers who are doing well and have successfully made it past the huge loan debt monster too! I have lots of dreams and hopes for the future of our family and when I see other families who are doing it and have made it to that point it feels like it’s all possible.

I’m so excited that my sister-in-law Elizabeth is listing her beautiful handmade original baby quilts in my eBay store now! They are GORGEOUS!!! Here’s the link to the site so you can check em’ out!!!

OK I admit it - I’m a big kid! I could never wait for Christmas to arrive, a few weeks early I’d gather together my brother and sister and we’d scour the house looking for where Mom might have hidden the presents. I actually unwrapped and re-wrapped presents a few years (yes Courtnee did it too Mom!) because I just had no patience at all. Well yesterday my Birthday gift arrived in the mail from my parents and I held off for a few hours but eventually had to dive into it!! LOL! Thanks so much for the wonderful gifts Mom and Dad - I felt really loved and spoiled! Sorry that I couldn’t hold off until my actual B-day but I am sure you’d guessed that I wouldn’t be able to. Hee hee

I just got back from my routine preggo checkup today. I’m a bit worried because the baby is situated right now bum down and is really far down. The doctor says that if he hasn’t turned by my next appointment that they’ll book another ultrasound and consider “turning” the baby manually!! Ok does this freak anyone else out as much as it does me? I’m going to be calling Uncle Marc and Aunt Maggie tonight to ask as much as I can about this “turning” procedure (I’m sure he knows everything about it - I think she said it was called External Cephalic Version) - apparently it’s not a pleasant experince.

They do not even attempt to deliver breech babies anymore, if they don’t turn on their own and the procedures are unsuccessful then it’s an automatic c-section. So I know it’s a bit pre-mature to worry at this point but if you all could pray for this baby to turn on his own I would be most grateful!

OK, my kids love juice and they drink it out of special juice cups. They both have a preference as to which cup is acceptable in color for their personal use. Well I thought that was bad enough but just now as I got Joshy his cup he started to cry…oops I mean FREAK out! I couldn’t figure out what was wrong,
the cup was clean - check
the juice was delicious - check
the lid was on tightly - check
I just couldn’t figure it out. I unscrewed the top and took it off, the flow was working so why is my kid having a fit??? Then he proceeds to hold the cup handles in his hands and points to the middle of the rim “this way Mommy, this way”.
I finally clued in! The kid was upset because when I screwed the lid onto the cup the sippy part wasn’t perfectly centered in the middle of the two handles - it was just slightly off to the side. As soon as I recentered the lid he was perfectly happy and toddled off with a sweet “Oh thank you Mommy”.

Liz??? This must be your child!!! It can’t possibly be one of mine! LOL!

It’s really interesting to me what Children hear and pick up from what we say. This morning I was making toast for the little ones at the kitchen table and I burnt my hand. The little boys overheard my resounding “OH CRAP!” as I ran to get it under cold water. Well about an hour later Joshy wanted me to cut up an apple for him into pieces so that he could take it down to the playroom while wathcing Lilo and Stitch. All of a sudden the bowl falls out of his hands and bounces down the stairs - and I hear his sweet little voice yelling “My apple’s Mommy - OH CRAP!!”

Oh man, my sides are aching from laughing with you on the phone today! Thanks so much for calling and cheering me up so much with stories of my cute little nephew and your hilarious sense of humor! I wish we lived closer so much whenever I talk with you, I’m so glad that we’re family!
XOXO
Daria

I have to share how wonderful it was on Saturday when Nathan and I were supposed to be going out for the evening to his big Dental Awards Banquet. I was kind of fretting about what to wear to this event knowing that everyone gets all dolled up in fancy clothes and being preggo I just didn’t know what to wear. I went and asked Nathan what he was wearing that evening and he looks at me like he could totally read through my question and says “honey if you need to go shopping just go right now. I want you to feel comfortable and have something nice - that’s what credit cards are for!” Then gave me his dazzling smile (like oh ya, I just made some serious points with that comment!!) and he did too!

Needless to say I had a wonderful evening, I found something cute to wear and my husband looked hot too!

My Joshy is such a little sweetheart. Yesterday I was feeling so under the weather and awful. He said “RU ok mommy?” and I said “I’m ok Joshy I’m just feeling sick today.” then he reaches out his little hands and strokes my face while saying “You BEAUTIFUL Mommy!! BEAUTIFUL!!”

I’m blogging this story so that I can remember his tender words the next time he gets into mischeif.