"You hold in your hands, the happiness of more people than you can now imagine"

Yesterday I was walking through the ice cream section of the grocery store trying to decide if I should let myself binge during the last week of my pregnancy (of course I should right?) when a darling little old lady walked toward me with the biggest smile on her face. She slowed as she neared me and I thought grumpily to myself the answers to the comments I thought she was about to make "yes, I am ready to have this baby"  "Yep I AM ready to pop" "nope there is just one in there!" "any day now!" When to my surprise she happily exclaimed "You, are going to be the BEST mom!" It completely took me by surprise, and not only that, but filled me with an instant injection of happiness. I responded "well, I hope my three others think so" She then proceeded to ask me the ages of my children, and told me that she had nine of her own, and how these were the best years of my life. As we walked away from each other she exclaimed again "You are going to be the best!"

I had such a pleasant feeling the rest of the day, and kept reflecting on that little old lady. The person who decided to say something nice, just because. The woman who had several trials of her own, perhaps struggling through motherhood, but I would never know her trials. I would never know her disappointments or what was difficult for her about being a mother of NINE. She didn't have an ounce of negativity in that little body.

We have so many opportunities each day to bring happiness to others. To make their day like this woman made mine. I want to be like her. With every fiber of my being I WANT to be like her. Im not totally positive she wasn't an angel sent down from heaven that day just for me. :)

Life is Good

Three Months and a new blog

Turns out I ran out of space on my old blog www.thecarpetstayners.blogspot.com so here I am at my new address continuing the family blog. 

FREDDIE TURNS THREE MONTHS! 

I have a small obsession with the three month mark. I think its when baby's become more like real little humans :) they finally get out of the newborn stage and start exploring the world in a whole new way. I love to document this age with my babies, and have a large canvas on my wall of each baby at 3 months. Little Freddie has been feeling so sick the past few days (well, most of her life really...poor thing) but despite her sick tummy, she was a gem! I can't express enough how much I adore her. She is so happy, and smiley, and just the sweetest little girl. I feel such a bond with her. Her eyes twinkle! ok I could keep going, but honestly look at this face!!! (warning: obsessed mother takes way too many pictures.)

 (her hair looks red in this picture. It kind of made me excited, although her hair is actually not red at all.)

Here are the boys 3 month pictures. I always love to compare how much/little they look alike. Smith and Freddie have the same exact hairline. I used to think she looked more like Smith, but now I think she is becoming a clone of Miles. oh my goodness my kids are cute. 

(literally grinding my teeth right now at how much I want to hold/kiss/squeeze them at this age)