Motherhood

Today I'm feeling especially grateful for the amazing experience of having children...for the wonderful medical technology that saved Carson's life and has allowed me to birth children, even if my body doesn't like to do it naturally.
{Carson}
{Jonas}
This morning I walked into my boys' room while they were both still asleep, just to look at them. I do this from time to time and everytime it amazes me that they are mine. I look from one sleeping face to the other and just think, "Wow, they are here because of me! (and of course their dad, I can't forget his important contribution!)" They are so precious. So innocent. So pure. And just like their father, they are mine forever. It makes me proud to be their mother. To be a mother. There is no experience, travel, or worldly fame that could take the place of my most sacred calling. There is nothing I'd rather be doing with my life right now than being a mother. From the first time I felt them move inside of me to the late nights calming an upset child, motherhood really is an amazing thing. I'm so thankful I am able to spend my days with these little angels. With the coming of my precious little guys, I have had to say goodbye to my obsessive clean freakish ways. Many times Jeff will come home to a house where the dishes aren't done and the laundry still needs to be folded, but those are the days where we've either played hard or cried hard. Why would I rather be out in the work force and miss these precious moments? Like the first steps Jonas took the other day. Or going to observe Carson at his preschool to see how he handles this new adventure in his life.

Amazing moments that only happen once.