Welcome to the World

Welcome Jazmyn, Lukis, Josephine, Aiden, Alex, and Graiden.... Did I miss anyone?? I thought with the birth of so many babies this month I would write a blog about all the wonderful things that these little ones will get to experience. We forget sometimes in the mad rush of life, how absolutely wonderful it really is. I encourage whoever reads this to add their own wonderful life experiences to mine. So here is my list:

1. Dreaming - as adults we sometimes take for granted the power of dreaming, we seem to set goals for ourselves and label them as dreams, but what happened to pretending.... dreaming we were princesses, and living in castles, riding ponies through the fields of flowers. Well those were some dreams of mine as a child. Babies, I hope you never stop dreaming.

2. Singing - When I was a child, all my family were singers, I remember long car rides to Grandma's farm filled with songs. I would just belt out whatever was in my heart, now I occasionally sing to a great song on the radio, but I don't sing for the love of song, because I know I would butcher the song anyway, but who cares, I'm not trying to be the next Canadian Idol.

3. Faith - Isn't faith a wonderful thing. It is something that I have come to value in my life, faith not only in God which is so important but faith in myself as well. God has never ceased to stop providing for me, I always trust that he will give me what I need, but sometimes I doubt myself and what I am capable of doing, and when you really stop to think about it, that kind of is like doubting God, that he's not going to provide me with the time, or skills I need. So for me having Faith is one of life's most wondeful experiences.

4. Love - Love is so many things and so different for everyone, but I would never choose to live a life without it. There is nothing I value greater then the love of my family, the love I have for my son, and the love I have for my friends. Knowing that I am blessed with relationships with people who really love me is sometimes an overwhelming thought. However I do think that falling in love is one of life's greatest experiences. Even though I have had more broken hearts, I would do it all over again because being loved, and loving are such precious gifts. I can hardly wait for the day when I fall in love with the man who God has planned for me.

5. Childbirth - I know for those of you who know me well have heard me complain about how much being pregnant sucked, and how much worse labour was, but in reality, I wish that every human being could experience it just once. The feeling of growing a little person inside you, and the miracle of babies its just amazing, only a mother could understand this experience.

6. Snow - As awful as it is right now, and as cold and brutal as that blizzard was last week, I think that everyone at least once should have the chance to play in it. Remember as kids building snow forts, Snow men, snow angels and the ultimate snow ball fight, Winter can be sooo much fun.

7. The Ocean - Its so true how small you feel when you are beside the ocean. One of my favorite activities is going to an Aquarium and watching the fish. It is so relaxing and so wonderful to see the fishies swimming around. I even love swimming in lakes and oceans, I actually prefer it to swimming pools. To me it is one of lifes greatest things to see.

Well this blog is starting to turn into a novel, but I would say that today those are my favorite things and I hope that all the babies will feel as warm and fuzzy as I do when these things happen to them. Congratulations again to all of my friends on the wonderful additions to their families.