Over the Rainbow...At Last

It is Dec. 8th and we are getting ready to leave this week to head back to the states for Christmas. We will spend a couple of days in Amsterdam and then head to Nashville where JR's family is from. We will visit with the Biggs family for a week and then fly home to Tri-Cities. We are so very excited to see everyone and stay in our house!!

You just wouldn't believe how big Aidan is. It seems like every day he does something else, or is somehow older. It is actually pretty hard. I guess I have waited my whole life for my son and to watch him growing up so quick is so amazing. I see little babies and can't remember Aidan being that little. He is so funny and full of life and we are able to spend so much time together and I haven't missed a thing. Not a first word, or first step or even the first temper tantrum. We live everyday to the fullest and our lives are so full..not buys and hectic and filled with "things" or "things we have to do" but just full. It is a contentment that I never knew existed. We don't lead exciting lives, our days are pretty mundane but they are anything but ordinary. I just wish I could hold onto this time a little longer. I wish that we could just stop time for a bit, but I know that can't happen. So I try to capture and remember all of the little moments that I can, it isn't just the big things in life it is the everyday things that truly make life special, watching Aidan push his cars around the floor saying "zooommmm," Aidan playing with the pots and pans and wooden spoons and shrieking with delight at the horrendous noise he is making. How it feels to get him in the morning from his crib and have him reach out to you, hug you and rest his head on your shoulder and play with my hair. These are moments that I never want to forget.

I am so fortunate.