Being "Mom"

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born."

It's been awhile. School is out - let the fun begin! Well, we will once the sickies go away. A few achey tummies, a couple of sick tummies too. And Baby Jakey has Roseola. For 5 days he had a high fever, then it went away and the next day he broke out in a rash. Once the doctor couldn't find anything to cause the high fever, I had a feeling we'd be seeing the rash. Not a big surprise.
It is nice to have our happy little boy again. Jacob is back to giving big "hi" and "bye" waves, kisses, and clapping his hands. Jakey can even pull himself to standing now. I think he wants to keep up with his siblings. I must say, this little boy is going to be well taken care of. He has brothers that love every little thing he does - and sisters that want to hold him and play with him all the time. At church, during peace, we all kiss each other. Now Jacob will give kisses too. He sits in my arms and just keeps making kissy sounds with his mouth while looking around. It's pretty adorable and makes our children laugh. I am excited to have another little boy to raise.
The same day that Tom and I celebrated our 15th Anniversary (Wow!), Brandon graduated from 8th grade. Woo Hoo! I tried not to think too much about Brandon graduating, but once he walked into the gym for the ceremony, I cried. Mommy got teary. Time has just flown by! Where did my little baby B go? He's so big! Taller than me! Amazing. I remember when he was about 18 months old. We were eating in a Baker's Square. An older couple came by and commented on how cute B was then looked at me and told me to treasure every moment because it goes by so fast. They were right. And I do treasure every moment of each child. I also treasure the wonderful man that shares these moments with me.
Today we took our children to the pool. After, Tom took our boys to shower and get dressed in one room while I took our girls to another. Standing there with my 3 daughters - I was just hit by the moment. Wow. I have 3 daughters. They were all saying different things to me, but the one thing in common was that they were all calling me "Mommy." There are 7 people in my life who call me "mom." When I stop to think about that, it just amazes me. It is wonderful.
Anyone who knows me well knows that I have many ideas. I love to be creative - and I always have a new idea to share. Someday I'd like to do something with one or more of my ideas. Hopefully I will. Sometimes when I get frustrated with not having the time to do my "own"thing - I just remind myself that right now my "job" is to be a mother. The nice thing is, at this time, our children would love to grow up and work together. They talk about us all living near each other and possibly having a family business. Being their mother, I would love that too. Maybe that's one benefit of 9 people in a 3 bedroom house. You learn to love being really close :o)