Tiny hands

As your little hands

Reach for the sky

Stars

Will sparkle

In your eyes...

Perfect Feet...

When your little feet

Grow big enough to run

Through the grass

A thousand dreams

Will blossom

In your heart...

My Helper

Amazing how much help I get from my 9 year old...

Merci mon grand...

Loving the Moby

Even with changing diapers...

Brotherly Love...

The sparkle in their eyes...

As they hold their baby brother...

Amazing...

Soccer Team...



Bravo Olivier



Tryouts are done...

And now we wait...

Did he make the team...

The phone rings...

The call he has been waiting for...

"The way you played at tryouts convinced us we needed you for our team"



Congrats Oli ~ Intercity U-10 Division 1 Soccer Team

We are so proud of you...

Caught in the Act...

Through the corner of my eye...

I see you sneaking by...

Hands behind your back...

A twinkle in your eye...

And a face covered in chocolate!



Caught in the act...

A 4 year old and a jar full of chocolate chips...

Jacob

Happy 1 Month Riley

April 20th, 2011

How quickly time flies...

I still have trouble believing you are really here...and already a month has passed...

It seems like only yesterday, I looked into your eyes for the first time...amazed...

I have cherished every moment...

Watching you sleep...

Holding you in my arms...

Hearing you cry...

Watching your eyes discover the world around you...

Seeing your little hands reach out...

Your legs kicking...

Only a month...and yet...

You bring a smile to my face...

Tears to my eyes...

You make me laugh...

You melt my heart...

Only a month...but it seems like only yesterday...

I don't want to forget...

How tiny your hand is wrapped around my finger...

How small your head is resting in my hands...

I wish I could hold onto time...

If only for just a moment...

Our Mini Photo Session

Some more pics of our little miracle at 4 weeks...

Little Riley

Riley's Quilt

Riley's Quilt

The new quilt is ready...

Riley's quilt...

One we have been waiting for...

One we wondered if we would ever receive...




A tradition in the family - a baby quilt is made by my mom for the arrival of every new grandchild...

Today, I look at Riley's quilt and I smile...

Finally our little miracle has arrived...

Thanks Mom...

The Boys Quilts

Gifts

Thank you all for welcoming our little Riley and showering him with so much love and such wonderful gifts...

Merci...

Two Years Ago Today...

April 17th, 2011

Two years ago today...my whole world crashed down around me...

Two years ago today...my heart broke...

Two years ago today...I had to say goodbye...

Gabriell...I still remember the day I found out I was pregnant...At that very moment...You became my son...I became your mom...I fell in love...

Two years ago today...a part of me died...

That pain...that hurt...that emptyness...that missing part...that broken heart...forever there...

I still cry when I think of you...I still hurt...But I can also smile...For I know how blessed I am to have carried you...How blessed I am to have loved you...

Gabriell Godmer
April 17th, 2009

I love you Gabriell...

I will missing you forever...

Every day of forever...

April 8th

April 8th 2011

Today Riley, was your due date...

A date you would not have made it to...

So blessed to have you...

You had angels watching over you...

Amazed...

Nine months of waiting...

Of wondering...

And now...

Here you are...

More perfect than I could have imagined...

More loved than you'll ever know...

Every time I look at you...

I am amazed...

My Riley

Friends...

Funny, how my closest friends...are people I have never met...

They have been by my side through the good days...through the bad...

They have cried with me, laughed with me, bitched with me...

They have encouraged me when I was feeling down, wiped away my tears when my heart was broken, hugged me when I felt so alone...

They understood me when no one else could, listened when I needed a friend and stood by my side when my world crumbled around me...

They have touched my heart more than they could possibly imagine...

Thank you...

Thank you...

Love you girls...

Living Today....

Yesterday is History...
Tomorrow is a Mystery...
Today is a Gift...
That's why it is called the Present...
           -Eleanor Roosevelt


I cannot change what happened yesterday...

I have no control over tomorrow...

But having loved...

And having lost...

I know that what I have today is a gift...

That every second is a miracle...

My boys