I use to be a free woman. Free to do what I wanted, when I wanted to do it. I could go anywhere at any time. I was free to leave clothes around, dishes in my sink and leftovers in my fridge as long as I wanted. I was free to go to bed at any hour of the night, and free to sleep in for as long as I wanted. My days off consisted of nothing more than lounging around my apartment and eating Tijuana Flats. I think God knew what he was doing when he planted one right down the street from me. Freedom never felt so good.
But freedom never felt so good to give up when I met Grant and had Parker.
My life has changed so much. I feel like I waited an eternity to be married and have kids. At some point in my life I thought it was never going to happen. When I least expected it, my world changed. And it changed quick!
I've learned a lot in the past 4 years, and one thing for sure is: There is nothing in the world that compares to the joy of being a wife and a mother. God designed us that way. I would take cleaning the house, sleepless nights and changing diapers any day. When you hear mothers tell you, "it's so worth it", I think most exhausted moms might question that at 3 in the morning when our little one won't go to bed. BUT, I get it now. I know what they mean. Every word is true: IT'S SO WORTH IT.
Grant and I are creeping up on almost two years of marriage. We were sitting in our living room yesterday reminiscing on how and when we first met. Can I just say, we have a fun story to our little fairy tale. Just a few fun facts to throw out there: We met online. We are both twins. We only knew each other for 11 days when Grant purchased his first plane ticket out to Florida. And well... the rest is history. I was smitten by him.
As Parker's parents, we have learned so much about love. How can you really love someone so much? Parker changed our world. If anything, he has given us a glimpse of how God truly loves His children; how He loves us. There's nothing greater in the world then raising our little boy. Parenthood isn't easy. If anything, it's one of the toughest things I've done in life. Everything you do, everything you teach him will be a reflection of us; what we did as parents. It's a big responsibility. Our only prayer is this: That he will love God with his whole life.
This has been a quick update of our lives lately. In addition, Parker is about to be 9 months. He has two bottom teeth (which is adorable when he smiles, he-he) and currently doing the army crawl. We think he is pretty close to crawling on all four. He's pulling himself up on things, but still not quite stable (lots of falling over if Mommy or Daddy don't catch him).
Well, I hope to blog more in the near future with pictures.
