As of today I'm 41 years old. I feel incredibly blessed. My 35th birthday was
really a hard one emotionally. Now six years later my arms are filled with three adorable children. Thank you, Lord! I am also very grateful for my loving husband and for the fact that he recently completed his Ph.D. and encouraged me to be a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom. My life is full of love. It must be in the DNA of children to pick dandelions and give them to their mothers. Nadia brings me a host of weeds every day because she loves me. Yesterday the bouquet included some hyacinths from my flower bed. OOPS! My parents showed their love for me by spending 7 hours on the road to spend 21 hours up here with us. They cheered Nadia on at her second soccer game yesterday morning at 9am. I would estimate that each team scored about the same number of goals this week. The most contact Nadia had with the ball was when she did a few throw-ins. She's by no means the strongest player on the team, but I also think she's the youngest child on the team. Unlike last week when we played a team from another town, this time we played another team from our town. Our town has six U6 teams so most of the games we will be playing one of those teams, which is why our kids were wearing green over their uniforms to help distinguish between the teams since everyone had the same color uniform.
My parents also watched the kids for 35 minutes at the mall so I could buy three new blouses to go with the skirts I recently bought on eBay, and they took the kids and I out to Cracker Barrel for lunch yesterday. When I came home I tried them on with the skirts. I loved one of the combinations. Definitely a "winner." I am wearing it today, and it feels GREAT to be wearing something new (or at least new to me in the case of the skirt). Today I also wore one of my new pairs of sandals for the first time (even though it's rather chilly out today) as well as necklace and earrings that Nadia gave me for Christmas. I feel very pretty, which is a great feeling considering generally I'm afraid someone is going to nominate me for the show "What not to wear" because I wear a turtleneck almost every day in the winter. One of the blouses I am going to be taking back to Sears at some point because I didn't like it when I tried it on with the skirt I had in mind for it. Being able to shop for 35 minutes without any children was definitely a treat. It meant I actually was able to enter the fitting room and try on a bunch of blouses before I picked the ones I was going to buy! It had been more than a year since I had entered a fitting room. My parents also gave me some money to buy myself a birthday pie. I am going to do that on Tuesday while Nadia is at ballet/tap. Nadia and Ian could not wait until they arrived around 8pm on Friday night. They asked me about every 5 minutes the ENTIRE day if they'd be arriving soon. Maybe I should make it a surprise next time. My parents definitely had a very enthusiastic welcoming committee upon their arrival!
Last year on my birthday I was pregnant and in the middle of the feeding program at Hershey with Ian. How our life has changed in the past year! Ian can now chew and eat normal foods, Oliver has brought such joy to our family the past 8.5 months, and Paul finished his Ph.D. There might be a lot of changes in our lives over the next 12 months. If the FET is successful, I will have four children by my next birthday. Paul will most likely be a professor at this time next year, and we might be living in another state. Only the Lord knows!
Paul very graciously fed Oliver at 4:45 this morning so that I could sleep until 6:30am. That was MUCH appreciated! He also made me an omlette for breakfast this morning, which was another special treat. Last night I was so full from the big lunch at Cracker Barrel that I just had a yogurt for dinner so I was hungry for breakfast this morning! Nadia sat with me during church, and I was thrilled that we sang one of my top five most favorite hymns this morning (Heaven Came Down). Nadia and Ian had fun opening my presents this morning. I received a waffle maker from Paul's parents, three albums to store the 11x13 photos of the kids from Paul and my sister Wendy, and a basket for the stairs from Paul. Nadia really wanted to go shopping and buy me a gift (with some of her money) so Paul is going to take her to the Dollar store this afternoon. He's also going to help Nadia and Ian make me birthday cards (at my request). The kids and I had lunch at church today, and I was thrilled that Ian fed himself a fluffernutter sandwich and a piece of chocolate cake. That never would have happened last April!
In general I don't feel differently in my 40's than I did in my 30's. The one exception would be that I definitely got a lot more gray (actually white) hair over the past year. I have contemplated getting my hair highlighted or something like that, but I'm going to hold off for now. I didn't picture myself having babies in my 40's, but God's timing is perfect. I will say that my age is causing me to want to do the FET sooner than later.
As of today I'm 41 years old. I feel incredibly blessed. My 35th birthday was really a hard one emotionally. Now six years later my arms are filled with three adorable children. Thank you, Lord! I am also very grateful for my loving husband and for the fact that he recently completed his Ph.D. and encouraged me to be a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom. My life is full of love. It must be in the DNA of children to pick dandelions and give them to their mothers. Nadia brings me a host of weeds every day because she loves me. Yesterday the bouquet included some hyacinths from my flower bed. OOPS! My parents showed their love for me by spending 7 hours on the road to spend 21 hours up here with us. They cheered Nadia on at her second soccer game yesterday morning at 9am. I would estimate that each team scored about the same number of goals this week. The most contact Nadia had with the ball was when she did a few throw-ins. She's by no means the strongest player on the team, but I also think she's the youngest child on the team. Unlike last week when we played a team from another town, this time we played another team from our town. Our town has six U6 teams so most of the games we will be playing one of those teams, which is why our kids were wearing green over their uniforms to help distinguish between the teams since everyone had the same color uniform. 
My parents also watched the kids for 35 minutes at the mall so I could buy three new blouses to go with the skirts I recently bought on eBay, and they took the kids and I out to Cracker Barrel for lunch yesterday. When I came home I tried them on with the skirts. I loved one of the combinations. Definitely a "winner." I am wearing it today, and it feels GREAT to be wearing something new (or at least new to me in the case of the skirt). Today I also wore one of my new pairs of sandals for the first time (even though it's rather chilly out today) as well as necklace and earrings that Nadia gave me for Christmas. I feel very pretty, which is a great feeling considering generally I'm afraid someone is going to nominate me for the show "What not to wear" because I wear a turtleneck almost every day in the winter. One of the blouses I am going to be taking back to Sears at some point because I didn't like it when I tried it on with the skirt I had in mind for it. Being able to shop for 35 minutes without any children was definitely a treat. It meant I actually was able to enter the fitting room and try on a bunch of blouses before I picked the ones I was going to buy! It had been more than a year since I had entered a fitting room. My parents also gave me some money to buy myself a birthday pie. I am going to do that on Tuesday while Nadia is at ballet/tap. Nadia and Ian could not wait until they arrived around 8pm on Friday night. They asked me about every 5 minutes the ENTIRE day if they'd be arriving soon. Maybe I should make it a surprise next time. My parents definitely had a very enthusiastic welcoming committee upon their arrival!
Last year on my birthday I was pregnant and in the middle of the feeding program at Hershey with Ian. How our life has changed in the past year! Ian can now chew and eat normal foods, Oliver has brought such joy to our family the past 8.5 months, and Paul finished his Ph.D. There might be a lot of changes in our lives over the next 12 months. If the FET is successful, I will have four children by my next birthday. Paul will most likely be a professor at this time next year, and we might be living in another state. Only the Lord knows!
Paul very graciously fed Oliver at 4:45 this morning so that I could sleep until 6:30am. That was MUCH appreciated! He also made me an omlette for breakfast this morning, which was another special treat. Last night I was so full from the big lunch at Cracker Barrel that I just had a yogurt for dinner so I was hungry for breakfast this morning! Nadia sat with me during church, and I was thrilled that we sang one of my top five most favorite hymns this morning (Heaven Came Down). Nadia and Ian had fun opening my presents this morning. I received a waffle maker from Paul's parents, three albums to store the 11x13 photos of the kids from Paul and my sister Wendy, and a basket for the stairs from Paul. Nadia really wanted to go shopping and buy me a gift (with some of her money) so Paul is going to take her to the Dollar store this afternoon. He's also going to help Nadia and Ian make me birthday cards (at my request). The kids and I had lunch at church today, and I was thrilled that Ian fed himself a fluffernutter sandwich and a piece of chocolate cake. That never would have happened last April!
In general I don't feel differently in my 40's than I did in my 30's. The one exception would be that I definitely got a lot more gray (actually white) hair over the past year. I have contemplated getting my hair highlighted or something like that, but I'm going to hold off for now. I didn't picture myself having babies in my 40's, but God's timing is perfect. I will say that my age is causing me to want to do the FET sooner than later.
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