A bit slow but living life and enjoying it. In fact, I have been enjoying it so much (well, that is the moments that I have energy and don't feel sick) that it has been quite difficult to find time and sit in front of this screen to update you all!
:: In just a matter of weeks, Little Ben has grown so much! He stopped being the baby and is a little boy. He was successfully weaned and much more smoothly than Adriana ever was. He still wasn't as easy as Elena, but he has done much, much better. He sleeps on his little toddler bed now as well and he continues to be the cutest and sweetest little man I have ever known! He is trying to talk more and more, and though most of the time we can't really make out what he is saying, some other times he just blows us away with the phrases he's coming up with. It's not uncommon to have him run after a lost ball or toy saying what is intended to be "I'll get it!", or get me his sippy cup saying something like "Here you go!". He sings all the time and dances too and when you ask him to close his eyes to go to sleep he squints, scrunches his nose and shows all his teeth! It is so adorable!
:: Adriana is, very reluctantly, showing more signs of being a little girl. She has finally agreed to trying to make her bed, albeit all crooked, but it is finally her own effort. As well as buckling herself in the car. These are things she has not wanted to do on her own even though we know she is capable of doing them. She loves to sing off the top of her lungs and most definitely continues being the most intense jewel in our bunch! She challenges us everyday to continue learning how to parent her patiently and gently. And since her intensity and passion extend to every little aspect of her personality, she is also the most aggressive hugger and snuggler known to humanity! She doesn't love, she adores with all her heart, and I can always count on her climbing up on my bed every morning and squeeze the sleep out of me with one of her snuggles.
:: Elena is such a sweet big girl. She loves being a big sister, especially to Little Ben. Adriana is more her friend while she really looks after Benny a lot. Of course, she is beyond herself in excitement about this new baby whom she has decided to call "special baby" because we don't know if it's a boy or a girl. She spontaneously talks to my belly and is constantly delivering her "special gifts" to them (a hug or a kiss, or sometimes both). She is getting excited about beginning school this fall and she also has been asking that we plant some carrots and stuff out in the garden. Well, she also asked last night that I take her to get an x-ray... "you know, Mom, when they take a picture of inside your belly? I really, really want to, please??" You never know what she'll come up with next! And she also engages in some serious conversations about life, death, and heaven that tend to catch us off guard at times!
:: The tiniest and quietest member of this clan is still no bigger than my fist, but is already loved and anxiously expected. We all seem to be counting the days till we can get to see their face and snuggle them, but I also know that it goes by way too quickly to want to rush it. I love having this little person so close to my heart, the closest they'll ever be, rocked by my comings and goings, soothed by my heartbeat, growing in the mysterious stillness inside my womb. Right now, they are a secret... a secret that is only shared by God with me right now, and though it drains my energy, makes me take more naps than I really want to, and keeps big plans in my life from really happening because days feel like blah and go by like a blurr (you know, little things like the garden Elena wants) I am trying to cherish every moment of it because it never ceases to amaze me.
And so, life continues in this little home, pondering the changes to come, some with excitement, some with a bit of reticence but all in the knowledge that we are loved by an Ever Loving Eternal Father, and that knowledge alone brings enough peace to carry on even in the scariest of times!
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