Okay so it has been a crazy crazy...
perfectly wonderful & amazing year!!! Hubs and I took a wonderful
trip to Bali and Singapore to celebrate 10 years of marriage last May
following my last post. It was wonderful to get to re-connect with him
after everything we have been through (we have weathered a lot in our
short marriage). Hubby lost his mom, we removed ourselves from a family
business, had three kids, built two businesses together and adopted a
child who had extreme trauma issues. Its just a lot to type out- Phew!
To
leave all of that behind and go to such a peaceful amazing country and
spurge on our every wish was just DREAMY!!! Again, I find myself just
trying to step back and take it all in. Life is amazing and I feel so
very blessed to have lived the life I have lived so far.
Anyhoo...
I will have to post more on Bali later. But, that trip allowed us to
really connect. To look back at the past 10 years and dream about what
the next ten will bring. We vowed to slow down and really appreciate
our lives. We've been in such a rat race and now we are just trying to
breathe and be grateful for our lives and spend quality time with our
kids while they are... well... while they are still kids!
So,
all of that led to us deciding (well me deciding and then convincing
Hubby) that we wanted one more child just to savor our kids and extend
our parenting. And, we also confirmed that I was going to stay home and
be the best house wife and mom EVER!
And,
that is exactly where I find myself now. It is February 2014 nearly a
year since my last post and I have been home mostly since last May but
completely seperate from work since Sept. 15th when we welcomed sweet
baby Grace into our family.
Yes...
you read that right. We adopted a beautiful baby girl through private
adoption. Her birth parents chose us to be her family in June... we
flew to meet them in July and then she was born September 15th. It was
an amazing whirlwind.
Life
is so sweet! Grace is an angel. Plus, her birth parents are an
amazing couple who were so sweet to M*. Walking through Grace's
adoption with us was such a healing process for him. We couldn't have
asked for a better experience.
(More details will follow bc I want to document these past months so I can look back).
So
here I am. A Kick Axx wife/ stay at home mom living out my dream. I
am enjoying my husband and my kids more than I ever have. And, best of
all I am having a ton of FUN!!!
It really is true that the storms in your life bring the biggest silver linings.
Things are just GOOD right now!!!
