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We had a wonderful time today at the Louisville Science Museum. Leo, Gus, Jacob and myself played, explored and ran ourselves all over the entire museum. The boys had a blast, not knowing which way to turn first. After an exhausting 2 plus hours we headed out to lunch, as Leo said, mom's favorite restaurant, Salsaritas. We inhaled our lunch, chatted for a while and then we went to Leo's favorite store...Target. He needed two new toys...one for him and one for Gus. They both got a little something along with Jacob!! It was a fun day for everyone and I'm heading to bed early!!
Let me take a moment to Thank everyone for their kind thoughts, prayers and words for my family during this difficult time. My dad was a wonderful person, who will be deeply missed. It is still very hard to wrap the reality around my mind and heart. I ran across this poem by an unknown author that I read often to help me. Here it is:
The day God called you home
Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body..
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom.
We had a short but wonderful visit with our granddaughter Sophia. She's a big eyed, pinch pulling cheeked, head tilting, finger pointing wonder! I have to admit, that I loved taking lots and lots of pictures with my new camera and I had the perfect little model. She, like her cousins Leo, Gus and Matilda have learned the find art of not always wanting to have her picture snapped, but after taking 172 snaps I was able to capture a few memorable pictures to share. Enjoy.
Tonight was the final home game for Bellarmine basketball. It was also family fun night for alumni and their families. We took Mitchell, Leo and Gus for the fun activities. Leo headed straight for the bouncy thing. In he climbed with a reluctant Gus behind him.
Gus lasted about 3 minutes and then he headed out and to the buffet with his Papa and daddy. There was a set up of food and beverages.
Leo decided to continue jumping for awhile ... then he stopped an took a long look at the very big slide across the way. I figured no way. It was so big and high to climb. But once again Nana was wrong.
Without any hesitation or second thoughts, up, up, up he climbed to the very top and the next thing I know he is sailing down at record speed to the bottom with the biggest grin on his face.
Then we headed over to the game and Bellarmine upset the number two team in their division!! What a night!
The time seems to be just flying by here lately. It was just yesterday that we had the holidays and Sophia's baptism. Now we are looking to Valentines Day and St. Patrick's Day. My three little sweetie pies here are doing great. Growing up so quickly. Leo is stupendous. He still can amaze me with his grown up conversations. Just today I asked him to show me to the basement and his response was, "Well Nana we have to go in this direction." Direction, I mean how many 3 year old use that word? Just so quick with the responses. Just got to love him. Gus, Goose to many of us, is the best snuggle bunny in the world. He can drop that lower lip and in an instant get what ever he wants from his Nana. His eyes go right through me, into my soul. You just can't say no, and if you did the guilt would be to much! Ms. Matilda is sitting up and observing everything around her. She can give just a small piece of her smile and she has won you over. She is very much in charge of what she wants and by goodness she is going to win out every time.
We will be traveling back to Baltimore in March. I can't wait to see Ms. Sophia again. We had a lovely time in early January for her baptism. I haven't posted pictures, yet, because her parents have first dibs. But time is running out for them and I'll break down here soon and show off this wide eye Greek goddess. But in the meantime I do have a few pictures from our visit that I'll post.
The time seems to fly by so quickly. We have been busy with all the holiday craziness. Thanksgiving was fantastic because my entire family was together. It was so nice to have them all under one roof and to watch them interact amongst themselves. We had family pictures taken, an assortment of families and grandchildren Thank you Kelly. I haven't forgotten you. Now here it is just less than two weeks until Christmas and I am no where near ready, still ordering gifts and last minute ideas for the many meals I will be preparing. Also, I have to get started on my Christmas cookies!

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