Mark came with me to the doctor and took the rest of the afternoon off so we could have one last hurrah as our family of four at Lagoon. We started off at Lagoona Beach, you gotta love all the looks I get when I go out these days, especially in a swim top but I gotta live my life, big belly or not! We had time for a few rides too and topped it off with some shaved ice on our way home. I love being a mom to my two kids. They've brought me so much joy. Kenya came up to Mark and I today and whispered first to Mark "You're the best dad in the whole wide world." It was so stinkin cute. She did it a couple times through out the day. She just has such a tender little heart but also has a good fight in her. With a brother like Charlie she's had to learn! She loves being a mom to her babies, or stuffed animals and playing house, especially with her cousin Greta. She is my good little eater, tonight she had thirds on her spaghetti and she always eats 2 breakfasts in the morning, cereal when she wakes up without fail she'll come in our room and say I want chocolate milk and cheewios! She'll eat her cheerios and then a bowl of oatmeal too, sometimes a second helping of cheerios! She just burns through it all day, always on the go, running everywhere she goes. She's very independent but is also a pretty good listener. We love having her cute little face as part of our family.
Charlie just wants to grow up so fast, it makes me a little sad! He's such a social little boy and always includes everyone I've noticed. He wants everyone to like him and also wants everyone's attention on him! He's a natural at almost everything he does and absolutely loves spending time with his family, especially his dad. He's very sweet to his sister and I know he'll be a protective brother to both of them and look after them.
One of my favorite things Charlie does is the way he'll rub anything soft up against his nose, if he's sitting close to me or Kenya he'll kind of rub his nose up against our hair, he started doing this with his stuffed dogs tail when he was a toddler at bed time he'd rub it right under his nose, now I notice him doing it with anything soft, like hair or a blanket. The same way Kenya will grab her hair and wrap it around her finger when she's going to sleep or she's tired. I love going into their rooms at night after they've fallen asleep to check on them. Their little sleeping faces always takes me back to when they were babies. Tonight I took some pictures of them when I went in to check on them. I love how Kenya tucked in her stuffed animals in her bed and she has her finger wrapped in her hair.
My favorite song to sing to them at night is "You Are My Sunshine" I remember as a little girl one of my friends moms singing it to me when I was sleeping over at her house and I always wanted to be able to sing it to my kids. Charlie asks for it every night I put him to bed, it's a given now and Kenya has jammies that she's wearing in this picture that say "You are my sunshine" The words of the song is exactly how I feel about these two, sometimes I can get a little choked up when I sing it to them. "You make me happy when skies are gray, you'll never know dear how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away." I am so grateful for these two sunshines in my life and grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who has sent them to me.
