The Children We Love

We all love our children, obviously. Even Kelsey and Nathan, who don't have kids yet, already love their children... it's innate. When we think of our children (or our future children) we have many hopes and dreams for them. We would like to see our girls playing barbies together, our boys building forts and having campouts on the family room floor. We would like to sit together as a family at the dinner table, talking and laughing with one another. A picture like this might sum up the words...



And yet, this is not how life always turns out. I am eternally grateful to Mom, Lindsey and Dad for putting up with Hallie's rambunctiousness. The girl is into everything and even though Adam and I have become quite used to this, I know Mom was in awe of her ability to destroy all things in her path, her ability to get into all things you didn't know 2-year-olds could get into, etc. right up until the day we left. So thank you to all of you who put up with my daughter's EXTREME curiosity and my son's throwing up. Instead of loving hugs and kisses, Hallie prefers to show her love for her brother in other ways... like this:



Oh well.

(picture compliments of Breanne's blog)