A Stolen Moment

The one and only thing that slows Avery Reese down is a fever and unfortunately for her she woke up this morning at 101 degrees. But selfishly for me, she is snuggly when she is not feeling well. Avery Reese is not a child that enjoys being held or rocked or anything I dreamt a baby would be, instead she is more of a bull who enjoys, of all things, wrestling.

Tonight Brad was away playing golf so I had some special alone time with Avery Reese. After her bath, she looked up at me with those sad, tired eyes and said "rock?". What kind of mother would I be turning down such a forbidden request? So she laid her head on my shoulder, asked me to sing and we rocked. As I sang to her and just held her in my arms I thought about others who are suffering the loss of a child and I started to weep.

I so often let minute details of life interfere with the true purpose of life.......relationships. I held my baby girl and rocked with her until her eyes finally closed, but I couldn't stop. So I continued to craddle her in my arms and promised myself to remember this stolen moment, always.

Ready or Not...Here we come Summer!

Even though Summer hasn't officially begun, we have already been divulging into summer-time favorites. If these past several weekends are any indication of how our summer is going to pan out, we are in for a great time!

Zoo trip with Kennedi-I think they are discussing something very serious

First Travelers baseball game

First time to the Big pool

Debating on whether or not she should climb up the tree

Patiently waiting her turn to slide down the whale's tail

Mission accomplished