Blessed

I know that the last post was kind of negative, with all the stuff about Hunter and his illness.  It's overwhelming, I guess, to think of it all.  When I tell people I usually get a horrified reaction like "Wow! I don't know how you will handle all of that!" I guess I just wanted to share how blessed I feel.

We live in an age and time where there is a treatment for Hunter.  We have smart doctors and he has the best parents he could have.  He is a happy, jovial kid with so much love to share.  Watching him with other kids, you know that he is made to be a social butterfly and this will never hold him back from doing anything he wants to do.  We are blessed with him as our oldest as he is SUCH an amazing brother.  He is constantly doing things for both his siblings and for me.  He does these things without question or complaint, although he often brags about it later "I cleaned up Landon's mess for him!", "I cleaned the living room without you asking!", "I helped Aspen up on the bed!" (ok so that's not very helpful but he was trying.)

We are blessed with Landon. Every morning, Landon comes into our room and speaks through his pacifier "I need snuggles." It's usually an awfully early hour but who can complain when your sweet 3 year old wants to get in your bed and snuggle with you? If I move away from him, he exclaims "I'm COLD!" and then I move closer again.  Landon is a kind and caring soul who adores his big brother.  He dislikes it when Hunter is in school and he isn't with him.  When we pick Hunter up at school, the boys run to one another yelling each other's name and hug as if they have been separated for the past 2 years.  It's adorable.  When they are both at school, they always play together. Landon is a lover of many things and it is so fun to have a son who is passionate about things. Trains, his pillow and popcorn are 3 favorites.  I am blessed to be his mommy.

Aspen is the sweetest thing! We are blessed to have a little girl, first of all. It is so different to watch her grow and change.  Where the boys loved throwing objects, being destructive and any kind of ball, Aspen likes to sit and look at books, wear necklaces and torment her brothers.  She lets us know what she wants when she wants it and she won't let anyone get away with anything with her. No one is taking her toys or her food. She's healthy and sweet, She's easy to put to sleep and loves to love me in the mornings and at night.  She is in LOVE with her Daddy and we are blessed to have her as our sweet baby girl.

We are blessed to travel so much. Brian and I are passionate about exploring the world and seeing the sights. We love to do as much as we can and we are blessed to have the means to do so.  We are blessed to spend a lot of time together just me and Brian. We are blessed that he has a flexible work schedule. We are blessed to have a nice house. We are blessed to have good family members who call and check on us.

Our friends.  We are SO blessed to have our friends. We have SUCH amazing friends.  We are blessed to have our church and the Gospel. We are blessed to know our Savior.

We are mostly blessed to have one another.  We adore each other.  We've been through ups and downs. We've been each other's life ring in times of difficulty. Shoulders to cry on. Hands to hold. We are still so in love after almost 12 years and we are so lucky. I adore my husband and I feel really blessed to have made such a good decision with sticking with him.

See? We're really blessed even though it's a hard time right now. So we'll stick together and keep our collective head up. :-)