Love...

...this.

Wishing you a huggy-wuggy weekend.

Squeezies,

Can I trade noses with you please?

UGH.
That's all I can say today.
My head/nose/face are screaming for relief.
I don't think I have ever not liked the spring season until now, but the weather changes, pollen and spring cleaning dust have culminated into a disaster for my sinuses.
I don't typically suffer much from allergies, just an occasional stuffy nose.

But today...it seriously feels like I have been snorting lines of black pepper.

Every mucus lining in my head and mouth is burning and I have been producing these crazy screaming sneezes every few minutes that make anyone within a 100 ft. radius jump out of their skin.

Yeah...so due to this unforeseen blahness...you will get no interesting blog from me...just a few pics of some of the causes of said blahness.

A bloom from my tulip tree

That's my footprint...in pollen.

The little one trying his darnedest to end up like me.

Let's just hope this crud goes as quickly as it came so that I can actually enjoy the beauty of springtime.

Awesome Giveaway!

No, it's not something being given away by me, but it's a giveaway I just stumbled upon.

A local professional photographer who does beautiful work is giving away a free photo session!

I have been SO wanting to have my kids do something like this, but these sessions just cost much more than we're able to afford.
To sign up for the giveaway or just to see her work, go HERE.

Watch Them Grow

No matter how many times I hear this song, it always makes me cry those bittersweet tears that come from love and loss.

I cry not only because of the beauty and challenge of my children, but also for my own childhood.

Children just aren't children long enough.

Maybe God makes parenting such an involved process because He wants to make sure we will never forget that childhood.

Enjoy your children today.

If you don't have any or can't be with them...enjoy someone else's.

Every single life is precious and a miraculous gift from God.

(Turn your speakers on and push the play button so that you can fully enjoy this song!)

"Watch Them Grow" by Zach Gill

She's close to God, I'm sure of that
She sits him down, and they have a chat
She asks for sunshine, and he agrees
You see, for her, He'd do anything

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

She is a monkey, and I'm her tree
And now she's climbing all over me
Swinging on my vines dancing on my limbs
Her monkey sounds sound like angel's hymns

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

She is an angel, she is an imp
She's got my big toe, and her mother's lips
She gives fishy kisses, and great big bear hugs
42 pounds of pure love
Then one day she'll be 17, feelin' too big for her home
Seems she was just only 3, oh how our children they grow

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

Then one day she'll be 33, maybe with a child of her own
Seems she was just 17, oh how our children they grow
He'll ask for sunshine, and she'll agree
You see for him, she'd do anything
He is her child, the center of her world
She is his mother... my little girl

You watch them grow, then you let 'em go
You watch them grow, then you let 'em go

This is how it works...

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't

You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took

And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood

And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

(Excerpt from "On the Radio" by Regina Spektor)

No time for a post these past few days, but I leave this little reminder that the most beautiful things in life are always found when you keep looking UP.

God bless!