wow

• this baby is due in exactly one month and one week - while I wasn't looking we broke the 40 days+ barrier :) when I think about that it doesn't seem long enough cause there's all kinds of things I want to get done...but most of the time (this week in particular) I'm just over it and don't care what doesn't get done!
• the calendars I made (nearly) everyone in the family for Christmas arrived and they're awesome. I was a bit nervous that they wouldn't be as good as I was hoping but praise God, they're awesome.
  
• Josh had his preschool orientation this morning. Another milestone as he grows up way faster than I think is necessary.
  
• Malakai is showing a lot lately that he's got a determined and not so easy going side. I guess the next 3yrs will be another wild ride ;)
  
• I don't have a clue how I'm going to host the entire family for Christmas this year...
• ...but we'll all (yep, the whole family) have a holiday not long after that (thanks to my wonderful Grandma!) during which I can relax and recover - I HOPE! We're going somewhere I've never been before and I am just so excited :) lol
• It NEVER ceases to amaze me how much love I have for my children. Despite the 'wild ride' motherhood sometimes brings, I look at them and am overcome with the fiercest love and desire to protect...and I think they're perfect (while also knowing that they are not). Isn't it incredible the way God designed a mother's love?
• my heart goes out (and my prayers) to Shane O'Neill's fiancé Stacy and family. I cannot begin to imagine how they are feeling and pray that God would comfort them at this time.