"Love comes Easy" the title of my blog.....sounds like a title to a pretty lame romantic comedy. Well, it was either this or 'Geenger Gong' which is what Hendrix suggested. Geenger Gongs are his new made up creatures. They are circles with big eyes and sharp teeth that eat bad guys and they are "WIIILLLDDD!," he says as he shakes his head with a big goofy grin. Pretty creative if you ask me, but I may be bias, I am his mom. His best mom, btw, he gave me an award today (it was a water bottle.)
Really though, I went with this title because I feel like it's been true. When I married my husband, I knew I loved him. When I had my first son, I felt what real love is. I'm not going to explain what I mean by this. If you're a mother, you have a pretty good idea. Now, what I mean in my title is that all the emotions I struggle with everyday (lately there has been a whole lot of stress) anger, sadness...but I mean the good ones too, happiness, tranquility (HA!), satisfaction; the loving part comes easy.
I'm going to jump to about a year and some months back. I'd say Hendrix was about 18 months. We were at the mall shopping, and I had been struggling with Hendrix to stay in the stroller. We walked by the cookie stand, and I realized we both needed a break. I grabbed a couple cookies, one for me, one for him, and we sat on the bench and waited for Aaron outside a shop. I sat Henri down next to me, handed him his peanut butter cookie, and placed a cold icee between us. Hendrix munched on his cookie, kicking his feet, and babbled away at me. Pointing to all the things he saw, and asking me questions about this big curious world he was still trying to figure out. I'd tell him about all the shops, and pointed to things we saw. An adorable little blonde girl walked by and Hendrix gave a big smile and waved. (This is turning into a long story about us sharing a cookie :) Anyways, it was in this moment, if it hadn't happened a million times before, that I realized Hendrix was everything I ever wanted in a child, in my life even. He was my little preview of heaven. I think all girls imagine what their children will be like. All the fun things you'll do together, what they will look like. What my children turned out to be, are far better than I ever could have pictured. I am so lucky to have this creative young boy in my life, and now I have gotten EVEN luckier (if it is at all possible) with the surprise of my twin boys Bennett and Maxton. Even though this is a tough time in my life (having twin babies while raising a 3 year old has NOT been easy), I am loving my life. Now let's see if I can make time to keep up with this blog :)
