christmas is just around the corner ;)

this is completely random but, i  really miss my husband!  i mean i always see him and even have conversations with him, but i miss having fun with just him.  the one on one kinda fun... just between him and me, where i'm not having to share him with kids, phones, computers, or video games!  sometimes i think about how i married this wonderfully handsome, kind hearted man, who could always make me laugh... and it's like i don't get to see that any more. there just isn't enough time in the day.  last night when he got home we spent the entire evening with just us. laughing, joking, and having fun just like when we were dating.  we've decided that on top of striving on being great parents we need to strive on staying true to one another.  true in the sense that we don't loose sight on what we first had.  i think that it is to often children come into a couples life and suddenly that couple who was once one start unraveling into their own separate worlds and before they realize it, it's to late.  i am just so thankful to have a husband who saw that i felt like something was missing and knew me well enough to know how to make me feel loved and special again without me saying a word....

completely random, and i'm somewhat embarrassed that people may read this, but it is just something i felt like i needed to see in front of me.  :)



onto a much happier topic....

i am so excited about christmas, it's like i'm a kid myself!  today when we went to what the kids like to call "cookie mall"  everyone got so excited to see all the christmas decorations going up!  this picture makes me smile cause the kiddos did that all on their own.  they spotted that small little tree in a window and all stopped just to look at it (in that order too).  levi talks daily about all the things he wants santa to bring him. and for the first time today, mentioned the fact that christmas is the day baby jesus was born.  i felt so proud to be his mommy while he explained in his own little 3 year old understanding mind about how jesus came to save the world.  the best part about this is my sweet little alivia who would randomly say "ooohh" which is her new most favorite word, as though she was honestly listening and understand what levi was talking about.....

i know i have mentioned this before but i just really love these three little people god has given me.