baby showers

yesterday, i had the amazing experience of socializing with other women my age who were in similar circumstances... i went to a baby shower.   it was so pleasant, i do enjoy telling stories and laughing and making other people laugh too!  we talked about everything motherhood.  from how to love and raise your children, to giving birth naturally vs. not (we prefer naturally), to clean and dirty homes, to clean and unshowered moms, to past experiences and places we have been.  i left feeling richer for the experience.

right now, josh is laying on the floor clinging to the possibility of a nap while his children tumble over him and laugh and giggle... i don't think the nap will happen... i am so glad my children like/love each other and that my husband plays with them too.
today, at church i had a similar experience as i did at the baby shower... just feeling surrounded by good people and lots of love every where.... i especially love the mother's room... a place where mothers go to feed and change their children (the men have a changing table too... but they give women a room with chairs and couches also!)... every time i am in this room i feel i make new friends and learn new and useful things for parenting ...  or at the very least strengthened knowing there are mothers who are experiencing what i am and doing it gracefully, as gracefully as imperfect people can :)...
i feel full right now, full of life and love and joy... gratitude for the good things we have... a happy family who loves one another... we aren't perfect... life hasn't been easy... but it has its moments were love seems to be overflowing...

other things that happened this week...
asher told me twice... once when he wouldn't let me rock him to sleep (i told him, he was growing big and one day i wouldn't be able to anymore)  and another time when he threw a tantrum... he said "mom, it's going to be okay"... when did he get to be so smart! and tenderhearted!

we also, took a trip to the park ... all four of us... it was pleasant... asher chasing bubbles and isaac eating grass...
josh and i have been discovering the Marx brothers... so funny! (asher likes them too!)

and isaac has been perfecting his inch worm crawl and becoming smarter and smarter every day!