Today

I am not to sure what we are going to do....I did nothing on my "To Do" list yesterday

The kids said they want a break from reading and they will start reading next week.

So I gave them that.

I was a little stressed out and depressed yesterday so we had an

"easy" day

Nothing makes me more excited and stress free then doing yard work

I love to mow the grass, trim the bushes, pick the weeds.

I LOVE it!

Tuesdays are usually my "yard" days but our trash was full Tuesday, so I did it yesterday.

So today is a see what it brings us type of day.

The kids are glues to the TV and I can not force them to go outside in the heat.

So I'm sure we will figure something out.

It is already 10 and I have yet to shower and get ready for the day :(

However there is ONE thing I do know....DINNER is at the Native New Yorker tonight ;)

A little story about my Samantha

She is beautiful, she is amazing, she is one of my greatest rewards.

I found out I was pregnant with her Spring Break of 2008.

I felt little flutters as I was holding my 6 month old baby boy.

I thought to myself....I have heard stories and NO way did they forget or miss another child growing inside me.

So I took a test that I had, came up positive instant.

NO WAY?

So when my sweet handsome husband came home from picking up the boys that day,

I told him,

"We need to talk"

I brought him to our room and handed him my test.

He looks at me and says "Really?!?!?!"

At this point I had no thoughts I was blank.

I was 10 weeks by the time I saw the Dr.

I knew I had wanted another one but in a few years or so.

So as my pregnancy went on, I'd cry, I would cry so much because I didn't think I could love her.

I didn't want her, I didn't feel emotionally attached to her.

I didn't even care to find out the sex of her.

I just knew she was a girl because I felt that she was.

She was due 3 days before Thanks Giving Day.

I told my Dr he needed to induce me, I couldn't carry her anymore.

So he got me in on the 18Th.

After I had her they handed her to me.

I looked at her, Russ looked at her and I said

"This is YOUR baby, and I already named her Samantha"

He smiled so BIG and said "I like that name"

he always wanted a Samantha.

As days, months, and a year has gone by.

I Thank our Heavenly Father for this Surprise he has given me.

Samantha and I have an amazing bond now and I am so blessed.

My mom always prayed for me to have a little girl JUST like ME.

I couldn't deny it at all.

She is BOSSY, MEAN, and SASSY

just like I was when I was a little girl.

I LOVE it.

She is precious.

This morning after I got her out of her crib I set her down, and I watched her play a little.

She of course insisted on playing in my lap.

Showing me all of her toys.

And smacking me in the face when I looked lost in thoughts.

Her and I are inseparable.

She is great, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Russ still reminds me she is HIS baby.

;)

I am so Blessed!