Bubbling Over....

This morning was NOT a nice start.

After a crazy hot night and not a lot of sleep to be had, this morning the result was not pretty.

Woken at an ungodly hour by my early riser Mr D,

the tiredness raised its ugly head and the volume of my voice was certainly not the 'inside' voice 

I commonly ask the boys to adhere to.

Que lots of tears and craziness from both mumma and boys.

A little later in the morning as I watched Mr D playing quietly at the kitchen table,

God was working his magic.

Here was my moment.

The moment of forgiveness.

This is how the conversation played out.

Me: 'Sweetheart, I'm really sorry about how I reacted this morning. I should not have yelled the way I did. Did I hurt your feelings?'

Mr D: 'Yes mum you did, but I forgive you.'

Me: 'Thanks babe, I really appreciate it.'

Then the conversation took a turn that will be forever a teaching moment in my motherhood journey.

Me: 'Do you think I am a bad mummy?'

Mr D: (with shock in his face) 'Of course not mummy, you are a great mum. You are a wonderful, beautiful mum.'

Yes there were many tears. 

My gorgeous, softhearted Firstborn showed me once again the powerful impact of unconditional love.

Wow what a kid!

1/52

I stumbled across this lovely blog this morning.

There i found out about the 52 Project.

I have decided to join in.

I'm hoping to each week post a photo of a moment in that week that 

totally captured my heart. 

One of those moments where time stood still.

A moment when my heart stopped beating for that few seconds/minutes when nothing else around me matters.

Its these moments that will forever be etched into my mind.

This moment did exactly that.

That is my husband with two of our boys 

and three of our nieces.

It was a late afternoon impromptu trip to the beach on a rather hot day.

As my sister and I sat on the edge with our littlest bubbas we watched on as

he happily interacted with our gorgeous cherubs.

This may not seem much to anyone else though 

for me knowing what he was like when we first had kids to now,

wow! what a transformation. 

I love this man and all these Little's to the moon and back.

THIS moment, my word, completely captured my heart.

Pop over and check out Jodie, maybe you might want to join in too.

Kristie xx

A Day At the Beach

one of those days when life was just that good.

How are you spending your Holidays?

Kristie xx

Quietness

These are the moments that re-fuel.
The moments that are sometimes few and far between.
With hubby home and Mr D on school holidays, I'm enjoying these moments just a little more than usual.
Hope your having a lovely holiday and for those that may not be with those you love, I pray you find some peace and comfort in the Saviour that was born for this season.
Much love xxx

Merry Christmas

From mine to yours
Have a Very Merry Christmas.
xoxo

Is It Ever Really Over....Can We Ever Move Forward

A friend lost her baby this past weekend.
A 20 week ultrasound appointment that had her excited to find out what colour would be the newest addition to her home ,blue or pink.
Aside from the annoying feeling of needing desperately to pee before your bladder explodes, the emotion and excitement, the jittery feelings that overtake your mind and body completely shuts out the annoyance of needing to pee as you wait for your name to be called. You are about to see your precious miracle again and see how much it has grown, the features that are beautifully developing.
You are about to find out the question that is on everyone's lips Boy or Girl.
This is most probably what my friend was feeling.
But for her those next few moments after her name was called, the small chit chat about how she has been going while she climbs up on the bed, as the cool gel is squeezed onto her belly, she turns to look at the screen.....
The lady goes quiet....
The next moment will forever change her life, her world will come crashing down around like she could never imagine.
Her entire body will give out and her breathe will stop.
'I'm sorry, There is no heartbeat'
These words......
Forever changes you.

I'm heartbroken for my friend, and I'm angry.
So many emotions are within me right now.
So many horrible, world crashing memories are filling my mind.
When will it ever stop?
When will it ever get better?

Her baby is gone.
My baby is gone.

My Loves

For those of you who are new to my little blog space I thought id introduce the loves of my life.

For those that have been friends for a while here is a little update.

This is the incredible man I get to call my husband.

Man alive he has been my saving grace many times over, my incredible pillar of strength.

I am extremely blessed to have him in my life and thank Jesus everyday that he sent him back from heaven (that story certainly needs its on post when i have the strength to write it).

This Sunday 9th December we will be celebrating our 

sixth year wedding anniversary.

My, My how time has flown by.

This is our Firstborn Mr D.

He has just turned 7 this year and by golly he is growing into an extraordinary young man.

He is a lover of Jesus and all things ninjas.

He has the most sweetest heart and is always up for a laugh.

This here would be our second born Mr G.
This photo pretty much sums him up.

Totally the clown of our family, always making us laugh.

He has completely captured our hearts.

He craves your attention 100% of the day.

If he is awake, he will make sure that you are with him in some way or another.

He may be quite strong-willed though an absolute sweetheart.

Our third born Mr E.

WOW!!!!

He came into the world in a mighty rush, eager to see what all the fuss was

on the outside.

It seems he may have got a rude shock and decided it was all 

a bit much.

He then proceeded to protest about it for the first 5 months of his life.

Amongst the countless sleepless nights/days we learnt that 

our precious little man was showing us very early on that

he was most certainly a physical touch little boy.

As long as you were near him and filled his love tank he was

content.

And now he can not stop being called the happy little bubba by

everyone we meet.

He has certainly turned our world upside down.

We are a crazy bunch but by golly we have a fierce love for each other.

Kristie xx