Happy Father's day

     Since today is Father's day I thought I would share some of my favorite memories so far of my hubby with our kiddo's.

   My first was when our son was born. When he was born my hubby was so nervous about holding him. After about 2 hours he finally said he was ready to hold him. I remember handing him our son, and watching him as he looked into our son's face. It was an amazing moment.

  My second is when our son was about 2 months old. I was getting up to take a shower and asked Joel if he would watch the baby. Joel was laying and bed and told me to lay the baby next to him. When I got out of the shower I found Wyatt and Joel curled up on the bed together in exactly the same sleeping position as the other, both sound asleep.

  My third, is when I had our daughter. We were still in the hospital and Joel and Autumn were laying on the bed side by side, he was talking to her looking she was looking right back at him. Watching the bond they already had and how his voice soothed her was incredicable.

   My forth has been all those weekends when all 3 of them have disappered, and I go walking out to the barn or shop and find all 3 of them either working in the garden, or putting together a tractor. Watching them follow around their daddy threw the garden, or Joel trying to put a tractor tranny back together while wyatt loosens all the bolts Joel has just tightened and Autumn takes a wrench to a tire, and watching Joel realize that all those bolts need to be tightened again and instead of getting upset he just shows Wyatt how to tighten them. He is incrediably patient !!!

   And my fifth even though its not my last as I have way to many favorite moments to list is, With all three pregnancies Joel has and is talking to the babies the whole time I am pregnant threw my belly. At night while in bed he would sit and talk to all of them for hours. He has just started this with this baby. He told me the other night it was his way of bonding with the babies since he isn't the one carrying them. When they were old enough for us to feel or see, I would feel them come closer to him as he began to talk, and react at times by kicking or moving around. Or the times when baby had been quiet all for a long time not moving at all and he would come home from work and as soon as they heard him talking  they would wake up and start kicking away. What was even more incrediable was when they were born and he would talk and they would immedietly begin looking for him . The bond he had already created with them even before they were born was AMAZING !!!

    My hubby truely is a amazing father, and I look forward to many more amazing moments with him as we raise our children together !!

       Happy Father's Day honey, You truely are the World's best father in my eyes !!! We all LOVE YOU !!
                    

Oh how I miss my energy

       Before I got pregnant I would wake up between 5am & 6 am and would be up till sometime between 11pm & 2am . I could go all day cleaning house, chasing after 2 kids, caring for all the horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, rabbits, hamsters, cats & dogs, Checking and mending fences, caring for the gardens ( we have 2) and all the other things that need done on a daily basis around here. I normally would only sit to eat a meal, or while doing paperwork, but I was lucky if that lasted a hour.
 
     Now that I am 7 weeks pregnant....... I have lost all my energy. I now wake whenever I can get my eyes to somehow peel open ( normally around 7 or 8) once I can get my morning sickness to let up enough that I can go out to the barn without having to stop and lay down in the middle of the field or puke my guts up, I go out and feed the animals, then come in and collapse on the couch for around 1 hour. Im lucky if I can complete any one task, and most days im lucky if I can even start a everyday task. I normally find myself ready for bed around noon but must keep my eyes till the second my hubby walks in the door, then I am out cold.

   I hate not having any energy, I am a clean freak and hate dirty dishes in the sink, unswept floors, and not being able to mop, dust and clean the bathrooms on a daily basis. I used to get my daily task list finished then head into town for some retail therapy, but now don't even have the energy to drive down the drive way and get the mail. Everyone keeps reassuring me my energy will reappear, and oh how I can't wait. By that time it will take months to catch up around here........