EIGHT!

Christian turned eight last week. Can you believe it? It was quite the birthday. Celebrations lasted a week. Really. The highlight was his baptism on Saturday. I will blog about that soon. For now, I will tell you eight things I love about my favorite eight year old.

1. He has old man eyebrows. I can't stand it, I love it so much.

2. He has the best laugh I have ever heard.

3. He loves his family.

4. He's a Mama's boy.

5. He has such a good heart.

6. He is affectionate. He gives fantastic hugs and loves to snuggle.

7. He is hilarious.

8. He is so very thoughtful.

I'm so grateful he's my boy! I love you, Christian!

National Self Appreciation Day?

So, I'm behind on my blogging. Way behind. I've been busy. I'll catch up at some point. I promise. I think.

But, I read my friend Annalia's blog and she posted some self-appreciation. She got the idea from her friend's blog who got it from her friend's blog. (I followed the links because I was curious.) Anyway, I started thinking, what would I write? I could make a list a mile long of the things I don't like, but the things I like? That's hard! And then, I thought of a few things and then thought, I can't put that! What if someone reads this and they disagree? But, that's not OK, is it? That made me decide that I should do this. No matter how uncomfortable it makes me. So here goes. Here is what I like about me:

I'm nice. At least I try to be.

I'm strong. Not physically (though I'm working on it!). I can do hard things.

I am a daughter of God. I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I am willing to do what I believe is right for my family. Even if it makes me weird.

I'm LOVE being a mom. I think I'm a pretty good one, though I want to be even better. I doubt I'll ever be completely satisfied on this one, but I like how hard I try.

I LOVE my babies.

I'm pretty smart. Sometimes.

I am generous. I love to give money or gifts whenever I can to friends and charities.

There you have it. Girls are too hard on themselves. I know I am. We should love ourselves for the wonderful people we are. When did it become so unacceptable to be confident and secure? It's a shame.

So, now all of you should make your own list. What do you like about you?