Since I posted last, Brandon and Laura are back....:) They miss camp and their friends and have already signed up for next year. The friendships they're making are so positive....they get a chance to see what it's like to have people in their lives who have fun and be happy with no negative drama. I love that! We had an ice cream/molten cake celebration on Friday for all the kids. They were so happy to see their older brother and sister! I've got more pictures and a DVD they made I want to show if i ever get the chance. This is the video from last year. Seeing these young people at camp gives hope for the future.
Savannah weighed 18 lbs at her dr. appt. She's in the 50th percentile on the growth chart. Pretty good for a 32 wk. preemie. We've been fortunate having 2 preemie babies and they're doing so well. I look back and think of what could've gone wrong, and the developmental issues that we could've been dealing with, but there's no evidence of any of that in Audrey or Savannah. I don't ever want to go through it again...the stress of a premature birth.....I know that for sure. I was just thinking....it's been 9 months since I had Savannah....I'm happy to be at a good weight--I've been up and down so many times over the years and now I'm back to where I was before my first pregnancy with Brandon, over 16 yrs. ago. It feels good to be here again.
Today is Brandon's birthday!!....16 yrs. old...I can't believe it....i'm so proud of him...and it makes me happy to hear other people saying they think the world of him, he's such a good kid, his Facebook friends and others who wished him a happy birthday...because there's a few people who have caused trouble over the years with mean words...
Speaking of being proud, I love all my kids for who they are. I don't understand parents who don't. A child doesn't fit in like they thought they should so they get ignored, left out of things, talked about, lied about. I see parenting as unconditional love and while I may get disappointed in some wrong choices made, I could never not love them because they chose a different path or have different interests or whatever. Say I like to play tennis, but my child doesn't...I like to go to the beach, but my child doesn't.....or they wear their hair a certain way of all fr things(my kids love the beach and like tennis and I love their hair--these are just ex. making a point and the last one I'm coming to the defense of one of my own)...anyway, I still love them even if they don't like what I like.... or making a big deal over certain things that aren't a big deal (to me, in the grand scheme of things, what is really that big a deal to be so disappointing to a parent--besides a life of crime, I can't think of anything); I'd hope I'd never make a big issue over something trivial that tears a relationship down, because at some point you could lose someone over stupid disagreements and having to be right all the time. That would not be worth it.....or get mad at someone for making different choices than I would. It's not fair to use your power as a parent to do that to your children.
Raising them with values, teaching them the best you can along the way, then letting them live their life.....find things to be proud of them for and tell them. Look for the positive in what they do...love them for who they are, because it's pretty egotistical to think everyone should be like you and then get mad if they're not. Relationships are so much better when people can be who they want to be, and be happy for them for living their life the way they want to. And then maybe everybody can be fulfilled and happy.
Speaking of being proud, I love all my kids for who they are. I don't understand parents who don't. A child doesn't fit in like they thought they should so they get ignored, left out of things, talked about, lied about. I see parenting as unconditional love and while I may get disappointed in some wrong choices made, I could never not love them because they chose a different path or have different interests or whatever. Say I like to play tennis, but my child doesn't...I like to go to the beach, but my child doesn't.....or they wear their hair a certain way of all fr things(my kids love the beach and like tennis and I love their hair--these are just ex. making a point and the last one I'm coming to the defense of one of my own)...anyway, I still love them even if they don't like what I like.... or making a big deal over certain things that aren't a big deal (to me, in the grand scheme of things, what is really that big a deal to be so disappointing to a parent--besides a life of crime, I can't think of anything); I'd hope I'd never make a big issue over something trivial that tears a relationship down, because at some point you could lose someone over stupid disagreements and having to be right all the time. That would not be worth it.....or get mad at someone for making different choices than I would. It's not fair to use your power as a parent to do that to your children.
Raising them with values, teaching them the best you can along the way, then letting them live their life.....find things to be proud of them for and tell them. Look for the positive in what they do...love them for who they are, because it's pretty egotistical to think everyone should be like you and then get mad if they're not. Relationships are so much better when people can be who they want to be, and be happy for them for living their life the way they want to. And then maybe everybody can be fulfilled and happy.
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It's good to see moms that appreciate and love their children!
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