Moments

    Hi. It has been a very long time since I last posted. Long enough to be pregnant again and have baby turn one. Yep . I had another one. I am at 7. Lol I wasn't planning on it but I am so glad. I wouldn't change anything about my life no matter how hard or stressful it gets. Life kind of ran away with me.

    In the last 21 months my hair got super long and I had to chop it all off again, I haven't lost any weight since my last post (obviously) man does post-baby weight suck or what? Any way the kids are all growing SO much I can't blink anymore or they'll be grown and gone.
   My oldest, JS, started middle school and now is a full fledged angsty preteen, only things he likes is video games, and his phone lately. My second, ME, is growing into such a beautiful young lady, just turned 10 this week. So excited to have her party this weekend. My third, JT, is getting more and more mischievous every day, there is a sweet side deep down inside him hopefully some one-on-one time will help that side come out more.  My fourth, TR, began school, and is just so bright and fun. He doesn't like how first grade takes him away longer, he misses me a lot. My fifth, ID, is going to start school next year she is so excited. Their aunt came back home after 19 months of not seeing her (on a mission) and she is much more happy now. My sixth, WR, is getting big so fast, loves sports. We are going to attempt potty training this week ahhh. And finally my seventh, ZE, she is so beautiful and getting big. She is walking and talking (the best she can) and just a little ball of fun and energy.

    Also our fur family has grown. We have had one ferret named Sephiroth for almost 3 years now and I just love him. This year I got a sweet calico cat and we named her Calipso, my husband bought me a baby ferret for our anniversary,she is so beautiful her name is Jenova. A few months ago we bought a golden retriever puppy. We named him Atreyu, he is ... energetic, but he is really growing on me.

   I got to have a snow day yesterday with my little ones. Which is unusual because our school district has the reputation of sending kids to school in 2+ feet of snow. It was fun and I am glad I got the opportunity to have quality time with my babies without having to be the grouchy mom over chores and homework. For one moment it was just me and my kids, and I could be me.

   I have decided to start another blog entirely just for my writing. That is momyliawriting.blogspot.com. Mostly for practice to see myself grow. I have also started one to do a photo journal and my art, momyliaphotosandart.blogspot.com. I picked up painting in the summer of 2014 and I have been addicted since then. It'll be some time before I get anything posted on these, but I will. I still love video games. I still crochet and one day I will figure out knitting.

   Life is just so great even with all of the sadness going on the world. I am truly blessed. I have many struggles but I am free, alive and well. I am so thankful for that. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people who lost their lives, were wounded, lost loved ones or who witnessed all of the terrible acts happening across the world. Hopefully someday we will all know peace. One day at a time, one moment at a time. I am so thankful for every moment and every snow day.

To quote a movie I love . "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Beuller 

    It is so nice to be back to my blog and I can't wait to post more.