What to do...

I take so many photos that it's almost overwhelming when I get new scrap suppies for me to decide what I'm going to scrap next. Those top three pictures of Brock just make me smile...he was just being 'so himself' as he ate his icecream cone and goofed off in front of his friend. When I heard the name of the collection this month at SIS was Shabby Rockstar I just knew I wanted to scrap something for Brock.
He is such a one-of-a-kind kid, and I know that all kids are. But I am trying to make sure HE knows it all his life. I want him to know {and my girls too!} that they don't have to grow up and be "rock stars" (in fact one of my wishes is that they won't!) to be considered amazing in this world.
The fact is they are already each amazing to me in their own rights, and as long as they keep staying true to who they are, then I think they are all headed for great things. And by great I mean, the character qualities that we, their families and friends and teachers, see in them already. The love, the goodness, the fun and the thoughtfulness. Granted, these things comes and go, at the most interesting times and over the smallest things...like who gets to drink out of which sippy cup-there is a lot of drama involved with major events like that!
But more often than not, I see so much potential in all my kids, that I still put my head down on my pillow at night and wondered how I got picked to be their mom. It's a really wonderful thing. So I scrapped Brock a page {here}- hoping that he will not lose sight, or succumb to the wrong messages about himself that this world is sure to send him as he grows up. I love that he is kind-hearted and isn't afraid to show the 'real Brock' to those of us who are lucky to be around him from day to day.
Yesterday we enjoyed the afternoon playing outside and grilling with some friends. I make a point of trying to get a family photo each 4th of July, as it was the last time we had a family picture with Teagan. I like that I can look back and compare and see how we are growing and changing and it's just a good chance to get a picture...sometimes the next one doesn't come until Christmas! =)
Our hearts do ache for Teagan when we have special days without her. But then I remind myself that I was lucky. VERY lucky to have even had her in my life at all.