Your Love is Home: Busy Bees

Life, for my little family has been crazy busy this fall/winter. Since fall, we have traveled to Texas to visit my sister and brother-in-law, Minnesota for Grandpa O'Neill's funeral, Memphis TN for a wedding, Cincinnati OH for a baby shower and Knoxville TN two different times... and all while still adjusting to life with a baby! Phew! At times, I thought I wasn't going to make it back out on the road to our next adventure, but God gave me a patient and strong husband to keep me sane. :)
Stella has seen so much of the world already; she's been to her first NFL game at the Cowboys Stadium (we were blessed with really nice box seats!), been witness to two weddings (even danced with her daddy one), met much of both side's of her daddy's extended family, celebrated new life at a family baby shower, experienced the loss and sadness of another at her great-grandfather's funeral, learned all about Thanksgiving, and is now experiencing her first season of advent and preparing for Christmas! I know Stella won't remember any of these "new experiences" lol, but as I take time to sit and think about all that has transpired here in the last 4 months, I am truly amazed. I have so much to learn in life, but I can't help but be excited and thankful for everything I've learned and am still learning through all this chaos. In becoming a mother, I've learned about love. I have never known a love like the love Danny and I have for our precious babe. I've learned about the pure and beautiful sanctity of life - every life - and my passion for fighting for it has been renewed. I have learned about death and the beauty that can be found in the passing from this life to the next if we so prepare hearts. (Hopefully, I will be able to write a post on this subject alone soon - it has taken up much space in my heart!) I have learned about weaknesses as I have been humbled in my sleepless days and days filled with physical pain. I have also learned about strength and how God always provides it just when we think we can't go on. I could go on and on anout the many things I have learned... but I won't. :) In short, God has been good to take care of us throughout all of our shenanigans and been so gracious to use it all to teach me.

On another, and final for tonight, note... I had never been more thankful to have been snowed in than a few weeks ago. It was the first and only weekend Danny, Stella and I had to just be at home the three of us. We spent it recouping with lots of cuddling and naps, Christmas movies by the Christmas tree, and just enjoying one another. Out of all the crazy weekends I think it was my favorite. SO. GOOD. :)

Anyway, this is all I have time for now but I hope to post more about some of our specific adventures later... we'll just have to see if that happens. :)