happy mother's day

there are still days when i look at my two children in complete awe and think to myself, "these two babies are mine? I"M their mother?" i'm still blown away that i'm a mama. it wasn't that long ago that i was just a child, and some days...i still feel like one. its such a strange feeling. isaiah is going on four this year, makayah is going on two and i'm trying to figure out how life somehow fast forwarded. when i was younger it felt like an eternity before i'd even be old enough to wear makeup, and now all i do is turn my head or blink my eyes and BOTH my kids are talking! wow. i realize now that the next 20 years aren't going to come as slowly as my first, and i have to admit, its a little scary. before i know it, i'm going to have a teenager on my hands, a returned missionary, a handsome young groom, a beautiful bride. and since there is nothing i can do to stop time, i'm going to have to revel in these wonderful times of growing up. i have been trying (not very hard, i might add) to potty train isaiah this past year. i maybe tried a for one day each time, and then gave up. i figured he'd do it on his own when he's ready. and this past friday he decided he was ready! he simply told me that he wanted to wear big boy underwear and went on his own. i had been out in the living room with makayah when i heard isaiah yell from the hallway bathroom, "MOM! i went potty - check it out!" i have never been more excited or felt more accomplished in my life - my little boy is potty trained! he's been going on pretty strong this entire weekend. this morning he woke up on his own and went all by himself without any help at all. i was a little surprised, and called out from bed, "isaiah, is that you? do need some help?" and he said, "no mom, its my own business." oh, well then. he has become such a little man with a BIG mouth. you never know what he's going to say. yesterday in our church's ward news letter there was a mother's day section with pictures of everyone's child and why they love their mom. there was isaiah with his hands tugging at his ears and his tongue sticking out. he said, "i love my mom cuz she plays on the playground with me and she wants me to be a super hero that flies up." the laughter bubbled out, man i love that kid! sadly makayah's limited vocabulary kept her from being published as well...next time. however, she has become quite the chatterbox. for the past week she has been saying "please," "pretty," and "milk." sam has also been teaching her to say "PEACE!" when he tells her goodbye. she's getting the hang of it. her most recent word is "baby." she likes to pat my tummy and say it...most likely because i'm pregnant, again. we just found out on friday. its our little surprise baby. we had been TALKING about another baby in a couple months...but i guess the baby just couldn't wait that long. its all so surreal right now, i still can't believe we'll be having another one. both isaiah and makayah are really excited and i think they are ready for another sibling. wow, three kids. :) anyway, i hope you all had a wonderful mother's day. there are so many wonderful mothers in my life and they are all doing such an extraordinary job. i especially admire my mother and my mother-in-law. they are so full of love and so unselfish. i'm extremely lucky to have them in my life.