This year has been full and fast. It seems that the years fly by so fast, especially with the kids. Grace turned 4 this year and Ben turned 2. It is so strange not to have any more babies. I started the year with a "baby", Ben was only 15 months, but now he is 2 years old and talking up a storm. It is amazing what 10 months does in the life of a little one. Grace is blossoming into a beautiful little girl. She isn't a toddler anymore that is for sure. She is a social butterfly and a great big sister.
Peter and I had a big year, I started my jewelry business in Febuary which has been a great success and has been alot of fun. I have really enjoyed finding something that I can excel at and that has provided great blessings for our family. Peter left his job at St. Joseph's Hospital and started a counseling center with a business partner in October and I know that God is going to do great things through Life Builders. Peter and Robbie are challenging the way counseling centers have been done in the past and forging a new path that will impact our community with healing.
Our marriage is stronger today than ever before I believe. We had a rocky couple of months this year, but in the end God spoke words of wisdom into our hearts and years of healing was done in Peter's in one divine conversation. We are truly in pursuit of partnering together and experiencing intimacy in our marriage like never before. I so look forward to a deepening of our relationship.
Being a mom is the toughest role I have for sure. As the kids get older and more of their personality unfolds, it is a constant changing of how to deal with the every day things. Like where does a 4 year old learn to roll her eyes? Or how does Ben know how to be "huffy" with the folded arms and pouty face? They are both very funny and make me laugh all the time, sometimes when I shouldn't. Benjamin has become enamored with burping and saying excuse me, so he likes to make a "burp noise" (it sounds more like a tractor to me) and then say "excuse me" which sounds like "moo me." He also likes to say "Oh Man!" all the time before everything. Grace takes after her mom and has become a proficient hand talker. She is super expressive with her face, you probably have never experienced the excitement she can muster over something as simple as a piece of pink string she found while riding her bike (now coined her "magic ribbon"). She is doing so well in school. She is learning her letters, numbers, she loves to retell stories, and is proud to be able to write her own name. I find myself totally wiped by the end of the day more times than not, they just have so much energy. I am reading a book called, Grace Based Parenting, which I hope will help me as we get into tougher parenting years. As discipline becomes character building versus just trying to keep them safe. I now realize that disciplining a 12 month old so she doesn't stick her finger in the light socket easier than disciplining her now at 4 year olds when she just said "whatever" with more attitude than I would like or figuring out how to explain to my 2 year old that he doesn't always get what he wants despite the fit he is pitching. Anyway, I look forward to what the year brings and I am so blessed to be a mom to these two special and unique little ones.
What's to come for the Dell's:
Well this year Ben will be a ring bearer in a wedding in January. We got his a little 5 piece suit (For $30 can you believe it). We tried the suit on him and he looks SOOOOO adorable, as soon as we put it on he said, "Benny go to work" since Daddy wears dress shirt and pants to work.
I am working hard in my jewelry business to promote to builder and designer by sponsoring other jewelers and hope that I can go to Rally this year in July.
Peter is working hard to help make his business successful. We hope the counseling center will have a great presence in the community and God will direct them to the right places to spend money, resources, and time.
Grace will finish 4's and start kindergarten this year, I can't believe my baby is going to be in school not just preschool.
Ben will be eligible to be in young 3's, but we are not sure if we are going to send him just yet, we will see how the year goes.
Peter and I are both going to start exercising (I know how cliche') but I would really like to run a 5K in March, but I am not sure if I can do it.
We want to connect with people more. We feel like we have had our nose to the grindstone the past couple of years and I don't think we have come up for air, and we miss spending time with people we know, and we really would like to cultivate friendships with new people. We miss having friends to call and relationships with other couples.
Most of all we look forward to spending time together as a family. Deepening our relationships with each other, learning more about our kids and each other, and just living life together. We want our house to be a place where the fragrance of Christ is evident, that our kids call home in the truest sense, and that people feel welcome.
Looking ahead with anticipation and recalling the past with fond memories.
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing! I was sitting here thinking, "I wish I'd gotten to know you better when I was in Tampa." However, I have enjoyed learning a little bit more about you through the world of blogs! I think I could learn a lot from you as a parent...teens roll their eyes and huff too! I pray that 2009 is everything you and PD want it to be and more!
...forgot to mention that you can totally do the 5k and I'm excited for you!
I have enjoyed checking out your blog too. You and Scott look really happy and I am so glad that you both found each other.
As for the run, I am going to try, but no promises as of today.
A 5K? Yowza! That sounds light years away from my exercise goals!haha! You go, girl! Maybe when you guys get into the "hanging out more with friends mode" we can get together. It's been way too long, and I have my new manperson to show you...hahah!
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