Emotions

I haven't had much time to blog lately, or at least to actually sit down and type it out and post it. I have an ongoing blog in my head and some things I've wanted to write about, but tonight I can only cry. Twice today I have been caught by surprise tears. Alright, so I'm pregnant and I don't sleep more than 3 hours a night...but still...

First it was the dolphins, which I didn't even get a decent photo of because my camera died after taking the photo BEFORE we saw the dolphins. Of course. I don't know what it is about those animals, but I have loved them since the 4th grade when I wrote my first research paper on bottlenose dolphins. I recall once seeing them in the ocean, but not really clearly. I knew there were dolphins at The Hilton today and we were even looking for them, but when suddenly they were right in front of me the tears just came out without warning! They were so beautiful. The dolphins, that is. Peter laughed and said, "Wow Jen, I didn't know you loved dolphins so much!" Ha!

Tonight it was the photo of Aaron. I took a few pictures of the marker mess he made this evening and, after I put the boys to bed, I uploaded them to my computer. I saw this one photo and noted Aaron's cute little cheeks and just something about his sweet baby face and the tears turned on again! Then I really got myself going because I imagined Aaron going off to college and me looking back at this photo and trying to remember what he was like when he was 20 months old, but not being able to. Suddenly I wanted to freeze time and keep my little boys just as they are forever!!!

I so enjoy the things my boys do and say. Like after our lunch at the Macaroni Grill in Waikoloa today, I sat outside the restaurant with the boys while Peter paid the bill. We sat around a fountain and Alex pulled a few pennies up from the bottom and asked me what they were in there for. I told him people made wishes and threw them in there. So he decided to try it out, making his three wishes out loud. Here's what they were:

1) I want batteries for my Leapster.
2) I want my baby brother to have his very own train.
3) I want Alyma Joy to come out!

I was so touched by his selfless wishes! He wanted only batteries for himself, and batteries he will get!