I am enough

Today is February 1st.

How did that happen? Wasn't it JUST Christmas?

Well, as we start the month of L.O.V.E., i was reminded by something pretty important.

Ashley at littlemissmomma.com wrote a post today about being enough. about LOVING yourself.

I often am consumed with my love for others that i forget to love myself too. I'm actually pretty hard on myself and not very nice to myself alot of the time. So I'm taking Ashley's advice and i'm writing my "enough" statement.

I am Enough.

I am full of love and light.

I am extremely loyal and love with my whole heart.

I enjoy watching others try and SUCCEED. 

I love making new friends even though it scares me to open myself up.

I am a woman who wants to be a mom,

and sometimes I'm sad that I'm not--but that's OKAY. 

I know that I am a daughter of a KING--my Heavenly Father is my best friend.

I cherish the relationships I have with my brothers and my husband.

I like to think that my eyes can see into someones heart and mind, my smile can sympathize and help uplift, and my heart can reach out and love others.

I'm silly, but strong. Sensitive, but not weak. 

I try, even when I say that I give up. and then i keep trying. I try to be better everyday.

I know I have faults, and I recognize this, but I won't be defined by them.

I AM enough. I'm me--exactly who I should be.

Take Ashley's challenge. Write an Enough statement about yourself. If not on your blog, then in your journal. Its good to reflect on the person you are and make sure that you are loving yourself.

Happy February everyone!

Jeff and Mindy

Jace and I are blessed to come from loving families. 

I have 3 brothers--who i'm pretty sure are just the coolest and funnest guys in the world.

Jace has 2 brothers and 1 sister--and he thinks they are pretty "boss" in every sense of the word (i mean he IS the baby of the family after all)

Well, it seems that our immediate Hunt family is destined to have to work a bit harder to add to our family. Each of us (with the exception of Josh and Jamie) 

seem to be having trouble having babies on our own.

Jace's older brother Jeff and his wife Mindy are unable to have children, so they adopted our sweet, spunky niece Grace almost 6 years ago. 

WELL, they are now feeling the push in their hearts to adopt again! They have a website up and running as of TODAY! Please take a minute and look it over, and share with your friends via pinterest, Instagram, blogging, Facebook  twitter, email, 

and any other social media there is out there! 

With enough people spreading the word I'm sure that they'll find the next addition

 to their family in no time.

jeffandmindyadopt.com

Today

Today has pretty much been a great day so far.

My brother and his wife and little girl came into the store to get their ring fixed...

and we talked...

and then i got to go to lunch with them.

So not only did i get to break up my day with seeing my family at work,
but i got food.

My belly and heart are happy.

I consider that a good day.

:)

Baby on the Brain

Always. 

I always seem to have 'baby' on my mind. 

Everyone I know seems to be getting pregnant.

 (found out another cousin and friend are expecting!)

Or trying to get pregnant. 

(a few friends and of course me--and my SIL is having a surgery done today to help)

Or trying to adopt.

(My BIL and SIL sent out New Year/Adoption cards yesterday...

jeffandmindyadopt.com)

Or, you know, HAVING babies and bringing them home.

:)

Yesterday was so fun. We found out that both of our twin nephews were HOME from the NICU!!! We had met them, of course, but hadn't yet been able to hold them. So we kinda rushed over to ooo and ahhh over the newest additions to our family. 

Baby A is Alaric LaVell!

Baby B is Ryker Rulon!

(These pictures are Jamie's from the hospital. Aren't they so cute?!)

They are so tiny!! and as I sat there looking at these little miracles, I started crying.

(Seeing my husband snuggling Ryker and kissing his tiny head didn't help either)

We also got to see our niece Grace (shes almost 6! what?!) and then we

went to dinner with my family where our other niece Jane was babbling to no one about everything! The only downside to yesterday was that Corbin and Alyssandra weren't there. They get to hang out with their grandma and grandpa and uncles in St. George.

We are so grateful for the sweet spirits of our nieces and nephews and love them so so much! We are hoping that 2013 is the year of the Baby.

We are trying.

My brother Jeff and his wife are looking to add to their family.

Jeff and Mindy are trying to adopt.

Jen and Ken are hoping to have a baby.

and we just added 2, thanks to Josh and Jamie.

Babies are so wonderful. Children in general, are so wonderful. I know they can be and are: difficult, frustrating, messy, exhausting, and expensive...but they are also loving, sweet, funny,  light of our lives, and children of our Heavenly Father.

I read a blog post today by one of my favorite women, Shawni at 71toes.com
(I first met her at Time Out for Women a couple of years ago, and then found out that she lives in my cousins ward. So, naturally, she and i are best friends now.)  :)

But the post was about motherhood. And how in the world today motherhood, having families, and child rearing are viewed as archaic ideas. They hold women back from reaching their potential of a stellar career, making lots of money, and having nice, expensive things.

And seeing as ALL i want, is to be a mom--this made me mad...but mostly so very sad.
What a wonderful GIFT children are from our Heavenly Father.
I cant wait until its my turn to become a mother...so that my "career" will have the most meaning in the world, make me President and CEO,
and make me richer than money ever could. 

Worth it.

So far its been alot of Doctor appointments.

Alot of tests.

and Alot of medications (that have made me sick).


But i have to keep reminding myself that it will all be MORE than worth it.

Twins are here!!

My SIL Jamie went into labor naturally (4 days before her scheduled c-section) 

and just had her twin boys!!!

 I cant believe they are really here!!! For so long, poor Corbin was out numbered as the only boy cousin on the hunt side with an older girl cousin Grace, and his little sister Alyssandra. 

Now that Alaric and Ryker are here that is no longer the case!

 The Hunt men are taking over!!!
(I'm allowed to say their names now that Jamie and Josh were able to tell her dad that they named Ryker after him--yay!)

I am so gosh darn happy for her and josh. I cant believe what a freaking rock star Jamie has been. Not only did they conceive twins naturally, she carried them FULL TERM while chasing after her 4 and 3 year olds, as well as going UP and DOWN stairs everyday in their house. Just thinking about it, I cant believe it. She truly is awesome.

We babysat Corbin and Alyssandra last night while we waited to go to the hospital.

We then were able to go to the hospital last night to see Jamie, Josh, and the boys.
Josh had posted a picture to Instagram that made Alaric look like a giant, but that's not the case. They both are tiny (but amazing sized for twins! just over and just under 6 pounds), and just so stinking cute!! Josh and Jamie certainly make adorable kids, that's for sure.

(I was going to take a picture or 2 of the boys, but when we went into the NICU i read a sign that said to turn off your phones. Little did I know that I could've taken pictures! Darn it.)

Then we went to take Corbin and Alyssandra back home to wait for their Grandma and Grandpa who were on their way from St. George! Too bad it ended up so late--they fell asleep before they got there, but i'm sure they had a very nice surprise to wake up to!

Now here's hoping that they boys will be ready to come home with Jamie in a few days!!!

Socks

The most marvelous thing happened a few days ago.

I found a washer/dryer set on Craigslist...

Jace gave the okay...

and we went and picked them up that very night.

We hooked them up.

and I did laundry all weekend.

and was GIDDY about it!!!

Who knew that i would be so happy to do LAUNDRY.

anyways...

as i was putting my socks away, i remembered a story from our first few weeks of marriage.

In our first house (we were renters of course), the landlady had a washer and dryer.

I had done laundry one day and Jace was helping me fold it and put it away.

He held up a pair of my everyday socks and made the comment (so seriously i might add):

"Why in the world do we have baby socks?"

I laughed because I thought he was joking and making fun of me for being so small.

Nope. He was dead serious.

He thought my socks were baby socks.

And it wasn't until I put on my sock that he actually believed me that it fit.

I thought of that story and just laughed. And I realized that I wanted to write that down somewhere so I don't forget. Its the little things in life, right??