The baby turns 6

referral picture when he was in S. Korea

Here is what my heart and mind are swirling with right now.  Hudson turns 6 tomorrow.  Our last little one.  He is missing his 2 top front teeth.  Do you have any idea how adorable that is?  He still takes his blankie to school. In many ways he is a little boy.  But, this isn’t my first rodeo.  With age 6 comes more peer influence, learning to read, play dates, independence, steps toward becoming a big kid. It is bittersweet to watch the baby of the family grow up.  Heck, he just joined our family at age 22 months so we missed his first 2 years.Truth is, and this is where most of you will tune me out as nuts, if I wasn’t in grad school, and thus not so exhausted,  we were not about to embark on college for Carter, and if we had a family member to help with everyday childcare juggling, we (and yes, Mike loves it just as much as I do) would almost certainly be on the list to adopt a special needs toddler girl living an an orphanage in Asia.  We love children.  We do a decent job of providing a loving and safe home for children. Our eyes are wide open to the huge need for warm, loving, parents to step up and say “You are important, you matter, you are NOT an orphan any longer” to the 150 million children in the world who have no parents to raise them. 
But, all good things must come to an end.  There is a very fun and sweet future for our family....a family of big kids....not little kids forever. We are having fun and enjoy no more diaper bags, no more daycare, no more sippy cups.  Yes, big kids are special and sweet!