Luke...can I take your picture?

Yesterday was Luke's first day at his little preschool that a few of us from the ward are doing. As you can see he was very cooperative in letting me document this day. I think I chased him down (which actually then turned into a game) for about 15 minutes and this was pretty much all I had to show for it. This is his new thing lately. If he doesn't want to go somewhere- he runs and hides. Some days it turns into laps around the house and others it is an exercise routine for our lungs as we are doing a lot of talking in various tones and octives! I dropped him off for school and he cried, I had to rush out of there while he was in distress. That is not the fun part of parenting I have to admit. Luke especially is hard to leave crying because of the anguish that is on his face in times like those. But he got through it and I think even had some fun, yoohoo!! We'll try it again next week and see how that goes. I had 2 whole hours to myself, well okay I had Mia, but only having a baby to tote around was wonderful and easy. It was almost like having the time to myself. She pretty much slept the whole time. It was nice to have the peace and simplicity that the one brought but at the same time I have to admit that I was bored! Luke is my comedian and Mckenna asks so many questions that it forces me to be creative in coming up with ways to entertain her as well as answer her questions in a way that a 7 year old will understand. And Mia, my sweet little princess, she is so fun and cute and round and oh my gosh I love having a little one around! I love being a mom! My kids bring me so much joy, a lot of the time, that being a mom is so much fun! I really struggled for awhile with not feeling like I was doing anything with myself, no career or anything. But now I can say I wouldn't want to do anything else, I can see now that the Lord puts great importance on the role of a mother and there is so much responsibility that comes with that. Along with that responsibility comes immeasurable love and joy--most days of course.

I do actually have a lot to report today, okay a lot for a Gibson! Let me start with yesterday. Mckenna had her well check up with her doctor. Most of you wouldn't think that is a big deal, well, let me tell you around here it is. I dread taking her to the doctor. Last year for instance, I had to chase her down and literally drag her in the front doors of the doctors office. She kicked and screamed at the nurses who were just trying to get her weight and heighth. Yeah fun huh? That was a typical doctors visit for the last 7 years. She has pretty severe anxiety issues. I have cried so many tears to try and figure out how to get past that. I am happy to report that yesterday we had no tears, no kicking, no screaming, nothing. Complete cooperation. I was so amazed and shocked. It was awesome. She has started to grow up the past few months and have rarely had those types of meltdowns that were pretty regular last year (kindergaten year.) That makes our day yesterday so amazingly remarkable!!!

Now, thing number two, well this morning we woke up to find standing water in our garage. Fun huh? Turns out that our hot water heater needs replaced. Ouch, that may put a crimp in my car buying timeline! Okay probably not if I have something to say about it!

Event number three... another Gibson is as we speak or blog, trying to make its way into the world today. Serena and Dave are adding to the Gibson family with a baby girl, Maggie Grace--I think. So we are being kept up to date via text message and will look forward to seeing what their creation turns out to look like. Mine all look like Gibsons, as well as the other cousins who are very recognizable as Gibsons! We are excited for them and anxious to hear the news!!

So that is actually a lot going on for us, not the norm, but we will get through it and make it to see what tomorrow brings!!