Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I thought I would have girls...

I thought that someone as girly as I am would certainly have at least one daughter to share ribbons and lace with. True, there may be another child in our family at some point which could be a girl, but as of now, I am surrounded by testosterone and, well, boy things that I don't always understand. Truth is: I love it. Sure, I would love to dress a girl and create the most princess perfect room for her. She would wear HUGE bows and pink, pink, pink. Her toenails would always be painted, and she would be the most frilly thing you ever laid eyes on. But, the good Lord knew that I truly needed boys - for now. I especially love having two boys. I guess you could say I feel double blessed (not too creative, I know). I have heard over and over again that "girls never leave" and "boys do". I fear that when I am old and gray and lonely my boys will be too busy taking care of their own families to have much to do with me. I suppose I feel that a daughter would keep in touch often and "need" me like I find myself needing my mom; especially now that I have a family of my own. But, I truly see that the Lord has plans for me and my little family, and His plans always work out for the best. So, although I am outnumbered by males in my humble abode, I continue to let my extremely frilly ways shine through thus the reasoning behind this oh-so-girly blog layout that is mostly about boys. Oh well. I wouldn't trade my boys for all the gold in the world, and I admit that it is rather fun to watch your life unfold in directions you never thought possible. I never saw myself buying firetrucks and Matchbox cars, and I enjoy doing so more than I ever dreamed.

1 comments:

Sarah said...

God has a great sense of humor. Once we had Logan, I just knew that I was destined to be a mother of boys. I love having a boy, I love boy stuff and lets face it-I already know boys. My first response when I heard this new one is a girl was "Oh, now we have someone who will spend Christmas with us." We're excited, but I do truly pray that Logan will one day have a brother to share his life with too.