sometimes i look at my children and cant believe how lucky i am that they're mine

[mumandlovingit]

bathed my children earlier and my yougest was singing in the bath in his own little way and my eldest was sticking foam letters to the side of the bath and watching them just reminded me of how lucky i am to have them and no matter how naughty they are on occasions and how they've wound each other up all day, they're brothers and love each other like crazy and are most certainly loved by me.its the little things that i do with the kids and that they do that make me want to cuddle and kiss them and hold onto them forever.
if that sounds abit weird sorry, im hormonal at the moment,(see my other thread regarding no period on the pill)
its how i feel inside.i kiss them everynight when they're asleep in bed knowing that they're mine and how lucky i am to have them.
off to bed now as i was up alot last night watching ds2 as he was sick yesterday so im knackered.
thought id start this thread to see just how many people feel the same as me about their children (also sometimes there's not too many positive threads in this section)

Mine has just woken up (and we are an hour ahead of UK here in Budapest) so a nice long sleep in.

Is now refusing to go to a birthday party this morning though! Big pain as promised to take a friend's DS too and then friend would pick up. First birthday party that parents don't stay so he's a bit put off by that. Party on a train so I know he'll have fun once there - if I can get him there!

Just the title of this thread mde me smile . I have't read it all as I'm just skimming, but yes, I feel exactly the same!

Love this thread.

Overheard ds1 who is 15 saying bye to his gf last night.Gave her a kiss and said bye babe love you and he wasn't afraid to say it out loud in front of the rest of the family.He's very like his dad.

Ds2 is patient and sweet to his sisters.He is smart beyond his years too.

Dd1 and dd2 who are 2 and 8 weeks are funny cute and sweet(usually lol).Dd1 will kiss dd2 and say gentle gentle.Brings a tear to my eye,i am a very lucky mummy.

what a nice theme for a change. In the midst of all the muddle and daily grind, a little chap greets the morning with a sunny smile and a big wet kiss for his Mummy

Watching dd1 and dd2 playing together and enjoying each other's company. Watching them treat their baby brother with such gentleness and love. Seeing my ds's face light up when I come into a room.

My Dd is 2 and she drives me crazy at times.

But she does the funniest things at home, like a little dance, or she does a penguin impression.
Sometimes when im watching her do these things it makes me want to cry, i love her THAT much!

Ihave a 13 year old Ds too, and he can be a swine, but also the best son and big brother ever, and watching them together is so lovely.

What a nice thread, it does make a change from all the moaning and worrying we do!

Know just what you mean I have just been sat watching DD cuddling her 3 month old baby cousin oon the sofa, playing with her rattle with her, and it just made me warm and smiley. They looked so lovely and perfect together, and DD was being so gentle. And she's my little girl!

Every time i look at my toddler sleeping i think just how lucky i am for having the most delightful little girl. Every time i tell her off, i turn around and just grin, because even though she can be a little madam, she is MY little madam and i am so fortunate to have her here to tell off and be a little cros with! i don't believe i could ever love another baby as much as my little holly!

my little girl may not want to kiss her mommy at the moment but she hasn't half got a great line in bear hugs! and she has just started singing along to her favourite cartoons - winnie the pooh (she joins in on the "pooh" bit) and little einsteins (she pats her lap and then raises her arms for blast off ) and 64 zoo lane, she knocks anything on her level (usually the cushion! when the giraffe knocks the window. she has her toy giraffe rattle and she calls it or-ina (georgina after the giraffe on 64 zoo lane ! i waited 11yrs after a mc to meet her and i feel so lucky to say she's my daughter x

yes this is lovely !!!
Despite all the c#$% in life . I am having a lot of these gooey moments atm as all my children seem soooo lovely and i am so pleased with how they are all turning out. Sod anything else they are all that really matters and they are fab!

hear hear

Lovely thread. I love those Walton type moments. I live for those moments. It's the best thing about being a mum.You are just watching your kids doing something completely normal and suddenly you are soooooo proud and happy and everything is right with the world. It's kind of how you imagine it would be like having kids before you have them, if you get me. It makes all the hard work, tantrums and sleepless nights pail into insignificance.

Mine was screaming her head off as I ran the bath b/c she wanted to get in. She's 9 months.

Still wouldn't trade a single minute for the most blissful moments of my old life before they came along.

Not for anything.

Not guts, no glory. I risked it all for the chance to have 'em, and it was worth every minute.

glad there are lots of people like me who find those moments mean more to them than anything else.so many things are material now, what car we drive,what clothes we wear etc.i wouldn't swap all the money in the world for my two children or the moments that i share with them,they're priceless.

My 2 (dd1=9, dd2=7) fight over who's going to sit next to me at the dinner table, and who's cuddled up to me for the longest on the sofa. Of course they think I'm so uncool and really not worth listening to most of the time, but these arguments always restore my faith in their love for me.

I can't believe me and dh (no oil paintings either of us) created these beautiful, clever creatures who can get merits in their music and ballet exams [proud emoticon].

We are so lucky, and we don't always remember it.

oh I know excatly what you mean. DH and I spend most of our waking hours saying 'she's the best things ever; I love her so much; she's the most beautiful etc'

I am guilty of often moaning in here of having no life etc, but it's only because I think it is obvious that you are overflowing with love while at tgimes in RL you cannot go around saying. that I have had enough for the day, IYSWIM.

Ds kept coming up to me today and saying "Mummy, I love you somuchtobits"

You just can't beat it!

exactly the same here...I marvel at how my two play together or the huge grin on their faces when they see each other. Ds is 3next month and dd is 9mths. I actually cant wait for db to arrive in jan as it will be another playmate for them.

I didnt' realize the expression "bursting with pride" was not just a metaphor. Literlly felt my chest bursting open watching my dd's first dance recital. I do the same, look at the kids and think, damn, they are so good, so cute, so perfect, how did I get so lucky.

me too! i get this at least once a day! ds2 is mr independent and i don't get too many hugs and kisses from him, but at bedtime when i'm reading his stories, he strokes the top of my arm and snuggles against me and it is the sweetest feeling.
ds1 is much more affectionate and we have great cuddles and chats.he is so much fun and really makes me laugh. i love watching him draw or build models and then he gives me all these complicated descriptions of what they do, and my heart just melts.

Absolutely. I feel so lucky that her face lights up when she sees me in the morning. And that she's the cuddliest girl ever. Every night before bed we go into the Cuddle Room (my bedroom) for a big cuddle on the bed.
Love those moments when she sleeps in our bed and I look down and see those gorgeous eylashes lying on those chubby cheeks.
And she cracks me up when she talks about any unhappy character in a story, scres up her face and says 'he was croying.
Of course, nobody would imagine any of these feelings when they see me leaving her sitting on the pavement having a tantrum and refusing to move.

I still cant believe that my dd (2.2) is mine.... that I have her..... that she is so wonderful... and so loving. She came into the world so easily (and pain-free for me!) and shes been a blessing ever since. She is v determined and independent and can be a little madam but I love her so much for all of it. We are all v soppy in motherhood are we not?

this is a lovely thread! My children are far too beautiful and smart to belong to dh and me!

wanted to say that DS1 is creative and charming and thoughful and DS2 is funny and cute and ambitious and they are both the greatest! I am drunk so I can say that!

What a lovely thread. Not had time to read all the posts. I know what you mean about holding onto the moment. One recent moment was at the play park and we had it all to ourselves - 4 swings in a row and me and my 3 kids sat on the swings all laughing and just being carefree.