7 Quicks Takes with a late {Theme Thursday} Dreaming

Yesterday was rough and I didn't blog.  The night ended with me cradling my sobbing 8 y/o who was asking why we couldn't have "just one more Christmas" with Sweet Baby......luckily I had my fit of sobbing Wednesday night, so I was a little more able to deal with hers.  After coming home from the hospital on July 18, 2011 as a newborn, the case will close on Sweet Baby today and she will be in her father's custody.

It is a difficult and heartbreaking time for us, made sweeter by the love of so many around us.

So, in honor of a belated Theme Thursday with Clan Donaldson and making it quick with Conversion Diary, here are 7 dreams I'm grateful for this Christmas:

{1}

Hubby's graduation in 2010

This guy.  I'm grateful for him.  When I was young, I knew I wanted to be married and raise a family, I just had no idea that I would be so very blessed to spend my life with a man as caring, thoughtful and selfless as this guy.

{2}

This girl.  She made me a mom and she's one of the coolest kids I know.  I've had friends tell me she's an advertisement for having kids, which is probably the best compliment I've ever gotten.

{3}

Easter 2010

This house.  Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.  It is filled with love and laughter.

{4}

This job.  I work from home, sometimes I work as a trainer in a building, but most of the time, I'm with my kids, working around their schedule.  Sometimes I don't work at all, some times I work up to 30 hours in a week.  I get a little money to fix up our house and lots of time with our kids.  So very very blessed.

{5}

This girl.  This is a dream I thought for six years of secondary infertility wouldn't come true.  Her middle name is Hope to remind me that God is bigger than my doubt.

{6}

This relationship.  Never has a little sister been more treasured.  In her earliest moments, Little Bean prayed for the safety of Sweet Pea while I was undergoing hormone shots to maintain my new pregnancy/baby's life.

{7}

The last 2 years, 5 months and 29 days with this girl.  Sometimes, the dream ends and you have to wake up, but I'll never stop being grateful for this dream.