almost two

This June will mark 5 years since my grandma died. When she died I was blessed to be able to gather a few of her things to have as keepsakes. One of these things was a small Christmas cactus plant that she had sitting on her windowsill. I'm not exactly sure why I chose to take a plant, since I am pretty awful about watering and caring for anything green. Most of the plants I've had have withered and died. I think I thought taking a cactus was a good bet since I wouldn't have to water it as often and so it had a shot of making it.

In the five years that I've had the plant I think it's maybe bloomed a flower just once or twice. A couple of weeks ago I was shocked to see not one but TWO flowers getting ready to bloom!

So it may seem silly that I'm excited to see my plant blooming beautiful flowers but every time I walk by it and see the two bright pink flowers I keep thinking about how much life is about to change in just a few weeks.

First of all, my sweet Ethan will be turning 2 years old on June 6th. I can't even believe how fast these two precious years have gone and how much he has grown! I look at him these days and find myself just staring - remembering him as a little baby, learning to walk, starting to talk...And now here he is talking up a storm, running all over the place and bringing such delight to our family. His middle name Matthew means "gift of God" and he is so very much a precious gift that God has blessed us with.

And then, there is the fact that we are soon to have not one, but TWO kids! Our sweet baby girl's due date is less than 3 weeks away and we are eagerly anticipating her arrival. Life is about to change big time for all of us and I find myself both excited and anxious about what our new life will be with a toddler and a newborn.

So, we're almost there. Two.