3 busy months!!

Wow, I've been meaning to update this for quite awhile now, but my time just gets away from me these days! I can't believe it's been 3 months since Elias was born, it seems like just yesterday & so much longer ago all at the same time. As far as he goes, he's a peach. I couldn't have asked for baby with a sweeter demeanor. He sleeps like a dream for the most part & seriously brings so much joy to our lives sometimes I can hardly stand it. His big open-mouthed smiles and sweet little spirit are enough to make the coldest of hearts melt. Josiah is pretty much OBSESSED with him and the feeling for Elias is mutual. They love each other to pieces and it's so cute. Daniel loves him as well, but not so much in a sweet way... at first he did, but now he sort of finds it humorous when the baby cries, so he finds a lot of ways to make him do so. I however, do not find it humorous and am having a difficult time trying to convince Daniel of that as well. I guess that might have something to do with him being 3...He definitely takes after the Cline side, because everything that I remember about my brother Rob, and all the stories of him at this age...well, let's just say Daniel seems to be him re-incarnated. :)
So what have we been up to these last couple months now that Elias has graced us with his presence? We've had guests every month since May, which has been wonderful and has kept us very busy. Josiah started kindergarten. We've been to Disneyland, California Adventure, and Legoland. And have somehow began a Sunday tradition of having a ton of people over after church & cooking delicious meals all day. It's really been a busy, yet wonderful summer. Cisco and I are so blessed by our beautiful children and also our wonderful friends, not to mention each other. It's funny looking at things in retrospect sometimes, and realizing how much different our lives turned out than we originally thought or planned. For me, it's so much different. If I'd had my way or what I thought my way was, I'd have had all girls and married someone quite different. I now have 3 amazing boys and couldn't imagine life without one of them. I am so content with them I now no longer even really desire to have a girl. At all. Seriously. Not that there's anything wrong with having girls, don't get me wrong. But I LOVE having boys and have embraced that which God has given me, completely. As far as my marriage goes, I couldn't have even dreamed it could be what it is. Not that it's perfect and not that there haven't been times of difficulty, but I know there is nothing in this life I'd want to go through without Cisco. Not even a day of it. He brings so much laughter and joy to my life and makes me feel a love and security in our relationship that I never knew was possible. All I have to say is "Thank you Lord". For not giving me what was "my own" way and what I thought I wanted. Because it's so true that Your ways are so much higher than ours. And it's SO much better!
I'm just at a place right now that I want to be thankful. I want to embrace this life the Lord has blessed me with, to it's fullest. To not take that which I've been given for granted. Not the family I've been given or the friends, for granted. Even those who are difficult to love sometimes. Because I know they've been put in my life, by God, for a reason. I'm writing this because I want to look back and read this. It's more for me than anyone else! But it's the truth. I didn't intend to write all this when I came to update my blog but this is what came out. So I hope whoever reads this, if anyone reads this, can simply enjoy what is going on in my head at this moment. :) I'm just a happy girl. Pictures to come...