Well things are definitely different this year on Kaitlynn’s birthday.. We are in McPherson, Kansas with Mark and it’s her first bday away from Nana.. But we did have a party at nanny and papas before leaving..

I can’t believe my baby is four years old and I can’t believe our lives are so very different now.. This time last year I wouldn’t have shared this time with anyone outside of the family.. Now the family has grown so much.. I can’t imagine spending it without Mark.. I wish Sara and the babies could have been here too.. That would have made it even better..

Funny how Kaitlynns birthday is about her to everyone else but to me it’s a celebration of my own birth as well.. Four years ago my whole life changed.. I changed.. I became a mommy, my dream come true.. Everything in the world shifted and suddenly I could see better, I felt better, I lived better.. It all made sense..

I kinda get the same shift around Mark.. It’s not as life altering but it certainly has been a huge eye opener to the things I missed and would have missed forever had he not showed me what was missing..

I am so blessed to have two such wonderful moments and people on my life..