I Would Like...

There are plenty of things that I would like...

I would like to get 8 straight hours of sleep

I would like to fit into pants that zip

I would like to really clean my house

I would like to do all of the things in our "summer bucket"

I would like to get caught up on all of the laundry

I would like to make many of the meals on my pintrest "Let's Eat" board

I would like to plan some special things for the upcoming first day of school

I would like to get better at creatively capturing our every day in photographs

I would like to pick many more wild blueberries and wild blackberries too

I would like to train for a triathalon

I would like to be a better rock climber and go more often with family and friends

I would like to plan and start an idea I have to raise funds for orphans in Uganda

I would like to take some formal portraits of Lily and Eli

I would like to finally organize all of my music

I would like to finish switching and rearranging the kid's rooms

I would like to make all of the fun little ideas I have to make the kid's new rooms special

I would like to finish Liam's newborn portraits

I would like to bake something special for all of the college students moving in around us

I would like to paint and fix up our bathroom

I would like to learn how to play the guitar

I would like to do a daily devotional with our family

I would like to find the energy and motivation to clean up our finances and budget

I would like to go out for coffee with my girlfriends

I would like to take more photography classes including composition, editing, and lighting

I would like to have a whole day to plan for ministry for the upcoming year with Joe

I would like to learn to play the djembe

I would like to learn more about homesteading

I would like to rewrite and share my testimony on this blog

I would like to have about 10 different families over for dinner (or another meal)

I would like to finally give my friend my ideas for redesigning my blog

I would like to have a spa day or afternoon or hour with my friends

I would like to redecorate our living room

I would like to make a little office out of one of our bedroom closets

I would like to have an orchard

I would like to figure out how to better incorporate service into our ministry and our family life

I would like to go on a special date with each of my kids

I would like to go on a date with my husband too

I would really like to get some more sleep

Yes...there are many, many things that I would like to do (these are just a few).  But right now most of these things are on hold.  Because right now my days and nights are mostly devoted to this precious little bundle...

And though I would like to do all of those other things for now they will mostly have to wait.  Some of them (hopefully many of them) will happen tomorrow or the next day or next month or next year or 5 years from now.  Because for now I'm spending close to 10 hours a day just feeding and rocking my sweet little Liam.  And of course I won't forget my other little loves too.

So I will keep this list for another day and for today I will focus on this and do my best to soak it all in...