They call me Meg...err...Auntie Megan

When you have a small family and you don't grow up with siblings it is fun to watch how your life will grow as you get older.  I have made no secret that when Ryan and I got married the extended family started to from.  The people that we chose to spend our time with are the people that we consider family...and their kids (and sometimes animals) are no exception.  I love being Auntie Megan!!!

However, while I love being Auntie Megan, there are those times when friendship fizzles...falls apart...or moves away that being an Auntie is hard.  I respect the boundaries that are set because I'm not an actual Auntie...but I still love the babies none the less.
  

 When I talk about boundaries I am talking about the fact that I am not actually family -- and while that makes no bearing in my life, others are not as open as I am.  Christmas, Easter, Birthdays and etc...I have to remember that I am just the suto Auntie. 

I may not get to see my favorite babies on Christmas, Easter or other major holidays -- they know that I am thinking about them.  Wrapping presents and Birthdays are so much fun because after wrapping presents, making extra Easter baskets and stockings...makes it all worth it at the end of the day when they open everything and they get excited and hug you and love you...there is nothing better than that.

The other benefit having friends so close to you that you can be considered Auntie Megan is for my babies...having people that we love and other children around is always a good time.  Kouper and Mak love every on of the babies in our life...Pizza parties, sleep overs, Easter Egg hunts, camping trips, and etc...surrounding yourself and having your children create relationships young that could last a life time, is the hope really!

I could feel more blessed in my life...not only for the family that i have...the amazing babies that call me Mama, and for the husband who is so amazing that he could have picked anyone he wants, but he picked me.  Overwhelming how much love I have around me..


But I wanted to let those babies out there who call me Auntie Megan just how much I love them!

Rihanna, Charlie, Olivia, Karly, Zack, Jace, Brett, Colby and Riley too...Auntie Megan loves you all so so much!