I read a wonderful post today by one Miss Elle.
It was a post that made me smile, a soul deep smile.
She was talking about that moment when you relies that you are no longer "you" but a new "mother" version of yourself.
I loved that moment.
The moments when you miss watching grown up programing but wouldn't give up the snuggles and giggles on the couch watching something animated for anything in the world.
Coffee shops, happy hour, carefree shopping, and many more things suddenly don't have the same siren call they once did.
When we first started talking about more babies, i was scared.
My girls are big enough that i was getting that "me" time back. I didn't know what i was giving up with my girls. I also didn't know what i was getting.
Now I'm eager to finish our remodeling projects and get pregnant again. The snuggles, kisses, hugs, drawings, story time, well everything really even when they drive me crazy; that's my siren call now.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
it's been awhile, let me catch you up
Things are moving along at a pretty good clip here. Still can't believe that it's almost August but we have been busy getting things done.
The rehab project for the garage is complete. New roof, fixed siding, new man door, new garage door, and the roof no longer dips. Yeah!
The Playroom is no longer in the formal dining room attached to the living room. Half has been relocated to the old dining room and the other half is in the basement.
The basement is no longer piled floor to hip and I'll admit in some places ceiling with our junk. All of the garage stuff has been relocated to, well the garage. Several boxes have been gone thru majority of contents tossed out and repacked in one box. This has left room to pack up all the miscellaneous baby gear that was taking over the basement. The end result is that i have a wonderful space to sew in. Eric has a cabinet to keep all of his computer stuff in and a work from home desk that holds our home server. The girls now have their own TV area and some toys in their "own space" in the house. I still have more to do down there but the end goal is in sight.
The kitchen: well we have torn up the floor, the hardwood goes thru out the kitchen :) and is in great shape! Eric tore down the pantry wall, redid all the electrical including installing two new outlets and two light switches, and hung the drywall. He is starting on the next wall tomorrow. It's the one with my stove so I'll be BBQing for awhile, but it'll be worth it.
When we haven't been doing that stuff we celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary. The girls did the SHOCK dance camp and performed at halftime. We have been going to SHOCK games. We celebrated several birthdays and a few anniversaries. We enjoyed the 4Th of July festivities. Sundays at the lake. Afternoons at the pool. Kaitlyn lost another tooth. And we of course have been enjoying our Movie Nights in the backyard.
In August we will still be full steam ahead on the kitchen. We have two weddings Scott's and Danica's. One May Boys weekend. And school shopping to do.
Wish us luck!
The rehab project for the garage is complete. New roof, fixed siding, new man door, new garage door, and the roof no longer dips. Yeah!
The Playroom is no longer in the formal dining room attached to the living room. Half has been relocated to the old dining room and the other half is in the basement.
The basement is no longer piled floor to hip and I'll admit in some places ceiling with our junk. All of the garage stuff has been relocated to, well the garage. Several boxes have been gone thru majority of contents tossed out and repacked in one box. This has left room to pack up all the miscellaneous baby gear that was taking over the basement. The end result is that i have a wonderful space to sew in. Eric has a cabinet to keep all of his computer stuff in and a work from home desk that holds our home server. The girls now have their own TV area and some toys in their "own space" in the house. I still have more to do down there but the end goal is in sight.
The kitchen: well we have torn up the floor, the hardwood goes thru out the kitchen :) and is in great shape! Eric tore down the pantry wall, redid all the electrical including installing two new outlets and two light switches, and hung the drywall. He is starting on the next wall tomorrow. It's the one with my stove so I'll be BBQing for awhile, but it'll be worth it.
When we haven't been doing that stuff we celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary. The girls did the SHOCK dance camp and performed at halftime. We have been going to SHOCK games. We celebrated several birthdays and a few anniversaries. We enjoyed the 4Th of July festivities. Sundays at the lake. Afternoons at the pool. Kaitlyn lost another tooth. And we of course have been enjoying our Movie Nights in the backyard.
In August we will still be full steam ahead on the kitchen. We have two weddings Scott's and Danica's. One May Boys weekend. And school shopping to do.
Wish us luck!
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