Life is certainly interesting, isn't it? As I sit here in the beautiful weather outside, watching my boy ride his bike (I look up when he comes screaming by on his bike!), and thinking. I am thinking of all the trials we have faced in the last 8 months. Plenty of things to be worried, upset, devastated about and yet, here I sit - healthy (relatively minus the headaches), healthy family, a husband who has stuck by me and '`shown me what's it like to stick together during the hard times, kids that make laugh almost hourly, a home, a new (er) van that runs like a dream, plenty of food and clothing. These things are something I took for granted a year ago. I had no idea what it was like to worry over next month's bills or where we would be in 3, 6 or even 9 months. I now know what those worries are, up close and personal. I am thankful and feel blessed to have spent these last few months getting closer to God - as I had never known him before.
Daddy Piper has work tonight. S asked "so since Daddy has work tonight, does that mean we have another baby now?" YIKES - where did he get that from???? We have never said that another baby depended on Daddy's work. It is amazing what the kids pick up on though.
This morning was super busy. Our internet went down. After an hour on the phone with Q*est, it was decided we needed a new modem. Well I refused to pay for one. I got it free when I signed up with them and it isn't that old. After some haggling, I got them to send me one for free. It won't be here till Tues. Then Daddy Piper had to get a new headlight so off he and S went to the parts store. Side story: S is super testosterone these days. He is loving all this male bonding time! They got back and L & I ran to Target to get some birthday party/baptism shopping done. What a disaster! I ordered 4 pounds of meat and 2 pounds of cheese from the deli. We got our other shopping done, stopped back by the deli counter only to find the cheese was done but not the meat. Another 15 minutes goes by and we head back to the deli. Nope - haven't even started on the meat yet. WHAT?!? So 30 minutes later, only 2 pounds of cheese was done. I was on a tight schedule so I told her I would come back this afternoon. We had an egg hunt at the neighbors at 11 so we had to go go go. We still had tables to pick up from the S household. L was game to go along with all these errands. She is awesome to have with me. I feel super lucky to have her as my sidekick :-) Racing off to the S household, grab the tables, wrangle their dogs back into the house and now we are going to be late - AGH! We rushed home, grabbed S (J took an extra long nap this morning - must be a growth spurt), got the snack to share and the kids baskets and drive behind us for the egg hunt.
Egg hunt was fun, fun, fun! I didn't take my camera but lived in the moment, enjoying the hunting not the recording of the event. S & L each found a ton of eggs and had a blast doing it. L mostly enjoyed the girl time with K & E (neighbor girls). We even set up a playdate for tomorrow afternoon, much to L's delight!
J & I went to Target while L & S napped. They had just finished my meat - 3 1/2 hours after I originally asked for it! We got all we needed then back home for us. J & L helped me clean the playroom up for carpet cleaning later. J chattering all the time. He has so much to say these days :-)
S woke up from nap, J went down for his afternoon nap and here we are - sitting outside, enjoying the weather, my awesome son and the simple fun of bike riding!!
These moments are priceless to me. Another priceless, never to be forgotten - S got up from his nap and came out to snuggle with me on the couch for a bit. As much as he's a Daddy's boy, he still loves his mama and is willing to indulge me in cuddle time every now and then.
