This is going to be a strange week for us. Not only are we settling in to living at another new place, but Brady is gone into the evenings at our previous rental, cleaning and repacking us. Its a lot of work, and the kids don’t see him between him leaving work and them going to bed. Its hard, and they miss him.
Today, I was so thankful to have a play date lined up with Kim and her boys! I brought the kids and myself over in our jammies (because we’re super formal like that) and we spent a chunk of the morning and afternoon together. It was SO nice to be around friends, of course, but also to break up the day a bit and do something we don’t do every single day. Does that make sense? I sure hope so. I feel like I’m not articulating things well these days. I’m trying!
I dragged the kids to see the house three times to today!! Before going to Kims, on our way home after leaving Kims, and then once again later in the evening. Because our schedule with Brady sucks for the kids so badly, we headed into the city right after our day with Kims family and met Brady at a Wendys for supper. We ate in the van (obviously didn’t think the “going out in jammies” thing through) and chatted with Brady. It was SO good for the kids to see their daddy again. They miss him, and ask about him a lot in the day. Nice to get the whole fam together again. I won’t say they were hungry immediately upon arriving, but once they woke up, they ate well 😉
We checked the house on our way home from the city, so I could take pictures without the framers staring at me in my sweats. Of course, my phone is FULL and I could only muster one picture, so here’s a brief explanation of what I saw today without any real photographic evidence.
The trusses above the garage are up! The floor of our above-garage master suite is sheeted, and the walls have begun to go up! As you can see, both side walls and the back wall are on! Earlier in the day, I saw two other crews on site. One was installing the meter to read our electrical, and the other was there to dig and run some other electrical lines. I might not have the specific details, because I don’t know them, but it was exciting to see all of the reflective onesies and so many different crews getting their jobs done!
My dad is on the road for a day or two, and my mom was out with a friend this evening, so the kids and I had the house to ourselves, which was nice, but different. Feels weird to be at grandma and grandpa’s alone. BUT it worked out. The kids played, and watched some Paw Patrol, Rowan drank some milk, and they went to bed well.
Nine days out of ten, this is what their relationship looks like. She loves him so much, she can hardly handle herself. Its SO wonderful to see!! This particular event started as Laela watching Rowan as he climbed the stairs, making sure he didn’t fall. When he decided not to climb them this time, and sat back down on his haunches, she apparently overcome with gratitude that he stayed close to her. I love them.
This picture is actually a very special one to me. I know some of you will see it upside down and thats ok. Ro was all tucked into the chair, having his bottle, and for the first time EVER, he held his own bottle. I know, he’s a year old. He should probably be done on the bottle soon enough, and he’s only holding it now?? I know, I know, it seems behind. But consider the reflux issue. He has HATED his bottle for the majority of his life. This is an enormous milestone for us. Even if he never ever holds it again, I did not have to force this bottle, nor have I had to fight for a bottle for quite some time. But I am SO relieved that he is well again!
So today was good 🙂 I was nervous initially, but it was the perfect day, with the right number of events and just the right amount of busyness.