All this week, I was anticipating Thursday, because I was eager to talk to my doctor. Its always nice to have the all-clear postpartum for me, to hear that Solly is thriving, and to just catch back up in general. Since that was all yesterday, I didn’t have too much on my plate for today. The one event on the calendar was a Bachelorette date with Jerilee in the evening. That is always a really lovely, low key date filled with trashy tv, visiting, and good food. I never have to prep much of anything in advance, and I never feel like my house needs to look perfect or anything. Jerilee is family, and she always will be. So my plan was to putter a little bit in the day, with no big goals at all, and then have Jerilee over in the evening.
First thing in the morning, I got a text from a friend saying she would be in town today to pick a few things up, and wondered if I would be up for a visit. I accepted happily right away! I love hanging out with her and her son, and we see each other so rarely. It was pretty perfect timing. We talked times, and figured we’d see each other around 11:00am. Probably about five minutes after we had discussed this, I got yet another text from another friend asking if I would mind a quick morning coffee date. Of course not! I would LOVE that!! So I threw my hair up in a ponytail and began my day with awesome anticipation for it all to play out!
Kim dropped by with Ellijah while my kids were still having breakfast. We drank lattes and she fed Solly his bottle. It was really nice. Kim and I usually text quite a bit throughout the day, but with her husband currently on holidays, they’re busier, and we’ve heard and seen less of each other than usual. It was really nice to get some time this morning.
When she headed home to be with her family, I hung with the kids and chopped some veggies and ran a neglected load of laundry through a second time (which will need a third run, thanks to my continued neglect) while I waited for Nicole to arrive. She came right on time, with her son in tow. Once again, we had a really nice visit! I don’t see them too terribly often, as we live a decent ways apart, but I was SO happy she reached out and got in touch today! She carried Solly around for me while I got lunch set up, which was a life saver because he was somewhat out of sorts. He often has a bit of a growly spell in the early afternoon, so the extra pair of hands was really really nice! They headed out mid-afternoon, and the house seemed to get very quiet. But then Rowan got up from his nap and everything was loud again 😉
Brady was expecting today to run long and to have to work for sure a half day this Saturday, but we were pleasantly surprised when he finished EARLY today!!! Granted, he went to a chiro appointment and to Home Depot on his way home, so he still arrived home at a fairly normal time, but I’m so happy he won’t need to go to work tomorrow 😀 Woot! He came home late afternoon, and by that time, the kids were in fairly rough shape. Brady sent me upstairs to take a rest, both from the kids, and to do an exercise or two recommended to me by my physiotherapist. Ladies, apparently laying on your back with your legs in a butterfly position is pretty much magical for our bodies! So do that! Anyway, I took my break, and then came down to help with supper.
The kids ate at the table while I fed Solly in the living room a few feet away. Unfortunately, it was a rough time for Laela especially, and she was eventually plucked from the table and put to bed early. Dekker and Rowan were doing a bit better, so at least Dekker seemed to feel pretty great about “staying up a bit,” even though he wasn’t actually staying up late at all. Jerilee arrived between the Laela being put to bed and the boys going down, so Laela missed her this time :/ Oh well, there will be other Bachelorette dates. The boys went down without a fuss, right on time, which is also a treat,.
We had big delicious tuna melt bagels for supper, and salted caramel cupcakes. My gosh, I could have eaten fifteen more of those. Except even right now, I can tell I’m completely stuffed, still. So delicious tho!
It is officially late enough that I’d rather be sleeping than blogging, so off I go! Tomorrow I’ll be ducking out briefly in the afternoon for a coffee and shopping date with Kim, but thats all thats on the docket! However, that can change at the drop of a text 😉 It was a really really nice day today! Thank you, friends, for making the effort to come over and be in our lives! I love you all SO MUCH.