Thank you SO MUCH for the outpouring of love and excitement on yesterdays post!! We are SO thrilled about the upcoming handful of months, and its fun to have so many other people pumped with us! Its funny how it took a bit of workup for me to be ready to share the news publicly, yet the reaction made me wish we had shared it sooner. I was originally just waiting for the news to be completely official, which it has been for some time now. Papers are signed, money is in, we’re ready to go! I honestly think it took extra time just because it hasn’t fully sunk in on our end yet! We’ve dreamed about this for a solid few years, and its so surreal to think this is actually happening! So THANK YOU for being excited along with us! I hope the topic of home building interests you guys as much as it does me, because that will likely come up a lot over the next little while. That and the rest of our life, plus the pregnancy should keep the days feeling full!
The vast majority of outings recently have been errands, picking out house details, going to meetings, etc. We have still made it out to my parents once in a while just for a visit, but those of you who are close to us know we’re pretty “one track” these days. However, today, I took the kids to Kims place for a play date. Just a normal afternoon of playing toys, chatting, and catching back up. Its been a long time since we’ve had such a day, and it was wonderful!! Of course, my stupid blog is insisting on loading the pictures up sideways, so I can’t actually post any. *sigh* But they played beautifully together!! They all interacted so smoothly with each other, and you can tell everyone’s grown up a bit since the last time they were all together. Their youngest is shuffling along furniture, while Rowan was suddenly pulling up all over the place! He’s only pulled up a few times before, but he tries SO hard at our place. However, 0ur current place is hardwood, and therefore very slippery, so I think he’s a bit shy to really give ‘er and pull. But he was loving the safety of the carpet, and pulled up probably a solid 20 ten or fifteen times in Kims basement. The kids ate lots, and even had a little restful tv time. Both of the babes took turns napping, and Kim and I enjoyed some coffee and a lot of visiting. It was so comfortable. I loved it.
The kids, specifically Dekker, were very sad to leave to go home, but I assured them we needed to go see daddy, which helped a little. All three of them were asleep within minutes of starting the drive, and therefore, I enjoyed a very quiet drive home. It was a lovely, relaxed way to end the afternoon of fun.
Love you and your sweeties, Kim! Thanks for the lovely day of play, and the tuna melts. You know me too well.