So after ANOTHER night of barely sleeping, I loaded up on Tylenol and cough drops, and we headed to my hometowns garage sale day! I was SO hoping to go, and the Tylenol helps a lot, so we decided to go for it. The kids were happy for an outing too. We stopped at Tim Hortons on our way out of the city, and everyone got some breakfast, which is a special treat. We were all doing good.
We met Hailey first, and got to show her around the house!!! We have been positively ACHING to show our house to our friends, and it just hasn’t worked out time-wise and such before, but she asked to see it and we were MORE than happy to meet her there! Thanks, friend, for being willing to make the drive out and tour it 🙂 I also hadn’t had the chance to see it in person since Brady started cabinets, so it was VERY exciting for me to see them. I feel like, even though they’re not completed, the place just looks more and more like exactly what we wanted, every single time I see it. Beyond the cabinets being completed on Monday, Our furnace is installed, our AC unit is at the house as well, waiting to be installed, and I can only imagine that the rest of the mechanical stuff is right around the corner. Tuesday, flooring begins, which is crazy! I think that will feel ENORMOUS! I truly can’t wait. All of the upcoming steps are big ones, and the house will look more and more like our house. Its already surreal, and I think it’ll only feel crazier.
After we showed Hailey around, she headed back home (she’s a sickie too) and we drove around town, scoping our garage sales. Its funny, really. Usually, we try to walk the whole town, and pop into lots of sales. At this point, when I roll over in bed, I get a contraction. That paired with being sick confirmed that garage sale shopping was going to look different this time around. Also, we were VERY grown up this year, lol, and didn’t just shop for a bunch of fun clutter. We were on a specific mission for certain pieces of furniture, and not a whole lot else. We literally drove all over town, up and down every street, and admitted defeat. Other than that, we popped into two sales that our friends were hosting. We picked up some fresh donuts and a bag of homemade perogies, as well as some stretchy little overall shorts and a sleeper for the new babe. Its funny, but all three boys have been born in different seasons, so they all have had different wardrobe needs. The sleepers should translate, but Dekkers were SO barfed up and stained, and Rowan was just way taller than we expected, and his toenails broke through most of his little sleepers! Thankfully, I like buying new clothes for the babies as they come, so it was fun to be able to shop for him, even just a little bit.
Once we had taken our hour or so to drive around, the kids were crying pretty consistently, and I was starting to feel very shivery and faint. So we headed back to our place for a quick light lunch. Even though it was already into the afternoon, we napped all three kids, because they all NEEDED it. So did I, and Brady and I lay in bed and watched some Netflix for a while. It was relaxed and comfy, and a good distraction while we waited for my meds to kick in.
Now, the kids are up and still pretty done, so we watch Paw Patrol and hope for a low key evening. I’m very sad to learn how much a very basic outings takes out of the kids, because it means our Mothers Day plans are out the window 🙁 These sicknesses have taken so many occasions away from us this year, but this will not always be our life, so we’re trying to just look past the hard stuff and know that one day soon, we will be settled into OUR house, I won’t be ridiculously pregnant, and we’ll strike up a bit of a routine.I know other things will always come up, and I don’t beg for perfection, but I think feeling like nomads has been really hard on all of us. It’ll be good to settle soon.