We are officially home!! We LOVED being at the lake, and while a part of me is always aching to go back, I’m so happy to be home. I love my bed, and my tub, and being able to control the temperature of my house. I LOVE the lake, but I LOVE our home. Two wonderful places that both have such warm, soft places in my heart.
We woke up a bit earlier this morning in an effort to pack and get out the door at a good time. Around 8:00, I bailed on Brady as he packed and Jerilee and I walked to the bakery for breakfast. We got our round of baked goods and brought them back to an eager gaggle of children. Everything was delicious and it wasn’t long before breakfast was all gone and packing continued. My mom and Jerilee had their unit cleaned out and their vehicles packed long before we did. When they were done, they came and retrieved our kids so we could finish up without having anyone to wrangle. By that point, everything was already organized, tubbed up, and ready to be loaded into the van. However, the loading of the van isn’t exactly the easy part. Brady took that task upon himself and I went to hang with the others. Wavy wasn’t letting me be helpful anyway.
He made it happen, though! Right at 11:00, checkout time, our van was full and kids were getting shoes on to go. We figured we’d attempt one more outing with them before we left town, since last night had ended up being indoors with the cold rainy weather. We loaded the two littlest into the stroller and the rest of us walked, and we made our way to that little side beach to search for more rocks and treasures. It was SO beautiful!
But it was windy as all get out and I was FREEZING. Wavy was in her seat under her cover but was crying and gasping, so unfortunately we didn’t last super long. But it was still fun 🙂 I’m glad we tried that one last time with everyone.
Our last plan in town was to grab some food at the local asian restaurant. We had a gift certificate for $50, and I was SO anticipating the cantonese chow mein! Aaaaand the sign said it was only open at 5:00pm. So, instead, we left Waskesiu and began our journey home and planned to stop for lunch in Prince Albert.
We got our McDonalds on for a pretty late lunch, but the group was happy, albeit sleepy. Our three vehicles – ours, Jerilees, and my moms – had been convoying up to that point, but we all said our goodbyes there. Jerilee was going to split off and go home, we were actually going to duck into the city quickly for milk before going home, and mom was heading home.
Upon hitting the city, we drove to our ultrasound place and FINALLY got to introduce our beautiful little Waverly to the tech that kept my sanity functioning for the first half of my pregnancy. It was a sweet little reunion. I’m SO glad we went! It seemed kind of funny to choose today for that visit, but with all the holidayin’ and all of Brady’s work looming, today kind of had to be the day! We visited for just a few minutes before we ducked out, bought milk, and went home.
Home was wonderful. Everything about it. My mom brought supper over, for one thing. We picked up the mail and in it was our letter telling us that Laela has been placed in the kindergarten class that we had hoped for! We also received mail for Waverly, making her officially official! She now has a birth certificate, a health card, and a SIN number. Woot! Our house had been cleaned and beautifully cared for by Cher, who house sat for us while we were away, and there was a trail of balloons through our house that spelled out a birthday message. There were a couple of cards/gifts that loving friends have dropped off, packages brought in, etc. The whole vibe upon arriving home was just SO filled with love and comfort. I’m SO happy to be here.
Tomorrow, Brady is back at it at work full time, and he’s even working Saturday. I’m trying not to already be discouraged about that, but I’m SO thankful that he’s coming back from such a long holiday to a solid work load!!! So we’ll roll with it. He’ll go to work, and I’ll work around here. While we are already somehow almost already completely unpacked, there is laundry coming out the wazoo, and THAT will be my day tomorrow!! Wish me luck!
I feel SO fortunate these days, you guys. SO many of you have reached out and blessed me in the recent days and weeks, and I am quite undeserving of it all. But I’ll take it! I’m SO thankful for you!!
Its good to be home.