Sometimes I title a post and then I realize I already have a post by that name. Sigh. Apparently I’m not creative enough for titles, but at least I still write!
This morning was rough for me. I woke up heavy hearted (and heavy bladdered) at 5:00am and that was it for me! I know its not the end of the world, but last night I was feeling unsettled as well so Brady and I stayed up late to watch the beginning of the meteor shower thats happening this weekend and only got to bed around 1:30. It was totally worth staying up for!!! We got to really enjoy being out in our yard, on the deck we worked so hard for, watching the stars. It was nice to have a date, to be quiet, to cool off and cuddle up. I love him. However, the camera flash is unkind at that hour. We tried.
So while the stargazing was wonderful and we plan to repeat the occasion tonight with hot chocolate, the early morning was awful and I felt nauseous all morning into the afternoon. Not ideal but thats just how life is sometimes.
Besides that, the day went well. Dekker wasn’t sitting well through church at all but I was feeling like garbage so we went and sat in the back playroom so he could play toys and have a snack, and I could stretch out on a recliner and catch my breath a little. The service was over before I knew it, and I chased down a few people to get numbers of attendees for Dekker’s birthday party. Still don’t know accurate numbers but I have a few more on the list anyway. (PS: To anyone reading who didn’t get an invite but would like to come, please don’t take the lack of invite personally, and contact me! We’d love to have you come celebrate our son with us next Sunday afternoon!!)
From church we headed to my parents for lunch. My mom has been gone visiting her sister for a few days and her plane gets in tonight, so my dad made us a yummy lunch. We were all pretty tired and low key, but ventured out for a walk downtown for drumsticks. I don’t do great walking too far these days, with my fall-aparty pelvis, but little did I know my parents actually own a belt that is EXACTLY what I need! A “pelvic orthotic” is what its called. I tried it out for the walk and while it wasn’t perfect, it was pretty darn close! I just have to figure out the exact place to wear it and I think it’ll save me these last few weeks. Optimism! So a less-painful walk and ice cream started my afternoon off right.
Since Brady was doing van repairs yesterday, we had to drive to Saskatoon this afternoon to return some rented tools to PartSource. Apparently we followed ourselves out of town. Which was strange, and a little twilight zoney.
Same year even. Weird.
Dekker and I waited for Brady outside of PartSource…
And then the boys waited for me while I ducked into Dollarama for a few party things. Of course I was super disorganized and forgot about half of what I needed to get, but I got some cups and bowls and balloons and things like that. I need to go back for a table cloth, a few dishes for sundae toppings, and I think bubbles. Who doesn’t love bubbles?! C’mon, the kids turning two.
A certain little love was fairly emotional on the drive home, to say it nicely. He went straight to bed when we got home, and Brady and I plunked ourselves into bed as well, for some How I Met Your Mother and a rest. Apparently I was more “restful” than him because I fell asleep. I vaguely remember him asking if I wanted to nap, and then turning the laptop off and closing the door. When he woke me up a little bit later, the car was washed and the deck was swept and rearranged into party mode. I should nap more often I guess! Loved that 🙂 Thanks, my love. Apparently I slept really hard and was in quite a bit of pain when I woke up, so Brady limped me to the bathroom and back to bed, where I propped myself up a bit and took my time waking up. Then we got Dekker up and had leftover honey chicken for supper.
We always pray before we eat and depending on the setting, somedays there is more to say than others. Today we were all seated and Dekker had been pretty ready to eat so we were all served up before we prayed. So I just looked at him and said “Dear Jesus, thank you so much for our food! Amen.” and he looked at me kind of confused and reached out to hold my hand. WARMED my heart! So we all held hands and prayed again, being a bit more thankful for a few more things 🙂 My sensitive little boy.
We all had a good feed before Dekker wanted to go outside, so Brady took him out onto the deck and started the sprinkler on the garden while I snuck inside and grabbed some bubbles. Dekker raced around in them for the next half hour, completely thrilled with the situation. I kept catching the bubbles on the bubble wand and trying to show them to him, and all he wanted to do was eat them, but the last one I showed him, he pinched it and popped it, and thought it was hilarious, so he’s figuring it out. It was nice to see him running around, super happy in just a tshirt and diaper, and then take a load off on one of his tiny little lawn chairs.
It was a little bit too much fun, and going inside for night seemed to be pretty much the end of the world. Lots of screaming and hitting. Its sad to see him so sad, but thats not really an excuse to act that way either. It was hard, and bedtime routine didn’t work out. No cuddles, no pictures, nothing. But we all have days.
We’re really looking forward to the meteor shower again tonight. Therefore our nighttime routine is being nice and delayed. Brady is changing the oil in my car right now, I’m doing a load of diapers, we’ll eventually run a bath once the water heater catches up after laundry, and then when its finally dark enough we’ll make hot chocolate and go sit outside for a while. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be much more active than yesterday, and we saw about 15 shooting stars in a half hour yesterday! So I’m anticipating good things.
And a better sleep. And a home day with my boys tomorrow. Life is good.