The incredible thing about our move is getting to be surrounded by our families. It is wonderful in so many ways for Brent and I, but it is even more neat to get to watch B surrounded by people who love him. When we would come to visit it always took him awhile to adjust and he typically didn't remember people. Now, he is old enough to remember people when they visit, old enough to talk to them on the phone a bit and has a good enough memory to be excited when he sees them. It is so cute. When Able came to visit last week his first reaction upon seeing him was "Wow" He practied saying " Aunt Jamie, Uncle Carl and John" in anticipation of their visit and made them so happy with his attempts. Audra's arrival today was met with big smiles and lots of kicking.
It is even neater with our parents though. He gets to seem them every week or two and gets so excited when they come. He says approximations of Grandpa, Grandma B, Grammy and Granddaddy, gives sweet little boy kisses and is starting to say what sounds like I love you. They, he and we love it. Today, Audra arrived and my parents came for dinner. Brendan went on a walk with Mom, Audra and I and played a lot with the boys. He was so comfortable and happy and consequently everyone else was too. It is just great to be able to do this. Now, our siblings just need to find their way back. I so wish Audra was my next door neighbor. That, would be awesome! In the meantime, all three of our siblings do a great job of visiting often and are getting to be good friends with our little one and I am so grateful to get to share our lives more closely with them now that we are back in Oklahoma. I'm still amazed we really made it happen this year, but it is working out wonderfully thus far.
Thanks to all of you who have helped contribute to the success of our move and our adjustment back to life here. It would have been much tougher without such a wonderful support network in both places. We feel so surrounded in the love of our framily and friends and that is a very fine place to be indeed.
"This Week" Project
Friday Journaling
Our Meals:
Breakfast: Cereal & Milk + a banana for B.
Lunch: B- Applesauce, turkey and cheese; A- Sandwich - Ham, Chicken & Cheese + Curry Baked Chips; Aunt Audra - Club Sandwish Salt & Vinegar Chips (Diet Dr. Pepper & Diet Pepsi).
Snacks - B- goldfish crackers, cereal, dried cranberries, & milk; A - chocolate, incredible bread, & water
Dinner: BBQ Beef Sanwiches, Corn on the Cob, & Zesty fries - Water, Pop, (I admit I had an ice cream float later).
Our Day:
6:30am - 7:30 Brent wakes up and starts the day, B & I get up just a bit later, we have breakfast and Brent heads to work
7:30-9am- Check e-mail, do the dishes, put the sheets in the laundry, did some cleaning, watched a little Curious George, B helps vaccuum.
9-10:30- Sesame Street with more cleaning and some work e-mail, water play, running around time, some bouncing on the bed, playing with animals- particularly the "panda" which is currently my favorite word of B's, Books: Good Night Moon; The Velveteen Rabbit. (Ok, we didn't quite make it through the later, but made a good start).
10:30-11 - lunch and clean up for naptime
11-12:45 - naptime, work, prep to head to airport, chat with Jessie & Brent, more work
12:45-3:45 - Wake up B, change him and head to the airport, pick up Audra, have lunch at City Bites, head to Target, home to put the beef in the crock pot, Aunt Audra gives B his awesome new play food and they play some while I work,
3-45-5:30 - Brent gets home early, more playing, I work on dinner a little, my parents arrive more fun with the grandparents, then dinner. The most humorous part being B eating corn on the cob
6:30-7:20 - Walk out side, then play in the backyard with everyone, bubbles, the sprinkler, diagnosing the grill, lots of pictures,
7:20-8 - bath time, jammies, milk, Seasame Street, good-byes to the grandparents and night night
8-9 Hanging out with my parents, lots of laughing- so nice
9-11 - Organizing ribbon for scrapbooking, talking to Audra, blog, upload pictures, get ready to head to sleep.... So tired, but wanting to remember it all.
PS - I have actually taken or had taken a picture of me everyday, but notice that none had made it here so I included a couple today--- need makeup and more sleep, but am doing well.
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