Sundays: Patterns & Waiting

My St. Louis journey began today and the theme for the day was most definitely patterns and waiting.

I woke up early (3:45am) and took an American Airlines flight to DFW - Patterns

I waited through an unusually long (for me) layover - Waiting

At Audra's house we gathered, my mom, brother, sister, Zach and Zane - Patterns

We fell back into the routine of our last visit. - Patterns

I decorated a cake for my brother's birthday and made him soup and cheese bread for dinner, back in the kitchen - Patterns

My mom and I read our books during lulls in the baby watching action - Waiting

The boys played bean bags together - Patterns

We watched the Godfather together - Waiting

Zane laughed, smiled and chewed on his hands - Patterns

He slept cuddled in his blacket - Patterns + Waiting

We all drank Diet Pepsi and ate chips - Patterns

We looked at pictures and wandered the internet - Waiting

My mom cleaned the kitchen and chatted with each of us - Patterns

She took a nap - Waiting

We love on baby Zane - Patterns

There are kinks in our patterns.  I find myself waiting for the rest of our family-- my kids, my husband, my Dad.  Zach won all the bean bag games, which rarely happens with my skilled brother.  There are questions and planning and the uncertainty about the plans and packing for the next step.

For now, we blog, watch, snuggle and enjoy the rain our patterns, our waiting, most of our family together just together celebrating this day and building our strength for the next days.