This is one worn-out mama coming to you today! So if I misspell anything, please, forgive me.
1. Today I arranged to have lunch with my mom and have my sister show up to surprise her. Mom loves showing off her grandkids, and it's nice for her coworkers to see them as she talks about them often (I presume). Melissa hadn't yet had a chance to show Tommy off for her, and it will only be a few more weeks before maternity leave is up. Mom was definitely "tickled pink". However, I'm wiped! It ended up being about 2.5 hours together between lunch and letting Mom finish her work before going over the Capital Building to let a friend of the family see little Tommy. And we walked everywhere: to lunch and back, to the Capital (just across the street, but it's about a half block to get to the building, you know). All while wrangling a boisterous six-year old, four-year old, and a very excited 15 mo. old. It's a little more than this 7 mo. pregnant body wants to take. I might need a nap and let the dishes go (again).
2. Plans are underway for our yearly CIY youth trip. This year, instead of going to the "Move" conference as we usually do, we are going to attend Know Sweat in Denver. This, I am very excited about. A large portion of Know Sweat involves the kids going out into the community and participating in service projects. This takes up the day, while the evening then is spent in worship and teaching and small groups. I love it because it gives us an opportunity to put into practice everything we're learning. It also will helpfully get us out of our comfort zone and serving others. I know that sometimes our students don't like a change in the line-up of youth events, for fear they might be missing out on something. But I think this is a step-up. I already know about a few things in the works (possibly) that will just make the trip all that more sweet. As for myself, I'm not sure how much I'll be able to be involved, having a small child and a baby. We're going to work on that. But hopefully, I'll be able to be involved in some way. And the great thing about it being in Denver means that we get to spend some time with Nick's parents who live nearby! This will be a great opportunity for Eliza to spend some time with Nana and Papa Kemper!
3. I have a new haircut. I love it. Enough said. (And sadly, I can't seem to get a decent picture of it on my own, otherwise I would post a picture of it for you.)
4. Eliza has suddenly decided she is capable of climbing the steps up to our apartment on her own. And thank You, Lord, that she is! This is a wonderful thing for me, as on nice days when I don't want her walking through muck, she can walk up to the door herself while I carry groceries or whatever, and then she climbs the stairs herself. This is also in plenty of time for lots of practice before baby brother comes. I love it.
5. It snowed again this week, yesterday, actually. We had been enjoying sixty-seventy degree weather, and then it snows. There are a lot of very disgruntled people around, having had that delicious taste of spring in their mouths for a few days. I can understand. However, it's still late February. And February tends to be like this, as if it's not content being a winter month and stretches itself to reach for spring. I admit, it will be nice when spring comes and we can walk around without the burdens of coats and hats, when I can take my daughter outside to play any time she gets a hankering to "go bye-bye." But... it's four weeks until spring, folks. Maybe just a little less. I won't rule out the chance of snow and colder temps until then. (And maybe not even then. I remember some snowy Marches!)
That's it for today, folks. I still owe this blog a post about the beautiful necklace my hubby gave me for Valentine's. I've been a bit weepy without provocation lately, however, and writing a post like that is guaranteed to get me going. So I think I'll wait for a day where the emotional waters are a bit calmer to pull that out.
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