My Day

Was quite nice yesterday. It has taken me till this morning to realize it, but all day long, nothing and everything happened and it was all completely blessed.
You see Joe was home. all. day. long!!! No school, no work, just us (and little errands and chores of course)
I woke up at 6:30, which compared to 8:30 when the rest of the house woke up it kind of stinks. But I got in breakfast, uninterrupted (sweet golden crisp!).
I got in Romans and some prayer time, uninterrupted (sweet Jesus!).
I got in a shower, uninterrupted (sweet scalding hot water all to myself!).

The girls woke up and they bathed (first in 5 days...oops) and we made oatmeal and they Scarfed It!

Then Joe got up and it was 10:00 and I found an excuse to eat second breakfast (sweet pregnancy second breakfast!) So I made us egg sandwiches (which are not so sweet now that I have been eating eggs all week I'm kinda over it)

Then we watched some Wizard Of Oz and sang along (sweet husband knowing the lyrics) while I folded laundry which just makes laundry more fun.

Then Joe mowed the lawn while the girls and I got ready for the day.

And then, it happened. I took the girls outside with their father, I hugged them goodbye, he waved from the lawnmower and said "their fine, go on" Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
I have waited for this day for what feels like forever!! Don't get me wrong, Joe has always been wonderful at keeping the girls, simply, dress them in too small clothes, feed them hot dogs and chips for lunch, naps encouraged by benedryl even when they are not sick (kidding) It has been ME. My problem, I always feel like I am hindering him by leaving him alone with his children. I know. I have serious issues that I am working through. But I have in the past had a hard time leaving them in any ones capable hands. I feel like they are my responsibility and everyone else nuisance. And it did take Joe a while to learn to handle, cope and finally enjoy and thrive keeping the girls by himself. But lately I feel like he has really mastered it and realized that it is easily done. In my absence he has taken them to visit elderly friends of ours, to the store, to the ZOO! Yesterday he mowed the back yard fed them lunch and washed his truck while I was gone!

I went to the OB, which the Lord answered my morning prayers by giving the Dr time to sit down with me and listen to my woe's (I have never had pregnancy woes before). She was very sympathetic and calmed my fears and encouraged me that yes, this pregnancy is going to require a lot more sitting, (straight, with my knees together) and doing nothing, to keep the pain manageable.
Then I went to the grocery store all by myself, which I don't even need to explain the wonderfulness of. Although I did tell Joe, not a single lady, young or old, stopped me to tell me that anything attached to my person or in my possession was adorable. No one stopped their cart next to mine so their offspring could google and point and smile at mine, and I got through there in record time!

I came home and after putting the grocery's away I ate lunch all by myself because Joe was gone with the girls!
Then we all took a nap (sweet slumber)
And when we woke up the girls got to go play at Grams while Joe and I went to dinner, un.inter.rupted!!! We never heard "will you feed me like a baby" or "NO! I do it!" or "all die" after 2 bites. No force feeding or tears. No one dipped anything in "pip, pip" there were not potty breaks or sticky hands to wipe. We simply enjoyed Mexican food for an hour all by ourselves and talked.
And I learned more about my hubby than I knew before, including the best piece of information = he has applied for graduation!!! Sweet semi normal life is on the horizon! You know, after graduation, a new baby and a new job... whatever, what is normal anyway? Its all good, and its all blessed.

By these two precious nut cases