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Three days, twenty hours,and about five showings of Max and Ruby, and Maisy–we have arrived at our desitination. It is good to be home, to be settling in. We still have much unpacking and organizing and decision-making to do (as in, should the pots and pans go in the bottom right or bottom left cupboard?) but it is starting to feel like home. The first day that the girls spent in their own beds, they both slept like rocks.
Now, I’m sitting in my dad’s office, enjoying his company (and wireless), watching my girls playing in the yard outside my window and feeling good about being here.
Its been a long road to get here, and not just the literal roadtrip that it took to arrive.
Three days, twenty hours,and about five showings of Max and Ruby, and Maisy–we have arrived at our desitination. It is good to be home, to be settling in. We still have much unpacking and organizing and decision-making to do (as in, should the pots and pans go in the bottom right or bottom left cupboard?) but it is starting to feel like home. The first day that the girls spent in their own beds, they both slept like rocks.
Now, I’m sitting in my dad’s office, enjoying his company (and wireless), watching my girls playing in the yard outside my window and feeling good about being here.
Its been a long road to get here, and not just the literal roadtrip that it took to arrive.
family
I don’t want to do this but I have to…no more posting until it’s from our new little cosy apartment. I said my first goodbyes tonight and it was harder than I thought. I cried a little, but probably could have had a full-on sob fest. Not just at saying goodbye to this friend, although that made me sad, but I’m just in need of a good, overwhelmed, we’re moving, MOVING!!– in three days, life is changing dramatically-kind of cry.
I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be if all you blogging friends were neighbors–I’d have you all over for a packing party–packing, chatting, laughing….although we probably wouldn’t get any real work done. And of course blair would be the one lounging on the sofa as we carried it to the moving truck, wine glass in her hand… 🙂
So, anyway, Maryland, here we come…Pa–I hope you’re ready for the big dose of little girly excitement and love that’s coming your way in just a few days…
I’ll still be checking my email (i can’t cut myself off completely, come on now…) so keep those little encouraging emails coming, if you have the time. They help, they really do….
I’ll leave you with a final picture I snapped of the girls tonight–they were lounging on the bed while I was packing up my closet. Dan says he’d title this one, "loved to death". Ever since Henry returned from his snip-snip at the vet, the girls have been all over him.
(oh, and after reading everyone’s comments from the last post–should I be booking the tour bus to the ribbon outlet for late spring??)
Next stop: home.
I don’t want to do this but I have to…no more posting until it’s from our new little cosy apartment. I said my first goodbyes tonight and it was harder than I thought. I cried a little, but probably could have had a full-on sob fest. Not just at saying goodbye to this friend, although that made me sad, but I’m just in need of a good, overwhelmed, we’re moving, MOVING!!– in three days, life is changing dramatically-kind of cry.
I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be if all you blogging friends were neighbors–I’d have you all over for a packing party–packing, chatting, laughing….although we probably wouldn’t get any real work done. And of course blair would be the one lounging on the sofa as we carried it to the moving truck, wine glass in her hand… 🙂
So, anyway, Maryland, here we come…Pa–I hope you’re ready for the big dose of little girly excitement and love that’s coming your way in just a few days…
I’ll still be checking my email (i can’t cut myself off completely, come on now…) so keep those little encouraging emails coming, if you have the time. They help, they really do….
I’ll leave you with a final picture I snapped of the girls tonight–they were lounging on the bed while I was packing up my closet. Dan says he’d title this one, "loved to death". Ever since Henry returned from his snip-snip at the vet, the girls have been all over him.
(oh, and after reading everyone’s comments from the last post–should I be booking the tour bus to the ribbon outlet for late spring??)
Next stop: home.
swaps
I am long overdue on posting the wonderful goodness that arrived in our mailbox last week from Mary-Sue and her children Annika and Pedar. They were our wonderful partners from the miniswap and we have so enjoyed getting to know them better. I wish that I was a wee bit wiser, and had my camera at the ready when we opened the box, because instantly the contents were grabbed, loved and carried away to special places around my house. Our package was filled with so much thought and love and care…it truly was overwhelming. So, though it doesn’t begin to do justice for all that was included in our swap, here are some highlights (mary was napping during the photoshoot)….oh, and the box was FILLED with little pink hearts, attached to different gifts with notes about each item. It was so fun.
For starters, she made each of the girls one of these aprons, with their initial stitched on in buttons! I love them, especially because we have one craft apron that the girl’s usually argue over. Now they each have their own and they are way more fun than our plain old off-white one!
Each of the girls got one of these adorable summer skirts. I’m thinking they will be the perfect thing to wear over bathing suits? Although Emma wears hers now over her pants, of course.
This went up in Emma’s room right away.
And here’s some more of the wonderful things that I could round up. Emma loved the dolls and I spent the first day cutting and cutting and cutting….and look at the wonderful bag and treats that Mary-Sue included for me! The bag has great pockets, which I LOVE… she included a wonderful book,
some herbal rub for my girls since they were both sick when we were talking, a candle and do you see that beautiful linen towel with the red poppies(?)…I don’t know if I can even bear to use it!
Even as I sit and write this, I’m realizing there is so much that I forgot–the grey squirrel puppet. I think I may be having more fun with it than anyone else. I’m pretty funny with puppets, I’ve realized. Of course, it’s easy to get two giddy girls cackling when there mother is hiding behind a chair putting on squirrel dramas. Oh, and the sun catcher–Today, I caught emma standing on the counter at the sink, spinning it…and the books, and Lily, and the jewelry for emma….I know there’ more that i’m forgetting, but thank you so much Mary-Sue and Annika and Pedar. Your thoughtful package made three girls in Wisconsin (i won’t be able to say that for very long) very happy! xo.
I think the miniswap was a success. And I think a Fall round just might be in order…
I am long overdue on posting the wonderful goodness that arrived in our mailbox last week from Mary-Sue and her children Annika and Pedar. They were our wonderful partners from the miniswap and we have so enjoyed getting to know them better. I wish that I was a wee bit wiser, and had my camera at the ready when we opened the box, because instantly the contents were grabbed, loved and carried away to special places around my house. Our package was filled with so much thought and love and care…it truly was overwhelming. So, though it doesn’t begin to do justice for all that was included in our swap, here are some highlights (mary was napping during the photoshoot)….oh, and the box was FILLED with little pink hearts, attached to different gifts with notes about each item. It was so fun.
For starters, she made each of the girls one of these aprons, with their initial stitched on in buttons! I love them, especially because we have one craft apron that the girl’s usually argue over. Now they each have their own and they are way more fun than our plain old off-white one!
Each of the girls got one of these adorable summer skirts. I’m thinking they will be the perfect thing to wear over bathing suits? Although Emma wears hers now over her pants, of course.
This went up in Emma’s room right away.
And here’s some more of the wonderful things that I could round up. Emma loved the dolls and I spent the first day cutting and cutting and cutting….and look at the wonderful bag and treats that Mary-Sue included for me! The bag has great pockets, which I LOVE… she included a wonderful book,
some herbal rub for my girls since they were both sick when we were talking, a candle and do you see that beautiful linen towel with the red poppies(?)…I don’t know if I can even bear to use it!
Even as I sit and write this, I’m realizing there is so much that I forgot–the grey squirrel puppet. I think I may be having more fun with it than anyone else. I’m pretty funny with puppets, I’ve realized. Of course, it’s easy to get two giddy girls cackling when there mother is hiding behind a chair putting on squirrel dramas. Oh, and the sun catcher–Today, I caught emma standing on the counter at the sink, spinning it…and the books, and Lily, and the jewelry for emma….I know there’ more that i’m forgetting, but thank you so much Mary-Sue and Annika and Pedar. Your thoughtful package made three girls in Wisconsin (i won’t be able to say that for very long) very happy! xo.
I think the miniswap was a success. And I think a Fall round just might be in order…
