I'm sorry to have gone all silent on you here, and especially after I wrote my tiny tantrum out over the weekend ahead. The weekend turned out better than I ever expected, and maybe it's because I got out all my negative should-be's and why isn't it's and we found a happy medium. I'm still in learning mode when it comes to not taking things personally. Time with family was truly good, and we ended up spending one night with my parents, and then Sunday night we sent Thomas on his first solo spend-the-night with Lovie and Gramps, while Beaux and I stayed with our sweet friends Josh and Angie.
That big milestone happened really naturally, thank goodness. Thomas rode home with Lovie and Gramps after the baby shower and of course had a marvelous time sliding down the dirt pile, swinging on his new swing (that hangs from a pecan tree branch) and eating his body weight in strawberries. The only rough part was when he cried from 10:30 until 12, it seems, but both my parents and he seemed to make things work just fine. I didn't worry about him, not for a second, because I was too busy enjoying completing a sentence without getting distracted. We had a very adult night of playing board games and sushi. Like Beaux said, "It's what we would have done even if we had Thomas with us, but with a lot less interruption."
Still, by morning, I was missing my baby. I loved getting that first hug and hearing him say, "Maaa!" I wanted to drink him in, lavish him with a thousand silly kisses. I'm so glad I could hang out with my husband and friends, some quality time that has been sorely needed for my soul. I got both the yin and yang of my heart balanced. The rest of the week has been full, of Bible study and meeting a new friend, I hope, and then Thomas returning to Mother's Morning Out, oh blessed blessed day. I'm also starting a new exercise routine that is worth a whole post or so, more later on that new development. Just wanted to check in and let you know that I'm alive, well, and not a little bit sore. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
sometimes it's easier to sit and marinate in the silence. i am in love with that photo. to grown up days and nights. and board games. and sushi. and to temper tantrums every once in awhile!!!
xoxo
Posted by: lindsey | Monday, September 14, 2009 at 06:09 PM
Oh, I am so glad you had a wonderful weekend...you know it is because you took the time for yourself, right?
Posted by: Megsie | Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 08:14 AM