And I’m so dang tired I can hardly stand it.

The girls are napping and it’s quiet. And the house feels empty.

How is that possible?

I have such hope for the next year.

So much I want to learn, do, become.

I will become a better person because of this…

stronger, wiser, more faithful.

I’m not really in the talking mood right now,

so I thought I’d leave you with some photos I took this morning.

Love to you all and thank you, thank you, thank you

for your kindness, love, and prayers.

xoxo

s

High heels

a dress

actually wearing makeup and perfume

and blow-drying my hair.

sea bass

a whole bottle of French wine

beignets for dessert

ADULT conversation

no interruptions

holding hands

not talking about the babies quite

 

Quick post today. I’m off to get Sadie bug and Harper the monkey up, I hear them stirring. 

Did any of you have a hard time transitioning from the damn swaddle? It’s killing me. She is so spazzy she wakes herself up every few hours.

We finally got her to sleep on her tummy unwrapped but I’m getting up like every single hour. She shares a room with H, so I can’t exactly let her cry it out.

Help me Lord. I’m going to be a zombie while J is gone.

Oh well, atleast I’ll probably get skinny.

heheeh.

 

I’ll leave you with a few random (blurry, grody mommy w/out makeup and messy hair) pictures.

yes, i just said grody.

xoxoxo

s

I hope that your weekend has been filled with lots of laughter, love and togetherness.

Ours definitely has…I thought I’d share several photos from our past few days.

On Thursday, Harper told me she wanted to go on a date with Daddy.

Her last date with daddy did NOT go so well.

He took her to see Kung Fu Panda and let’s just say they were home 10 minutes later

and she was yelling “no no” “no panda” “go home” ready go” “loud panda!”.

So I was thrilled she wanted to go on  another daddy date.

We decided he would take her to lunch,

and Harper ran in her room to get ready.

She said she wanted to look like a “pwincess”

so we dressed her in her tulle skirt and pearls, and I put her hair up in 

two braids with pink bows:

When I saw Jimmy’s face when she walked in the room,

I almost cried. Ack…I can’t even talk about it.

But she looked beautiful and was over the top excited

for their date:

 

Please look at her hand on his leg, that just KILLS me.

Okay, moving on.

On Friday we went to a parade in our neighborhood. 

It was so much fun but hot as blazes.

You can tell by the thrilled look on J’s face. Hehehe.

I have to say that this Fourth of July was reflective and VERY bittersweet.

And then yesterday, Harper and I got up early and hit up our favorite flea market

and antiquing shops.

The pickings were pretty slim but I love love love the scale.

And how cute is this little old fashioned lap desk for H?

And the sweet lady, Esme, who runs one of my favorite shops,

told me she thought of me when she bought these:

So I’m sorry the longest post ever. I just wanted to catch you guys up

on all of the fun we’ve been having around here!

Have a beautiful, blessed Sunday, my sweet friends.

I’m leaving you with a Prima page about miss H.

xoxo

s

I just wanted to tell you a little story about something that happened yesterday.

I took the girls to HEB for our weekly grocery trip.

As we were walking up to the store, we heard a commotion,

and when I looked over I realized an elderly lady (perhaps she was in her mid to late 80’s)

had fallen over one of those concrete parking curbs.

She was laying at an awkard angle and people were starting to gather, 

not sure what to do.

Someone had called an ambulance, but no one was really getting close to her.

Now, let me interject to tell you that I’ve been thinking of how as Christians, we lead by example.

I’ve been wanting Harper to learn about helping others in need, volunteering, etc.

We are also working on being gentle and kind.

So Harper, Sadie and I went to the car and got an umbrella.

We sat on the ground and covered her with the umbrella (it was very hot on that concrete).

We got some baby wipes out of my diaper bag and we gently patted the blood on her hands and face.

But mostly, we talked to her.

Her name was Louise and she was very confused and scared.

She was all alone and wanted me to call her pastor, so I did.

We waited with her until the ambulance came, 

and then we went about our day.

But we talked about her all day.

And Harper learned a lesson from that, oh yes she did.

Strangers are amazing. They hold the door for us, pick something up when we drop it,

(they must feel sorry for a frazzled mommy with 2 babies)

They say thank you to Jimmy when he is in uniform, They say thank you to me.

Strangers have the ability to change the course of anyone’s day.

So why not pay it forward??

That’s my rambling for the day….

But hopefully it made sense.

Here is my to do list while J is gone:

Among other things, I want to lose weight, plant something with the girls, find a church, find somewhere to volunteer with the girls, get harper in a music class….you get the picture.

It will make me feel better the next 15 months to have goals.

And this is an album I started a while back,

but haven’t touched since. I hope to soon.

It’s going to be full of words of wisdom for the girlies.

Have a beautiful day… and do something kind, won’t you?

I’m thinking we might go visit Louise at the hospital…

xo