Just Nesting, Resting and Missing Jake!

It has been 8 days since I have seen my husband, nothing like those with hubby's fighting overseas or anything, but a LONG time for me. I miss him so much, more so of course, being here, in our house - there is just a hole. Sigh...lucky us, he will be home sometime LATE tonight. Wahoo! Anna has been so cute about "Daddy", sometimes she randomly says "Daddy at work" and others it is "Where Daddy is?", this morning it was "Daddy phone" which means he was there last night so lets open it and see if here is there today, he sure was. The most amazing thing is that the last three or four days when she has talked to him, I have not assisted in her responses to him AT ALL. She is totally understanding this conversation thing! She answers and low and behold, they are actually answers that DO have something to do with what he asked. Gosh, she is changing before my eyes. I am so excited to see what tomorrow brings, but I admit a small part of me is sad at how fast the last (almost) 2 years have gone!

I have been able to go to bed relatively early the last two nights, guess I needed it. For sure I needed it TH night. Man, I really over did it on Wed and TH probably too and by 6pm it had caught up with me. I spent a lot of time outside yesterday picking weeds - not easy for a lady with a huge basketball sitting in front of her. HA! Dinner consisted of two tortillas with cheese, big glass of water, in the recliner in front of the TV, swollen ankles, aching back and all. But the front looks nice, dad would be proud.

Over the last 24-48 hours I have had immense nesting fever. OH MY! I want to clean, organize and throw out. I just want to bussle and keep getting side tracked and it is a clear reminder that there are just some CRAZY things about being pregnant, and this nesting thing is one of them. I remember doing this with Anna too, it peaked about a month before I had her and then right before I had her, I wanted to do stuff and just couldn't. Anyhow, watch out Jake, things might be in a different place, or in the trash! HA!

Enough blab, here is my SAT list.

1. I am thankful that Sarah F.'s flight went so well to NC. It is exhausting no matter how good the kiddos are, and nerve wracking too. Awesome job Sarah!

2. Anna telling her giraffe "No Giraffe" "For Anna" as I handed her some cheese. Her little imagination was telling her that giraffe just might eat her cheese. Oh that girl!

3. Getting everything but my outlook address book and digital camera software loaded on the computer. Dare I say we are almost totally, 100% functioning?

4. Spending time with our neighbors yesterday, across the street, they are so nice and our girls had a ball playing with each other.

5. Speaking of neighbors, forgot to mention yesterday, the TH night invite I got for dinner with our neighbors next door. I can't say enough about good neighbors, if you have had them, you know what I am saying! (We haven't had good neighbors since Brant and Katie and man is it nice)

6. Hearing from my gma this morning - she was in SUCH a good mood. I can't tell you how that lifts my spirits. I am sure it had something to do with her trip to Vartan's in LA yesterday with Judy and my mom, and all the diamonds the three of them purchased for themselves. I will take it though!

7. The silence I hear right now, like maybe Anna really fell asleep? This would be the first nap in 3 days. Sure makes our evenings better when she takes a nap. Fingers crossed that this is the start of being back in her routine!

8. Speaking of routine...Anna loves hats, Uncle Boo gave her an Angels cap for Christmas and Gma Karen bought her a new flower hat for her bday last week. Both hang on her bed posts. EVERY MORNING she yells "Momma, I want down", even though she is capable of getting down herself. Anyhow, for about a month now, when I go in there she is wearing her Angels hat, sitting on the edge of the bed holding her baby, Limpy or now her Giraffe. And with a new hat in the collection, we have a little variety. HA. The funniest part is the Angels cap must be easier for her to put on backwards, then right side forward, so my little HOMEY is quite the site at 8am. Whew - that was long. I will try to capture this moment for you one morning!

9. Again, Anna...her new "obsession" with Granddad Tim. She had a blast with him last week and though she has always been able to point him out in pictures, she didn't mention him much without prodding. Not so the last few days. She has asked where he is, when I say "I just talked to Grandma on the phone" Anna says, "Grandad, Phone?" and this morning we were having the big girls pee pee in the potty and wear panties talk (we do this 10times a day at least) and her response this morning was "Momma panties, Grandma panties, Granddad panties". Love it, the thought of Timmy in "panties" ha!

10. 8 days without my hubby is a long time, but the point of this list is to look at all the good in life, and the good of this was the time I spent not just with my folks, but with Anna. As hard as moments have been we have just bonded in a totally different way. I can't describe it, but I am so in awe of her, she is by far the most amazing blessing. She is so full of life, of innocence and pure humor. She has her own personality that keeps me on my toes and fills me up, all at the same time.
For that I am soooooooooo thankful.