I know I have been a bit behind so let me catch you up on what has been going on around here. Life seems like there is not a lot going on, but then when I sit down to do something it feel like there has been so much going on that I just want to minute to sit still. Lets see, Wednesday I spent out that evening with a dear friend Elizabeth. We chatted over beer at my brothers bar (if you have never been there it is a must on your next Denver visit). Andrew and I decided it would be good for me to take all Wednesdays off and away from home in the PM. I typically go to my Marian group every other and stay home the other ones. The plan, though it has not worked out yet, is to go to the church and spend some time in deep personal prayer. But you know what end up happening, I feel bad about leaving and then I stay later than I should and I never actually make it out the door. I know control issues right, it is not as if Andrew can't take care of the kids, I just don't want it to feel like a burden to him (that is a whole other blog entry for another day). For the record Andrew tries to push me out the door, it is my issue not his. It was good to get out, I know I have said it before, but a night out is really good for me as a mother, it helps me appreciate my kids so much more the next day. Gosh that sounds really bad saying it out loud, but I am sure many of you moms can relate; you know the saying absence make the heart grow fonder. So so true!
Thursday we spent the morning at a pumpkin patch with the girls for MOPS, this really made it feel like a real fall day (even though it hit almost 75 that day). Hannah had so much fun going thru the corn maze, though it was a bit difficult at times, she ended up finding her way out. She LOVED the corn box (it was a sand box that had dried corn in it instead of sand). A lot of kids were being buried in corn and just tossing it around and rolling it, I personally love this because there is no sand in the shoes when we get home, or in their hair for that matter. It was so good to see some friend that both of us had not seen in a while. Hannah slept exceptionally well that afternoon if you can imagine. Felicity on the other hand has not been napping well in the morning at all! We are trying a new approach that a friend Christy recommended called pick up put down. We will see how that next three days go, but I can tell you last night from 12:30 to 2 she was up just screaming, and every time she stood up I was in there putting her right back down. I finally caved after 2 hours and rocked her to sleep (well Andrew did at least). I tried to say the rosary as I stood in there going back and forth with her, but there is just something that does not seem right about saying the rosary when I am so irritated. I hope I am getting at least something out of it. As for Felicity we will see how tonight goes, say a prayer for us and that this madness ends soon! Truth be told I know that if I could just surrender this time, I mean truly surrender it, I would not be so obsessed with having this time pass. Maybe pray for that instead, that good Lord had got to have a plan for all of this right?
Dear little ones, thank you for helping me rely more on the Lord and less on myself (especially at 2am),
Love Mom
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