A Walk in the Park

Today that is what we literally did, we went for a walk in the park, well at least Hannah and I did.  Andrew was able to come home early today, like 2pm early (Yippy skippy, I love having my husband home!).  Felicity was down for a third nap, she was not a good napper today (due to a 2 hour walk with morning with a friend, she missed her morning nap at home, it was all my doing).  I typically take a push car or a stroller to the park, but today Hannah said she wanted to walk, why not right.  I figured it would tire her out more for this evening, and hopefully make her pretty hungry (for the record it did both, she was asleep shortly after 8 and ate a whole hamburger, a banana, applesauce and some crackers).  When we got the park she played for a bit on the slides but then told me she wanted to walk to the tunnel that is about a quarter of a mile away if not further.  I was pretty impressed she did walk the whole way there and almost the whole way back to the park (after walking thru the tunnel and over some pretty big hills).  By the time we had to head home because the sun was going down she was pretty tired and kept telling me that her legs were tired and she needed holds :)  I did carry her for about 20 feet, I realized how hard it is to carry an extra 30 pounds after getting use to carrying the lighter Felicity at only 14 pounds.  Along our walk Hannah did pick up a few treasurers that she was able to share with daddy, the novelty of those quickly faded once she found the chalk that Andrew had brought home for work was in fact kids sidewalk chalk.  All in all it was a really fun afternoon just the two of us.

I got a chance to do a nice long walk with my girlfriend Sarah today, I love long morning walks and this weather makes it that much better, nice and cool in the beginning but once the sun really hits you your jacket comes off and you could almost swear it was summer (except for all those changing trees around you).  We spent a lot of time talking about our vocations and how to be better wives and mothers and how we love having such solid catholic friends (both wives and husbands/families) to keep us grounded and help hold us accountable.  It is so nice to have someone of like mind and personality to bounce some of the craziness that goes on in ones own mind to help you realize that you are not in fact that crazy and many moms (especially of toddlers) are feeling a lot of the same things.  It is so nice to have someone that we can relate to on a personal level but also on a faith level, someone that you know you can go to with question or thoughts and know that they are in a similar boat but a different boat and able to give you perspective on your thoughts.  I guess what I am getting at is that I simply love having the Catholic friends we have and not only that but I love being a catholic woman (mother and wife).  I love what I know about my faith now and where I am with it, but I am also excited about all the things to come, the new information, and the new understanding; and it all simply makes me HAPPY!