My friends and family in Texas were so fabulous. Still are. I miss them so badly it hurts.
But there are good things here. Today we got to hang out with two of our neighbors, one next door and one downstairs. Our next-door neighbor has a trampoline, and we went and played on it. They also have a lemon tree and an orange tree, and one of the kids said I could take all I wanted. I really hope he spoke for his mom, b/c I'd been eyeing those fruits and I really wanted some, so I took a few! (She seems like a really generous person, so I'll bet her son was just saying what he'd heard her say before.) Then we ate enchiladas at our downstairs neighbor's house. That was delicious, and fun. She's so cute; she has a 7-month-old baby, and she loves being a mom, but she's clueless about what's ahead. She was asking me what Jack could eat, like he can't have everything yet; she was worried the enchiladas were too spicy, and they totally weren't. But she loves how energetic Jack is at her house; I don't know why he's so energetic at her house, maybe he's bored? Anyway, we all had fun. And her friend was there, who is pregnant, and she said she'd love to stay home with her baby but she doesn't think their finances will allow it; then she was groaning "Oh, I've got to figure out childcare!" and I said "Hey, I live right next to your work, I could watch your baby!" Here's hoping I didn't just bite off more than I can chew.... Tim makes more than he's ever made, but it costs more to live here and we're still paying a mortgage on our Texas house, so our money doesn't go as far as I'd like it to. Besides, yall know how much I want another kid, and this would be a teeny baby baby I could cuddle! And it wouldn't even start for another, like, 8 months or so. Hmm, we may have actually sold our house by then. Or not.
We want to go camping, and we want to take a trip to Utah to visit Tim's older sister who just had a baby. This coming weekend is our anniversary, 6 years! And the weekend after that is my birthday, 26 years! So, maybe UT trip the next weekend? I REALLY want to take the trip, not just to see the new baby, but to see how Lily will do on a long road trip, and visit Tim's family with Tim since I'll be driving through in a couple of months without him. It would be slightly less awkward visiting them without him if we'd just been there all together.
Jack and Lily officially started wrestling today. Jack carefully knocked Lily down, and he did it gently enough that she liked it, and I praised him for doing it so gently. He then proceeded to knock her down over and over and over and over, and she liked it for a while, but then she got tired of it. Jack wasn't tired of it at all, so he was assigned to help me tidy the house. And he did, albeit reluctantly. He's a good kid :D
I DID play with them today. And I read a few books to Jack, including the Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss. I love that man. Jack does, too, thankfully.
Lily finally popped her fifth tooth today! I was starting to wonder if she was ever going to have more than four teeth!
Tonights pictures are a little older, but not much:
Jack and Tim sleeping on the couch at Tim's parents' house in Nash, Texas. I love how they have the exact same sleep habits.
My mom holding sweet sleeping Lily for me while we did our yard sale in Texas in June.
Lily sitting on Jack's chair that Tim's dad made for him. We had just unpacked it and put it together, and Lily was excited to see it! Unfortunately, Jack broke it today by jumping on it. I think we can fix it pretty easily if we just get the pipe-thingy, but until then it is out of commission.
Well, goodnight, yall. I've got a busy day tomorrow; I run at 6am, take the car to the shop at 7:30am, and then I've got to fit in a playgroup, a museum trip, a La Leche League lunch, grocery shopping, and Lily's nap.
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