I know, I have been slacking. I wish I could say that it has caused me to be a well rested and destressed individual. But it hasn't. While I have been slacking from blogging I have been intensely cleaning for a baby shower we hosted for my Sister-in-law yesterday afternoon. I was also frantically crocheting a sweater as a gift.
I can say that most of my apartment is significantly cleaner than usual. The floors are awful. The carpets need to be cleaned and the floor mopped. I also hav a fridge fullof fresh fruit and vegetables left over. This is a great bonus to start a new week. It also comes in handy when my three year old proclaims he is hungry every five minutes.
I have two more baby showers to go in the next couple of weeks. This weekend my hubby's cousin's shower. I will not be attending, Iam racing a five miler on Saturday out of town. I am hoping to finish a gift and just send it with my mother-in-law. (this also means that I have to start the gift). My Sister-in-law ( on the other side) has a shower on the 19th. I will also have to make something for that. This shower I am basically planning, so there is a lot more than a gift needed here.
The microminis all seem to be getting sick. Almost all of us have some combination of sore throat, cough, achiness, fever, head ache. Hopefully all will be better for the race this weekend.
There has been a lot more going on, but I don't want to eight this post down too much. I want to finish with this though that has occured a few times lately and provided me with an overwhelming sense of joy. I went into the grocery store last weekend and I just had the X-man (baby). He was in his carseat with the cover pulled over. It was snowing and blowing, so I wanted him to stay warm. An elderely gentleman walked over and asked if there was a baby in there. I pulled back the cover so he could see, and the X-man smiled at the gentleman. The man asked the usual; what's his name, how old and smiled back at the baby. Two days before there had been another gentlemen at a store who had done the same thing. As a matter of fact, people in general do this quite often. Most of the time they are surprised to hear that X-man is three monthes and not three weeks, since he is so small. Everyone smiles at him, no matter how busy or grumpy they seemed to be. They pause to check out the baby. I don't tire of answering the same questions, I feel honored to have been the vessel that brought this little ray of light into the world that leaves sparks of joy in all those who see him. This is the beauty of a baby. We all can do it all the time, but let's face it we are not as cute as the baby,or as easy to approach. I have been completely struck by the number who come to the baby looking to catch a glimpse of the light he bears. More people come looking than have in the past with my other children. I think that has something to do with how few people are having babies now. This is sad. Yet we all are looking for a little bundle of light to spread the joy in the world through Christ. Any way the gentleman at the grocery store simply said, " Welcome little man, welcome" and went about his shopping with a smile on his face.
I can say that most of my apartment is significantly cleaner than usual. The floors are awful. The carpets need to be cleaned and the floor mopped. I also hav a fridge fullof fresh fruit and vegetables left over. This is a great bonus to start a new week. It also comes in handy when my three year old proclaims he is hungry every five minutes.
I have two more baby showers to go in the next couple of weeks. This weekend my hubby's cousin's shower. I will not be attending, Iam racing a five miler on Saturday out of town. I am hoping to finish a gift and just send it with my mother-in-law. (this also means that I have to start the gift). My Sister-in-law ( on the other side) has a shower on the 19th. I will also have to make something for that. This shower I am basically planning, so there is a lot more than a gift needed here.
The microminis all seem to be getting sick. Almost all of us have some combination of sore throat, cough, achiness, fever, head ache. Hopefully all will be better for the race this weekend.
There has been a lot more going on, but I don't want to eight this post down too much. I want to finish with this though that has occured a few times lately and provided me with an overwhelming sense of joy. I went into the grocery store last weekend and I just had the X-man (baby). He was in his carseat with the cover pulled over. It was snowing and blowing, so I wanted him to stay warm. An elderely gentleman walked over and asked if there was a baby in there. I pulled back the cover so he could see, and the X-man smiled at the gentleman. The man asked the usual; what's his name, how old and smiled back at the baby. Two days before there had been another gentlemen at a store who had done the same thing. As a matter of fact, people in general do this quite often. Most of the time they are surprised to hear that X-man is three monthes and not three weeks, since he is so small. Everyone smiles at him, no matter how busy or grumpy they seemed to be. They pause to check out the baby. I don't tire of answering the same questions, I feel honored to have been the vessel that brought this little ray of light into the world that leaves sparks of joy in all those who see him. This is the beauty of a baby. We all can do it all the time, but let's face it we are not as cute as the baby,or as easy to approach. I have been completely struck by the number who come to the baby looking to catch a glimpse of the light he bears. More people come looking than have in the past with my other children. I think that has something to do with how few people are having babies now. This is sad. Yet we all are looking for a little bundle of light to spread the joy in the world through Christ. Any way the gentleman at the grocery store simply said, " Welcome little man, welcome" and went about his shopping with a smile on his face.
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