We headed to the farm for the Memorial Day weekend. Overall it was a good visit. Here’s a quick recap:
Some Bad:<\/p>\n
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- Unfortunately, the babies don’t sleep well there. That makes for long nights for me and Eric (the babies sleep right next door with paper-thin walls). <\/li>\n
- Eric’s grandmother is very difficult for me to deal with. She pounces on us whenever we arrive where she is (as in, she was standing thisclose when we stopped the Jeep and Eric nearly knocked her over opening his door). I totally understand her excitement to see\/show off the babies. But it still is hard for me to take. <\/li>\n
- I didn’t really get a break. We just added socializing to my normal baby to-do lists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mostly great:<\/p>\n
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- Eric got to play farmer on Saturday. He drove tractors, loaded hay, and did a couple of chores that the others had been meaning to do, but couldn’t get to. I think he really enjoyed himself.<\/li>\n
- Eric also went kayaking with his other brother on Sunday. They had a good time. <\/li>\n
- My MIL loves to be able to see the babies. And my FIL and BIL are starting to enjoy the babies more now that they’re bigger. And it’s fun to see all the small-town, farmer folks just love on our babies because they love my in-laws so much. It’s nice to know there are still places where babies are celebrated!<\/li>\n
- And my MIL is going to make the babies a couple of blankets with different textures\/fabrics for them to explore. They will love these!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Down<\/span>
I’ve been tending towards discouragement recently. I’m not sure exactly why, but I’ve really struggled not to wallow in self-pity and negativity. Yesterday, Eric gave me a longer-than-usual hug, and I almost cried. Some of it is that I got Eric’s cold (as did Erin). Some of it is that I’m stuck at home this week with the babies while our Jeep gets some needed repairs. But most of it seems to be that I really, really need a for-real break. Someone to volunteer to man the babies in every way except feeding (and maybe for at least one of those, too). My MIL is great, but she waits for me to tell her what to do, waits for me to give permission to do things. I really need someone to spell me for a bit, not just “assist”. I’m just worn-down: physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally. I’m running on empty.<\/p>\nJon & Kate Plus 8<\/span>
This situation has just broken my heart. It makes me sad every time I hear something new about them. I think I’m going to quit watching their show just because I don’t want to be part of the primary cause of what’s tearing their marriage apart. And I’ve actually been praying for them (I think they are Christians)…it’s just so sad. <\/p>\nCloset Romantic<\/span>
On a more light-hearted note, I realized the other day that I’m a closet romantic. I’m super-rational and not very emotional (for a girl) as a general rule. But there are just some things that set my little girly-heart all a-flutter. For example, in the movie Definitely, Maybe<\/span>, he finds a book that used to belong to one of the other characters, and he almost gives it to her, but doesn’t, and you realize that he really loves her<\/span>, not the other two chicks. Or in Stranger than Fiction<\/span>, when Will Farrell’s character brings his love interest flours, instead of flowers. Since she’s a baker, he actually brings her a box with 6 or 8 bags of different types of flour. Yep…those are the moments that break my latent romanticism free from the chains of rationalism they are usually bound up in…<\/p>\nFun Things:<\/span>
And then, for other happy things in my life… <\/p>\n- \n
- Check out this website<\/a> for adorable pictures of baby animals. Marla posted a link to it on her post. Be sure to click on some of the other options. I thought the pygmy hippo was too cute!<\/li>\n
- We watched Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium<\/span> last night. I
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kid’s movies!<\/li>\n- Friday is our 5 year anniversary. I think we’re going to get a babysitter and go hang out together at Easton or something. Should be a good time…<\/li>\n
- Erin rolled over from her back to front over the weekend for the first time. I’m pretty sure it was an accident (she looked super surprised!), but they are both pretty close to doing it for real. <\/li>\n
- We gave both babies pears last night with their oatmeal at dinner. It was our first attempt at baby food (I let Eric choose what we’d give them). They HATED them! I guess they were a bit tart…but since they’ve never had anything but bland, both babies reacted very negatively. It was quite funny to watch them make super-ugly faces.
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Of course, now I don’t know whether to try pears again today or just go on to something new (I realize they recommend waiting to watch for allergies, but I’m not sure they got enough pears into them to create an allergy!)…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAnd that’s all I can think of for now. I should fold baby laundry while the babies nap, but I think I’m going to go look at cute animals instead. Happy Wednesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- We watched Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium<\/span> last night. I
- Check out this website<\/a> for adorable pictures of baby animals. Marla posted a link to it on her post. Be sure to click on some of the other options. I thought the pygmy hippo was too cute!<\/li>\n