Believe me, I have had a lot to
The weather has been unpredictable lately - shorts one day, boots the next. It isn't anything I can't handle...but I am really missing my SoCal weather. Boo.
My little pumpkin has learned very sweetly to say "ummm...no" to basically everything I say. It is really sweet. And then it just isn't sometimes.
Little man had his first emergency room visit (which ended up being nothing serious, thank God).
People drive like fools.
Oh - and today was President's Day. Let me give you a tip, rookie military wives: Long weekends are code for "send your husband to the grocery store". DO NOT GO. I went today and found myself in a sea of confused and awkward men who are armed with a list from their wives, no clue where things are located, and a painful expression that says "I should have stayed home with the kids". These men could find me under a shrub in a forest and navigate me expeditiously back to safety with only a knife and a compass - but they have no clue where to find the tarragon. Aggravating.
Oh, and if I get called "ma'am" 5 or 10 more times...
But - there were some silver linings. Little man smiles all the time now, and almost kind of giggles. I don't think there is anything better than little baby giggles. I put Pumpkin's hair in pigtails for the second time today. To keep her still I asked her to sing her "ABC's". At barely 2, she does not know this song...but today she sang "A B C, next time sing with me". I just can hardly stand her cuteness. Those two amaze me.
Captain America and I have started a small bible study in our home. Finding a church while constantly moving and having varying schedules is difficult! We are going to keep looking around, but decided to start a bible study with some of the couples who we hopefully will be spending the next 5 or 10 years with. We haven't started yet (we will next week, if any of the local readers want to join) but Captain America and I have had a lot of conversations about how to conduct the study, and we've had a great time! With our lifestyle, any conversation that isn't about the military or our children is like talking with a whole new person. We've decided to work through Ephesians -- and I am so excited to listen for God in this chapter and see what He teaches me. And, I am excited for the new person God will reveal to me in Captain America. There is nothing like falling in a whole new kind of love with your husband over good scripture! :)
Oh. And, I got to be crafty this week. :) I do this regularly, but sometimes my projects are a big flop. Not this week! I made a little shelf for Captain America. It is made out of an old pallet, so the gold star on top of my project is that it cost me nothing. Even if it didn't look that great, I'd be excited...but I love the outcome, and Captain America does, too. He gets to hang up his helmets (finally) and have a place for all his military books. If some of you are interested in how I did this, comment below and I'll make a tutorial post with pictures.
After a rough week, I know I have to remember that we are not our worst day and we are not our best day. We are somewhere in the middle, and I am so happy that my "middle" is still most certainly blessed.
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