Week 23

One thing has been 100% agreed upon this week. We did a really good job deciding who was going to be the pregnant one! Erin is handling this like a champ. She is so much stronger than me, she doesn't complain, she works all day on her feet and still comes home and gives me time and asks if she can make me dinner. I mean seriously, who does that?! I'd be horrible at being pregnant. I'd complain and ask her to do everything for me. I'd have weird body issues and it'd take me forever to find something to wear. But not Erin - she's wonder woman! I am so thankful she is doing this for us!

Turns out I don't have to work for the rest of the year because I have unused vacation time that I didn't know about until last week. AWESOME and how the hell did I not know about vacation time?!?? We could have gone somewhere tropical or something. Oh well - it's nice to have a solo stay cation, I guess. I am getting things done! And today I got to spend a few hours with Sara and Harlowe. It was Sara's first day on her own so I was glad to show up and give them both some company AND to get a little insight on having a baby. I have been around babies my entire life but today as I was watching Sara and Harlowe I was like, holy shit, that's going to be me in a few months! So wild! 

Some fun with Harley Boy on the days off!

Erin is doing well. She is tired - and rightfully so. This is her busiest time of year. 9 hours today, 10 hours tomorrow.  Most days she is too busy to sit down and/or eat. And she does it all with a smile white growing a freaking human. Yesterday she could have gotten off early but she insisted on doing my hair at the end of her day - which I loved. I LOVE getting my hair done. Erin's head massages are to die for!

 

A few weeks ago I mentioned an idea about us writing and framing family values and/or a mission statement or something. My brother Nils gave me the idea. I know Erin and I share values and have similar hopes for our family and the future, etc but it feels good to check in and to write them out and eventually have them somewhere we can see everyday. So she asked if she could take me on a date Sunday morning. She purposefully made time to work on that together because it was important to me. We still need to wordsmith but we feel good about the initial draft.

In the last few weeks I've also mentioned that I want to find a church or some kind of spiritual home for us. So for the second part of our date we went to church - a church that she researched and thought might fit what we're looking for. This particular church serves more than 3,000 meals to homeless people EVERY WEEK and they do a lot of other things in our community, too. So awesome. And so awesome that Erin heard what I feel I need and made an effort to make it happen. I am one lucky lady to have Erin.  

We also made time to check out the progress of our town home that is being built in Crown Hill. There were two homes on this lot a week ago. Now it's completely empty and ready to have some homes built on it. We are eager to watch the progression of the project and even more eager to make memories with each other and our growing family and friends in this spot.

We leave for Utah on Friday and we're excited to spend time with my family - and to have a white Christmas. The kids - Tol, Ad and Ben make Christmas feel magical. Next year Nils Wooly and Poppy will add to the excitement!

Stay tuned for next week.