ready to celebrate

 watching daddy mow the lawn

this morning the sun was already warm and we basked in at 8am after breakfast; swinging in the swing and playing barefoot. lately, we've been making smoothies and eggs for breakfast and then practicing our letters on the kitchen floor while we eat it..  i love this little routine we have in the morning that starts our day. Last week was busy and this week will be too, but I soak up our moments of time here at home and savor them. an extra hug lucas gives me while on the swing. a song caleb sings while he plays in his 'car' in the backyard. both boys trying to tickle me and then laughing. we might not have much time to be just home anymore, but i'll soak up the moments that we are and enjoy the ones when we aren't home...exploring new places and doing different things.

several things in life right now are completely out of my control. Mostly it is health wise...which is upsetting for me as i've always been very healthy and have never had issues! especially regarding my teeth. (up till lucas' pregnancy I had perfect teeth. not one cavity....sad to say that it all went downhill during my pregnacy with lucas...a cracked tooth. a couple cavities awhile later. and now a fractured tooth that happened during caleb's surgery week. i think i broke it grinding my teeth in my sleep...talk about what stress might do to you! the process to fix it has seemed slow..changing dentists and now with a temp crown on, not even gonna mention $$. but mostly the timing of it...let's just say in my mind seems horrible! but thankfully that isn't for me to say.) so...not to bore you with the details as i'm sure hearing about my teeth isn't very exciting for anyone! least of all me...i'll move on...all this to say is that all these things in life right now...i'm having to surrender to the One who can carry them for me. Placing my trust in Him. Always my greatest struggle, letting go. Father's homily on Sunday spoke right to my heart. He beautifully described the wind as being God's breath lifting us up above our circumstance and fire as being God's way of making us anew in Him. The newly baptized stepped forward in white and we prayed over them and it being pentacost sunday everyone was in red (my favorite color) and it was truly a beautiful mass.

we've squeezed in two days (in a row) of OT for caleb this week before heading south for my sister's college graduation tomorrow afternoon. I'm hoping this week can be restful and fun for all of us and that dental issues will be at bay (for d too. he's having some troubles of his own.. which once again is just strange because we both have had zero issues up until very reccently...he'll be switching over to my new dentist...are we just getting old over here? when it rains it pours so they say!). I hope we can just relax and enjoy being around family. I think we all need a change of pace. A refresher. And what better way than to celebrate my sister as she graduates college!!

 yay lor!

can't wait to for tomorrow :)!