That Moment

 

We haven't been to the gym since before our engagement vacation in April. Since vacation, every day was filled with wedding planning details on my days off. After our wedding, our days off were packing and planning for our move into our new home. Then it took us weeks to move my full household and his packed-up household. 

I would say... "I cannot wait for our first day when we say, what do you want to do?" Because there will soon be no one thing we have to do. Little moments hit me and I grateful we are finally here.

David LOVES to cook. He orders cookbooks, ponders what he wants to cook next, buys lots of ingredients, and will spend the day in the kitchen cooking from scratch. I came home after an event last weekend to three different kinds of chicken and a hodge podge of grilled vegetables. He's an excellent cook and we eat better at home than ever going out.

It was yesterday evening, the weather comfortable, he was having fun in the kitchen trying new recipes (thank you, God, for this wonderful perk in my husband!!!), when I said we should walk down to the clubhouse and play pickleball. 

I love our home. I love our neighborhood. I love holding hands with my husband as we walk outdoors on a summers evening to play a game together. 

A thought comes to mind over and over... this is "that moment." We made it. 

He or She What Will it Bee?

 

We couldn't wait!! Testing for the baby's gender was done, the results sent to one of my dear friends, Charlotte, who ordered the correct gender color.

I would say 80% of the family guessed BOY. It was me, Sofia (Jeremy guessed along with Sofia, because Sofia has great intuition), and Jeremy that guessed GIRL.

The drum roll...

IT'S A GIRL!!!!! I am delighted!! From the moment Brooke found out she was pregnant, I had sign after sign it was absolutely a girl. IF it had turned out to be a boy, I would have questioned my own intuition. 

Mama is doing great and her belly is bigger every week I see her. She is feeling her little girl inside her and I know she is overjoyed knowing she has a built in best friend for life growing inside her. 

It was a wonderful celebration, there were screams of excitement when the balloons popped, pink confetti burst in the air and my next grandbaby's gender was revealed. What a wonderful moment and we have so much to look forward to. 

My, Mine... Ours

 

Marriage vows are much like the bible, people tend to use a few words put together to their advantage and call it the gospel. 

WE like to remind one another the words of our vows, "... and all my worldly possessions" which transforms the words yours and mine into ours. 

I haven't had to share in decades. You know the buy what you want, when you want, hang what you want where ever you want. This husband-person I now have has opinions, too. Fortunately for me, my happiness is everything to him and truth be told, he trusts my opinion. 

What I've quickly learned is, if I quickly hang something where I like it, and present it to him in excitement, it removes the opportunity of something else placed there I am not fond of and in busyness we move on to the next item. 

He's so good to me. 

Me, I am learning to work on not saying the words, "my and mine." It's actually habit. He is quick to remind me of our vows.