i’m typing, and if i’m honest, i optimistically thought i would be in the hospital, swaddled babe in hand, not blogging to you!

but alas, here i sit, clicking away at home {not the hospital}, with coffee in hand {not my babe}, thinking about how we really don’t have the control over our lives we think we have. how there is a bigger Man involved with His own plans. and how they are perfect.

and so, needless to say, though i thought we were ready, thought we would already be cuddling our bundle, we are not. but time is on our side. and babe will arrive in the VERY near future. ready or not. {SOOOO beyond ready!…not even funny!}

so instead of me showing off my newborn…daily dose!

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unbelievably, school has already started for our little man {do you all start this early? because WAY back in the day, we always started last week of august, beginning of september…}, and he started with flying colors i might add.

he had been counting the days until he could start, was so excited, and then the morning of got the first-day-jitters and started to get scared/nervous/tentative/quiet. COMPLETELY and TOTALLY out of character for my turbojet. which got me thinking about new things. and trying new things. and new places. and meeting new friends. and no matter HOW outgoing you are, and HOW confident you are, how we can all get a little nervous at the thought of trying something new.

and this got me thinking about how important it is that we shower our kids with encouragement and love and support so that they understand it’s okay to be nervous, it’s even okay to be scared, but that it’s so, so important to try new things because there will be many, MANY times in life where we are thrown into new situations and new circumstances. i want to send my babies out into the world knowing that if they do get scared or nervous they can tap that font of encouragement and love and support that we’ve poured into them, take a gulp, put on a brave smile and be confident just knowing how much they are loved and that everything is going to be all right.

tangent.

my handsome turbojet on his first day of school…

{scouts honor, he is NOT trying to flip you the bird…!}

and the moral of the story is : turbojet had a great day. he hopped into the car telling me how nice the school was, how much fun he had, and how much he thought sunshine would enjoy it as well {insert : heart melting : that he thought of his little brother} bravery at it’s best.

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we interupt this regularly scheduled blog post, to inform you that i am being summoned by the below 2-year-old from his bed {it’s 8:30pm here} asking for a sticker…

…for what? not sleeping? good job sunshine…here’s a sticker!

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with eager anticipation, my parents flew in on wednesday, not wanting to miss out on the excitement of baby #3…needless to say, they haven’t! so we have filled our days with play and pool and food and shopping…

{an intense storytelling of : ‘mike mulligan and his steam shovel.’ read by : papa}

{even home depot can be fun when your cart turns in to a throne…}

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just felt like sharing this image. it makes me happy. if for no other reasons than :

• the cars are cute,
• they define my boys perfectly at this time in their lives and,
• we are playing with them at a coffee shop

that’s enough of a reason to share, don’t cha think?

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i found these and thought they seemed fitting reminders for me and how i’m feeling right about now…and all week, and probably how i’ll be feeling ALL. WEEKEND. LONG. little reminders for myself…

and even more fitting when you smoosh them all together…

“be patient. all in good time. keep smiling because the best is yet to come.”

the best…is yet to come. our family of 5, whole and present in the world…together. soon. {hear that baby? test : one, two. just checking…}

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good night my friends, good night. sleep so very tight.