House of Five+1

I’m back from visiting Sis in OK.  I had a wonderful time, the baby was so sweet, Sis was really like an old pro, and Uncle Johnny was a very good and proud Daddy.  Everett really is a very good baby, I often wondered while I was there if I hadn’t read “Babywise” if I’d had a better first couple of weeks than I did with Gabe.  And to think, it was recommended to Sis from THREE of her clients.  She had warning way ahead of time not to even lay a finger on that book!

I have a continual prayer for them that they will adjust to life with a baby and a business and live their lives to the glory of God.

Now onto the title of this post.  We have exactly four weeks from today until we leave here.  We’ve got most of the minor touch ups done with the house that needed to be done if we leave here without the house being sold.  And most of the cleaning out of junk is done, so now we pack.  The trouble is that we need to pack for a six week vacation of sorts as well as pack up the house.  We’ll be staying in OKC with hubby for six weeks in a hotel/apartment gig and then we move onto TN.  We’ve got to find owners for our plants and fish.  I hate to see them go, but we don’t really have any other choice.  Unless, of course, if fish and plants can survive in a hot, dark storage unit for six weeks, yeah, didn’t think so.

We’ve had a few showings on the house, but no biters.  We hear from all of the Realtors that show it that it’s the best house on the market for the price.  The problem could be our location, it’s 20 to 30 minutes from any big town and with the gas prices going up…

Sophie’s second birthday is coming up.  She keeps saying “puppy” whenever I ask what kind of birthday she wants.  I love to make the cake of their choice (if it’s possible for me to do) so I’ll have to come up with some way to make a puppy cake.  I could use the standard pattern of the bunny or kitten cake using the two round cake pans, but I think I’m up for a bit of a challenge, so I’ll have to come up with something else, three-dimensional, maybe.  Oh, and she doesn’t just say puppy, she says, “Peek Puppee!”, I think I can do pink.

Gabe has been acting a bit distant since I’ve been back.  Hubby said he wasn’t exactly himself when I was gone either.  I’m praying for wisdom on how to handle it, I don’t want to treat it like it’s some kind of passing phase if he really needs something from me.  I just hope we can have a bit of normalcy before all of our lives are uprooted.  He was so cute when I came back.  Of course, I devoured them upon my return and was so happy to see them.  It was tough being away, but what a joyous feeling when you see them again.  Anyway, I was tucking him in that night and we always play this game of “I love you more,” so instead I said, “I missed you more.”  Now some Mom’s would break down at his next words, and although it stung a little, I understood.

He said, “I think you did miss me more.”  I said, “Really, you think so?”  Then he started to say something and then got really quiet.  I said, “What is it bud.”  He said, “Well, I was going to say something but it kinda made me sad.  I was thinking at the park today that I didn’t really miss you that much when you were gone.  I just loved Daddy more and not you and it made me sad that I thought that. “  Bless his little heart, I’m glad that he has a Daddy to love when I’m not there, I’m glad that he has a Mama that understands that sometimes boys get busy and have fun and play and don’t think about missing their Mama’s, I’m glad that he felt sad after thinking it because it says that he really does love me, and I’m glad that he didn’t miss me because it hurts to miss someone…I know.