Tonight

Tonight, the babes are snuggled for an early bedtime,

already had milk poured for, read to, prayed with, tucked in, and back through this routine of prepositions at least once this evening. 

It's been a full weekend, but one a little more reminiscent of the everyday than we've had in awhile with the transition and chaos and excitement of life lately. 

For one, I got my real camera (not just the handy camera phone) out.

And two,

a visit from Nana and Papa.

Full

with playing

with planting

and projects

and reading

and  lots of the best kind of messes.

And leaves me now, 

tonight,

tired,

with almost seven-month-(yes-I'm-kind of-really-rounding-up)pregnancy aches

But, 

oh, 

so,

so thankful.

Thankful for the 

growing, 

building, 

learning,

messes

called motherhood.

Called life.

Moving

Every rotund inch of me is sore.

I hate to say it, rolling my eyes at even myself, 

but,

I think I just might be old.

And definitely have secured the pregnancy waddle at this point in time.

But.

While boxes may still be scattered,

and I'm not quite sure where the majority of my possessions are positioned at this moment in time,

(and, yes, I'm blogging instead of locating them.)

we are moved.

Proof?

1. In the last few days we've dined on Chick-Fil-A, Pizza Hut, Chipotle and McDonalds. (Thus the rotundness of my every inch.)

2. My husband has already painted. (It is physically impossible for my husband not to paint in a new home. In our last, he painted the entirety of the interior a total of three different times in three years. Including all baseboards and trim.)

3. Safety gates for the stairs are ordered and installed. Taking no less than 2 hours for the installation of one. However, I am not complaining because I was elevating my feet at the time. (This pregnancy waddle is no joke.)

4. Our bedroom floor is currently carpeted by drill bits, tape measures, trash bags, a lawn blower box, a shoebox full of baseball hats, an empty book cover, and several sconces. (Just to list the first few things I see over my shoulder here.)

5. The children have offically run through every room of the house screaming. Just because they could. (And because Grandma and Grandpa gave El a bug catching kit to wear around her neck and use in her new backyard. "Buuuggss....Buuugggsss....Where you are?!" has been the loudest call around here...)

6. El has officially thanked God for her "new house and my old house." (Precious.)

 The truest statement of them all. 

This

Because of this...

(sold our home this week, signed for our new one today and moving in a just a few days)

I only have pictures like this...

(straight from the camera phone, but lucky I'm still catchin' the everyday around here)

To capture moments like this...

(our little man just a toddlin' around, a wild man on the loose)

But it's all because of this...

(God is good.)

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Beautiful

Our life is full of transition around here.
More that I’ll share later when things finalize and slip into normalcy again...
If a life can ever be considered normal, that is...
In fact, maybe it’s the abruptions, the hiccups, the unexpecteds that seem to create the most vibrant of memories, the most beautiful of moments.

Like today...

A rare chance to slip away for the morning, enjoy warm waffles, orange juice and coloring time with friends...

Just sitting,

catching up

with our baby bumps and beautiful lives.

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Blooms

While the little man snoozed after Sunday School this morn,

the little miss stepped out to breathe in the outdoors,

dance,

peek through the fence,

greet the gardening neighbor (a huge feat for a little on who airs on the shy side),

and was rewarded with pastel spring blooms...

Which were immediately named mommy flower, daddy flower and Ellie flower.

Pippy was just as content with fingertip kisses.

So here's to the blooms of the everyday.

Seasons

Walking the fullness of a season these days,

soaking in the green when we can,

between diaper runs and grocery trips and busy phone calls and spilled laundry detergent...

Life's just a bit of a little fuller season these days.

Full with anticipation,

full with what might come, what is to come.

And meanwhile, trying, really really trying,

To breathe deeply,

find music and dance in the everyday.

Because it's a beautiful season.

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