But before I discuss that nonsense, let me first just say I would never make it as a northerner. AR experienced an ice-apocalypse last week, and it was terrible! We expected it Friday, and I figured it would nix the ability to do anything for most of the weekend. However, I did not count on it sticking around for so long. Collin went back to school last Wednesday. FINALLY!
And here's why I say that, because my office in Texas did not receive any ice and was still operating at full capacity. That meant I was stuck trying to work during Collin's naptime. The rest of the day was spent preparing to bundle up, actually bundling up and then un-bundling so we could play in stuff that resembled snow but wasn't actually snow. Try explaining that to a 3 year old. Also, being on house arrest with a 3 year old would be so much more enjoyable if he appreciated a good Hallmark Christmas movie like I do. But alas, he does not find them amusing and so it is that I have only managed to finish one this season. You'll find me on the couch one night in March watching one, I'm sure.
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| SNOW!!! (But not really...really it's just ice.) |
And now...
I celebrated my 29th birthday on Saturday. I told Jarrod to get used to celebrating that year because we will be doing it several more times!
I don't even know how this is possible. I don't feel a day over 22. Except for the fact that I think bedtime is a firm 10:00 pm. Going to a midnight movie is for hooligans. Really, going to any movie that starts after 7:30 pm is for hooligans. Short-shorts and tube tops are for hussies. Lip-gloss is only for extremely special occasions. Vegetables are delicious. And if I won the lottery, I would probably blow it all at Baby Gap instead of Forever 21.
Whether I want to admit it or not, I have changed a lot in the past ten years. I'm a wife and a mom, not a college freshman. Even if it does feel like that was just yesterday.
So to celebrate, Jarrod saved up and surprised me with a "big girl" purse. Something that did not come from Target. I also upgraded my phone, (but that was a long time coming).
We celebrated on Saturday morning by attending the birthday of a sweet 2 year old. Collin has not stopped talking about how we didn't have cake for my birthday, and I just keep telling him it's okay because we had cake at Amelia's party. (See, doesn't that sound like the logic of a grown woman and not a college co-ed?!)
Collin was also sweet enough to spend the morning of my birthday singing to me pretty much non-stop. It alternated between Happy Birthday to You! and DMB Where are you Going?
After Amelia's party, Collin went to play at the house of our Community Group leaders and it turned into a mini vacation for him. Jarrod and I went to Little Rock for the day and didn't get home until Collin had gone to bed, so I tearfully agreed that it made sense to leave Collin where he was until the morning. I didn't have to go through Collin's bedtime routine, and the next morning when it was time to get ready for church I only had myself to worry about. Craziness!
It was fun to have a night out on the town and to try to remember what it's like to flirt with my husband, but we both agreed that we missed the routines with our little guy.
And now, for a freebie today...
We've been talking a lot about the Christmas story around our house. Collin can put a mean Nativity scene together and explain to you who everyone is. I've spent a lot of time the last week or two thinking about Advent, and this song gets me every time... I think it's the fact that I'm the mom of a little boy. I can't help but put myself in Mary's shoes and think what it must have been like to hold that tiny, helpless baby - wondering at what must be ahead for Him.
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