1st at Gramps and Grama!

Bear with me, I'm behind on blogging as my heart has been searching and focusing on different things I feel the Lord teaching me. It's caused this to sit on the back burner for a little while. Hence the short and sweet blog posts of just pictures. I'm hoping to blog a little "heart to heart" soon, however, I'm not quite sure what the Lord is stirring inside and how to even portray that into words. So for now I will just indulge you in "life."

Two weekends ago, Josh's parents came over to visit and for some quick, in the blink of an eye, it turned into packing Aidan and Abigail to spend the night with them. It was the first time Aidan was "ready" to go without Mommy there. Of course, Abigail was with him so I'm certain that helped. ;) Abigail was packing her suitcase with dress up shoes and trying to load her whole room in it...I won't even go there to explain my emotions with that. ;) On the other hand, I was a bit nervous.

Now Aidan has spent the night with my parents while Josh and I were gone to church camp when he was an infant but it's been a couple of years since then and Abigail was one when she went so I'm not sure how much they remember. Since then there hasn't been good opportunities to do it again. But this is the first with his parents. Anyway...

Of course, my wise husband tells me the quick way was probably better. He called it the "band-aid effect." (fast and quick) You know, when I really thought about it, staying on schedule, bedtime routine, etc was got me feeling a tad anxious. Making sure they were tucked in on routine ;), songs were sang, etc...you know, just like home. Okay Kristi (talking to myself now), it won't be like that. Yes, it's different and that's a GOOD thing! While I have NO problem trusting Josh's parents with them because I KNOW they are wonderful to our children, would do anything for them, do honor our "no budge rules", and love them beyond words, it's hard to let go. I'm certain every mom has dealt with this issue (I may just be on the late end of it) of worry. So the more I thought about this the more I was comfortable with.. it's okay. In fact, this is great for all of us! I know my kids need that bond with their grandparents and I pray and WANT that for them. (I never had that growing up) These are memories they are making without us (and that's okay!). So after dealing with that and knowing each time will be hard (just a little less each time), I'm so glad they had the opportunity.

McDonald's for dinner, play time, bedtime at 10:30, waking up at 5 am and told to go back to sleep (haha!), Toho's for breakfast, and meeting Mommy, Daddy, and Adelyn for church the next morning was so worth it! Thank you for being the best Gramps and Grama! :)

Ps. Thank you Grama for the picture texts and updates for a mommy who needed it. ;)