This week was a wonderful one! We had so much time with our families and had some pretty special experiences, unfortunately this week also had some bad news so I sit here very conflicted, happy about the experiences I had but sad about what is to come.
We had a great Thanksgiving with BOTH of our families. Devin and I have never had the issue of choosing which family we will spend Holidays with because fortunately both our families live in a 5 mile radius of each other. It makes for a very busy Holiday but it is just so nice to not have to choose.
Unfortunately this will be our last season with this wonderful convience. My parents have just officially announced that they will be moving to Washington. My parents have been going through this "process" for several weeks and so it is not exactly new news to me but when my father was officially offered the job, it hit me as if it was the first time I was hearing about it. I have never lived more than 2 hours away from my parents in my entire life. Devin and I built a house on the east side of town to be close to them (as well as his parents) and I intended to live close to them for the rest of my life. Unfortunately this is not how things played out and I can not help but be very sad. I could go on about all the reasons this SUCKS! but I think most are pretty obvious so I will spare you. I am however happy and excited for my family and this opportunity that they have been given. I hope that this move will be a positive one for my younger siblings and parents and I wish them the best. Yes it will be fun to go visit but it will definitely alter the sense of security I have built having them so close.
So Thanksgiving was good but also a little bitter sweet.
Rachel (cousin, sister-in law, other half... you get it) and I headed out at midnight on Black friday to get some shopping out of our systems and got a little more than we bargained for!!! First I ran over a huge possum on the way to pick her up.. and it mostly just grossed me out.. it was the size of a house cat! Then when we arrived at the mall there was this lady falling/rolling on the side walk having a hard time getting up we decided to go over and see what was up. Apparently so did this man who nearly backed over Rachel trying to pull up beside the lady. Luckily he missed!!! any way the lady was mostly just suffering from "I just had one beer" syndrome so we called her a cab and went on our merry way. The first store we went in was a mad house (Forever 21)!! and after waiting in the checkout line for about 45 min we were about to the cash register when the girl in front of us passes out smacks her head on the floor and has a seizure.. unfortunatley her friends just stared while this happened in stead of catching her. So needless to say we were a little bit traumatized!!!! luckily the night when on without a hitch and we got tons of great deals and I am officially DONE christmas shopping!! and birthday shopping since D's Birthday is also in December. I finally got home at 5 am just in time to be woken up at 6 by my sweet little babies!! I have never been hung over but I can imagine it was pretty close to the same feeling!
Saturday we had my little sister Hollis' baptism. It was wonderful and she looked like a little angel!!! Rachel and I went to Joann's afterwards and got a Grip load of fabric!! I am so excited! and hope to be a more successful quilter in 2013!! and Luckily I have LOTS of pretty fabric to help me stay motivated!!!
Sunday we blessed Scarlett with her cousin Josie Kay they both looked so beautiful in their dresses and I was so happy they were able to share their special day with one another. Josie was born a month after Scarlett. I hope that they will grow up to be best buds!!
After the blessing we had a nacho bar at my mothers house and tons of friends and family came over! it was so wonderful!!
unfortunately the day ended on a sour note.. Tristan had a pretty intense surgery 3 weeks ago. He and Atticus were born with a birth defect that has needed surgery to correct. Atticus' was very mild and was corrected with out any hitch when he was 8 months old. Tristan's has been much more complicated and has required much more prep and precision to fix. Unfortunately tonight we realized that he is not healing as well as we had hoped and there are small holes that have formed along his incision known as Fistulas. I will have to take him in to see his Dr. tomorrow and we will have to see what this will mean for Tristan. I am not sure what to expect and I am hoping for the best but I cant help but think that the details of this complication will mean multiple more surgery's. Its so hard.. I hate that Tristan has to go through this and that his small little body has to go through so much pain. He was such a trooper last time but I know that it was still hard on his little body. It breaks my heart to know he still has a long road ahead and we are not out of the woods like we had originally thought.
So that pretty much sums up my thoughts for the night. My heart is heavy and I am anxious about all of the unknowns that are yet to come and I am ready for things to just be "normal" again. until next time.
Your little family is so cute! Sorry for all the chaos you are going through. I absolutely HATE being away from my parents. In the 2 years I have been away from home I have only seen them 4 times!! It's so hard. I hope you get to see your family often..at least Devin's family is still close. :)
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