The past few months have been a whirl-wind of changes and activity: we both began new careers with different schedules, Ayla began attending JumpStart and went through another surgery and amongst other changes.....it's been an adjustment for our small family.
Gratefully, we enjoy and embrace change so onward and upward, Captain!
Over the Memorial weekend we were finally able to complete a few projects:
Painting the patio furniture
Filling the planter-pots around the pond and weeding the rock barrier around the house
Cleaning the nasty cesspool/pond and installing rain guards over the house gutters
The Memorial Day visit to sweet Zoey and bring her a shiny new fan.
It was quite the event-filled day and we went to bed sunburned, tired and feeling happy!
I haven't done much blogging here because our lives are filled with Ayla, more Ayla, therapies for Ayla, appointments for Ayla, work (especially work-bleh), church, volunteering, NICU mentoring and other assortment of activities. It's not a crazy-busy but in general, there is almost something going on each evening.
For 'family time' we usually take a walk or bike ride and escape from the house for a bit. With Ryan's new job and wild hours, it's been a challenge to find time as just a 'couple'...and we feel guilty for leaving Ayla with a sitter while we sneak away for a short date (...a what? Definition please). Which shouldn't be the case but is. Ayla is such a BUSY girl and can run a person ragged which is probably why we hesitate to leave her with some unsuspecting soul. That, and her feeding can be a bit tricky. Oh, and she has separation issues. Not to mention a fire-cracker temper (wonder where she got that?) and new environments make her nervous. Okay, I'll stop....
But we realize that without an "us" there was not nor is a family so we attempt to create our own date-like-fun within the boundaries and crazy work schedules available. Does it always work? Ha! But it's the thought and effort that counts.
