I thought about writing some deep soliloquy or essay about what independence day means to me as I am free in Christ, but I did not get enough rest last night. Eloquence does not become the sleep deprived.
It was a wonderful 4th of July weekend and as it was William's first, I would have hoped for nothing less. Usually I travel to Plano to see the parade and fireworks there. It is a sort of tradition that is hard to give up. This year I have now entered my "discouraged from travel" period of pregnancy, so we opted to stay at home here in Austin. Friday night, Francis mother came up for the night. She and Francis's father were going to head up to Junction, Texas and go Kayaking the following morning. Since his dad was in Houston (long story), they were going to meet up at our house. We had breakfast with them Saturday morning and then they headed up to Junction for a couple of days.
I spent Saturday morning working on what I HAD to have off my registry, what it would be nice to have and what was really just fluff. Both my showers have passed and William is just about 5 weeks from coming, so we needed to know what we still had to buy. I found out Buy Buy Baby had a lot of the things for cheaper than Target and Babies R Us (the two places I am registered), so Francis and I made the long trip down to south Austin to get some of the things. On our way back we "had" to stop by Best Buy and look at toys for Francis (like father, like son?). When we got back to the house, I opened all the stuff and started to put it away. We bought a humidifier and after trying it for about a minute, discovered a design flaw that caused water to leak through the sides on the base. I was a bit upset because I had looked through all the reviews and changed the humidifier I wanted at least 5 times. This one was supposed to be very good, and yet water was leaking onto my floor... After a couple of hours of tinkering with it, Francis solved the problem that the engineers that designed it should have dealt with when they built it. Why didn't we return it, you ask? Chalk one up to APWS: angry pregnant woman syndrome. I didn't want to drive an hour back to the store just to tell them it didn't work because I probably would have gotten very worked up in the process. It works now and that is what counts.
Sunday almost no one was in Sunday School or at Church. Everyone was out of town. It made traffic much less of an issue though. Francis's parents came back from Junction about 4:30 and we talked to them for a bit before our dinner date with Russ an Becky. We had fajitas (yummy!!!) and then we taught them to play Settlers of Catan. I have a feeling William will be taught this game pretty much as soon as he can roll dice and count to 12. Anyway, we had a wonderful time with Russ and Becky (complete with excellent chocolate pie), but eventually we had to head home. Francis's parents were at our house and as they were exhausted, we all turned in early.
Monday was the 4th of July. How did we celebrate? Shopping of course! Francis made omelets for breakfast for all four of us to kick off the morning. I still maintain that his midlife crisis job will be a master chef. Then we went and got Francis a new phone. We figured out his old phone was at least four years old. It was not in the best shape anymore. He got a Samsung Infuse (anyone shocked by that news?). As we left the store, Francis handed his dad the keys to our car so he could play on his phone in the back seat. Pretty much anytime he was sitting (or standing for that matter) during the rest of the day, he was playing on his phone. I am glad he has a hobby. While Francis was in his phone delirium, we all visited Target and Babies R Us (stopping for lunch at Red Robin). With my wonderful in-laws' help, we got the rest of the necessities in anticipation of William's arrival. There will probably always be a couple of things in the "would like to have" column, but I am so blessed and excited, I can hardly breath. Thank you to all who have helped to make this happen, and a special thanks Gigi and Poppy for helping us close the gap this weekend (I am just throwing those names out there. My in-laws are not completely set on names yet!)!!!
There were no fireworks in the Austin area this year other than in Georgetown (which people from hours away were coming to see), so after Francis's parents headed home, I searched out fireworks on TV. I found the New York city fireworks. Although they are not the same as seeing it in person, they were an admirable second place. Francis put down his phone long enough to watch them with me. He's so sweet, because I know he would have rather been playing angry birds or an air traffic control game he found. So although it was a very unorthodox 4th of July, I would not have traded it for anything.
My youngest sister turns 20 today. No more teenagers in my parents' house. Happy Birthday Danielle! She is gonna do great things, and William is so blessed to have her for an aunt!
I suppose that is it for now. It's laundry time!
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