off to minnesota...
We're in Minnesota this weekend and filling it up with Groves family goodness. My family is all out in Seattle celebrating together, but as my niece Mara said, "You will have fun too because you are with Rory's mom and dad and that is special." I laughed when she heard her say this because I imagine my sister explained this to hear and she repeated it to me verbatim.
I am really excited though for a one family holiday. We always have two homes to hit every Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. It's not a horrible problem honestly. I'd rather we get to see both families on these special days. But this Easter it seems very calm and sane just to eat one Easter feast and lay low after the meal.
It's going to be a very Minnesota weekend. I have plans to meet friends at the Minnesota Zoo on Friday, Rory is going with his dad to the first Twins game in the new stadium and I am getting my haircut by my favorite hair girl Kari!
Easter Sunday we'll be at Sara and Troy's. The video below shows the Groves' family in true form. We were in Nebraska when they filmed this video and when I saw it the first time I nearly cried because a)I HATE missing family shindigs. This part of living in Nebraska has just about killed me.... and b)We missed our chance to be in a music video! I told Sara that I do hope for a minor role in a video for her next album. Maybe backup dancing?
(if the video doesn't embed, or if it's too small, you can watch it here: Setting Up the Pins.)
I am really excited though for a one family holiday. We always have two homes to hit every Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. It's not a horrible problem honestly. I'd rather we get to see both families on these special days. But this Easter it seems very calm and sane just to eat one Easter feast and lay low after the meal.
It's going to be a very Minnesota weekend. I have plans to meet friends at the Minnesota Zoo on Friday, Rory is going with his dad to the first Twins game in the new stadium and I am getting my haircut by my favorite hair girl Kari!
Easter Sunday we'll be at Sara and Troy's. The video below shows the Groves' family in true form. We were in Nebraska when they filmed this video and when I saw it the first time I nearly cried because a)I HATE missing family shindigs. This part of living in Nebraska has just about killed me.... and b)We missed our chance to be in a music video! I told Sara that I do hope for a minor role in a video for her next album. Maybe backup dancing?
(if the video doesn't embed, or if it's too small, you can watch it here: Setting Up the Pins.)
this week...
***Stick with me for one more day of baby-talk. Then I promise we'll get back to other topics...but wow, it's hard to stop talking about the fun news I've been bottling up for so long! I just made this chain, with a link for each day until our next doctor appointments. The first heart is the heartbeat appointment and the last heart is the ultrasound. I'm so excited already.This week my baby is the size of a grape. I was eating grapes when I read this in my baby book and it made me wonder why they choose the healthy fruits mom’s are supposed to be consuming to compare to the little life growing inside of us. It's awkward!
This week my tummy is showing a bit, but I am less convinced that it is baby and more convinced that it might just be the quarter pan of tatter tot casserole I consumed last night.
This week I’m feeling a bit nauseous, but cannot complain. Some women are miserable, and I am far from miserable. But nauseous the same. And oh so tired.
This week my baby’s heart is dividing into four chambers. Just imagine that. It blows my mind, and makes me think that these moments of feeling sicky are really okay with me. Clearly my baby is working hard in there.
This week God has been growing greater and bigger for me. I am in awe of his handiwork, knitting this babe in my womb, and how I don’t really have a whole lot to do with it. I just eat well and sleep lots, but truly, the miracle that this little life is forming fingernails right about now really has nothing to do with me. ‘Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit’ says the Lord.
This week you might hear me say, “I’m sort of hoping for twins, because then I can say, ‘ohhhhh see? That’s why I’ve been eating so much...”
telling our family
First of all, the comments and emails I received yesterday overwhelm me. I swear there were not ten minutes that passed in the day when I did not get an email or message celebrating the life growing inside of me. To know that we get to bring a life into such love is the greatest feeling in the world.
So. We found out our joyous news five weeks ago (I am 9 weeks along) and waited a full 24 hours before we told anyone...it felt like a very, very long time. We were sneaky in telling our folks and siblings...for each person we led them along in a long conversation about other topics before dropping the news on them. I recommend this method. I think we got the greatest reactions ever with this strategy! In the video you will watch us tell the following people in the following order:
Mom Harrington
Dad Harrington
Mom Groves
Dad Groves
Heidi, high school bff
Annika, my sister
Mat, my brother
Sara, rory's sister-in-law
Kyle, rory's brother
Lisa, kyle's wife, rory's sister-in-law
Telling people about our new little life has been far more celebratory than I had ever imagined. To feel other people's joy in response to our joy is one of the most humbling, well loved feelings in the whole wide world. I have a few stories to go with telling my grandma, my uncle carl, and my cousin sarah. All of them left me laughing and grateful for a community that is already excited to love and meet the little life growing inside of me.
And I've got thoughts on pregnancy and patience in waiting to get pregnant and the joy of being pregnant with my sister. But all of those posts will have to wait for another day. For now (tuesday night) I'm off to bed, a favorite hangout lately.
So. We found out our joyous news five weeks ago (I am 9 weeks along) and waited a full 24 hours before we told anyone...it felt like a very, very long time. We were sneaky in telling our folks and siblings...for each person we led them along in a long conversation about other topics before dropping the news on them. I recommend this method. I think we got the greatest reactions ever with this strategy! In the video you will watch us tell the following people in the following order:
Mom Harrington
Dad Harrington
Mom Groves
Dad Groves
Heidi, high school bff
Annika, my sister
Mat, my brother
Sara, rory's sister-in-law
Kyle, rory's brother
Lisa, kyle's wife, rory's sister-in-law
Telling people about our new little life has been far more celebratory than I had ever imagined. To feel other people's joy in response to our joy is one of the most humbling, well loved feelings in the whole wide world. I have a few stories to go with telling my grandma, my uncle carl, and my cousin sarah. All of them left me laughing and grateful for a community that is already excited to love and meet the little life growing inside of me.
And I've got thoughts on pregnancy and patience in waiting to get pregnant and the joy of being pregnant with my sister. But all of those posts will have to wait for another day. For now (tuesday night) I'm off to bed, a favorite hangout lately.
two lines
I'm not sure we've ever been so happy! We're due on November 2nd and ecstatic in every way.
Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a sweet video of us telling our parents and siblings...it's as good as it gets.
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