just call me grouch

Getting up in the morning is not the easiest thing for me to do. Rob is usually the first one awake and depending in his mood he will play for anywhere from 5 seconds to an hour. It was  five seconds this morning. I waited for about fifteen minutes hoping he would play but he didnt . So I got him up to avoid waking Jack because one grouch (me) is better then 3. We came out to the porch which is so nice and realized it was chilly! I went back to the room and grabbed whatever warm clothes I could find in the dark and this is what came out. Oh well thankfully no one else is up at 5:45 either. I thought he was pretty cute though. So as I grumble about early morning but I love being up with Rob. He usually runs out of the room, this morning telling me he was running as he was running, and asks immediately for waffles, not yet I say, we get our hot tea- for me and cheerios for Rob and sit on the porch. We listen for trains look for birds and watch bugs. All too soon it is  7 and breakfast time. 

happy birthday Rob

happy birthday Rob
Originally uploaded by Jacks mom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ROB!

new pictures from April and March are up.

froggy and Rob
Originally uploaded by Jacks mom

click on the frog for all 41.

Chapter one- MARCH, happy Birthday to me

How do I put into words how much we wanted the job offers to come in? For four years we had grown in the waiting time Like those trees in the back row of the nurseries that nobody buys that was our post Covenant- Saint Louis to us. It was a pretty good nursery in more ways then one. Two kids, four years of marriage, deep friendships and young kids all around us. All of this happened while we waited for a job. By year three of waiting in the nursery I started to get a clue that this was about, growing up. That's when I got scared. Grown people are asked to do grown up things  they don't just hang out in their favorite restaurants and pay really cheap rent. They have dishwashers. I put all of this fear aside because I really wanted the next thing what ever and wherever it would be. I trusted God. More on that later. But for now we had progressed all the way to year 4 of the nursery. All the while growing. 

An email came through a friend and we responded. On my 33rd birthday Bo flew to SC for the job interview. 

The boys were on their best behavior for my birthday and I treated myself all day. Lunch out, Crocs for the boys, dinner at the Ranch (Mi-Ranchito fav Mexican restaurant) Friends close as well as far and wide called and wished me happy birthday. It was a great birthday. 

Bo came home the next day after spending as much time in the airport as in SC. I avoided the questions until after the boys were in bed. "So what do you think Bo?" - " I really want it Tirzah" So that was it. Here we go- the trusting and waiting part. I did the math in my head and if Bo got this job we would be gone in a month. A month. I told this to my closest friends to prepare them for either help putting me back on the road to growing and trusting if we don't get the job or help saying good bye to St Louis. 

At the end of the week we had not heard anything so we figured that was nice little reality check but we didn't think they wanted us. I was angry that there had been no response. I know Bo is the coolest guy in town why didint they think that too? That monday night we got a call. An offer. By tues night it was a sure thing -we were moving to SC! It is strange to write and think about it now because it seems like a long time ago and for the stuff we packed into that month it should seem like a very long time.  

 I will tackle leaving St Louis next chapter.  

today

It has been a productive but laid back day. As I write I am packing for Florida and the boys are working on their sticker books. One boy on the top bunk meticulously putting the stickers on the pages the other boy o the bottom bunk ripping the stickers off of another finished book. You can guess who is who...

Good Sunday morning to you.

Quote this morning from the patio during breakfast. (chattering birds in the background)Jack-  'Mom look eagles!'Me- 'No Jack those are just purple finches'. Too bad I would have like to see eagles outside my window. 

Also I have started writing about the move so dont think I am leving it out. I just have so much stuff I thought I might as well blog in the mean time. Glad to be back.