BABY AND SOKOL FIX.
yesterday, mark and i watched some friends' little girls. their mom just had surgery and can't do a whole lot right now. her recovery is going to be slow so she needs ongoing help. when i heard that she needed help, i pretty much jumped on it because: a) i'm not really working right now so my availability to do something like that is pretty great. b) i'd love to help serve somewhere i might be needed. c) i have really missed being around babies/kids.
i didn't know mark would come with me. i know he offered to come over sometimes just to be around kids. he hasn't spent much time with kids...atleast not in a situation where he was taking care of them. so, as much experience as we can get in before we have little ones of our own will be great. and it was all sorts of fun seeing him interact with the girls. seeing him nervous over little bumps or cries. and it was definitely some hard work. but it was really great having mark there. especially since i've never cared for those particular girls before (aside from a church) so i wasn't sure how exactly their parents wanted things done...and even how the girls' personalities were. but it was all good. they kept us on our feet, but we had a blast. we left worn out, but i was already anxious to go back...and i think mark is too. :) it definitely got us thinking about our own kids when we are ready to have them. we are both pretty excited about that. my favorite part about it was really seeing mark interact with them. seeing him dance with them and hold them. i know he's going to be a really great dad.
last night we went to community group. it was my first time going to the new group. and that was fun. it looks like it's going to be a really great group. there was lots of laughing and sharing with one another. i feel really good about it and am excited to grow new relationships. plus, there's a baby over there. and, ofcourse, that's all sorts of exciting.
today, i didn't do a whole lot. i slept in pretty late after not sleeping for 36 hours straight the day before. it was good to. we missed an appointment this morning that we rescheduled for tomorrow, but it was worth it to get some good rest in. after getting up and making mark and i something to eat and talking to him about some things, i became over whelmingly worn out and exhausted again. i minded up crawling back in bed and not getting up until after five pm. it's shameful, but i guess my body really needed it. and by the time i woke up, we had just enough time to figure out what to do for dinner, get ready, and head over to the sokols' for LOST. after LOST, we watched bottle rocket. i think it was the first movie by wes anderson. that was good, but i had some trouble concentrating on it. it was generally just good to hang out with maryanna and jonathan. we haven't gotten to really hang out with them in a couple weeks aside from group settings so yeah...'twas nice.
now, mark and i are back home and mark is putting in some extra hours to finish a project. and i'm just accompanying him. because i love him...and being around him.
mmhmm.
i didn't know mark would come with me. i know he offered to come over sometimes just to be around kids. he hasn't spent much time with kids...atleast not in a situation where he was taking care of them. so, as much experience as we can get in before we have little ones of our own will be great. and it was all sorts of fun seeing him interact with the girls. seeing him nervous over little bumps or cries. and it was definitely some hard work. but it was really great having mark there. especially since i've never cared for those particular girls before (aside from a church) so i wasn't sure how exactly their parents wanted things done...and even how the girls' personalities were. but it was all good. they kept us on our feet, but we had a blast. we left worn out, but i was already anxious to go back...and i think mark is too. :) it definitely got us thinking about our own kids when we are ready to have them. we are both pretty excited about that. my favorite part about it was really seeing mark interact with them. seeing him dance with them and hold them. i know he's going to be a really great dad.
last night we went to community group. it was my first time going to the new group. and that was fun. it looks like it's going to be a really great group. there was lots of laughing and sharing with one another. i feel really good about it and am excited to grow new relationships. plus, there's a baby over there. and, ofcourse, that's all sorts of exciting.
today, i didn't do a whole lot. i slept in pretty late after not sleeping for 36 hours straight the day before. it was good to. we missed an appointment this morning that we rescheduled for tomorrow, but it was worth it to get some good rest in. after getting up and making mark and i something to eat and talking to him about some things, i became over whelmingly worn out and exhausted again. i minded up crawling back in bed and not getting up until after five pm. it's shameful, but i guess my body really needed it. and by the time i woke up, we had just enough time to figure out what to do for dinner, get ready, and head over to the sokols' for LOST. after LOST, we watched bottle rocket. i think it was the first movie by wes anderson. that was good, but i had some trouble concentrating on it. it was generally just good to hang out with maryanna and jonathan. we haven't gotten to really hang out with them in a couple weeks aside from group settings so yeah...'twas nice.
now, mark and i are back home and mark is putting in some extra hours to finish a project. and i'm just accompanying him. because i love him...and being around him.
mmhmm.