This was a good weekend! Like a really good weekend!
To start off with my work on Friday went smoothly and I was able to get off work on time and get some extra paperwork done, which was really awesome! Then after work I drove to KC to spend time with my ex-roomie who had recently moved back to Kansas (and I am super-stoked about this!) (I think we might be in a 'relationship' now though, cause she gave me a key to her apartment! Hehe!) I should interject here that any time I get to drive somewhere I am usually happy. I love the freedom of being alone in the car zooming down the open road, windows down, and stereo blaring my crazy mix of music that I can belt to the top of my lungs along with! When I'm driving by myself I've also found is a great time to pray. Something about my ADD doesn't do well if I'm not doing at least 2 different things at once and its hard to find things that go well with prayer, but I've found driving does. Any weekend plans that include a healthy amount of travel are likely to be generally approved by myself. We had a great time looking for Mexican restaurants in Kc (why don't they have a Carlos?), talking, and laughing that night. Then the next morning we went to "Courageous" which is an excellent movie btw! On the way out of the theater I managed to step off a curb wrong and sprain my ankle. I've never sprained my ankle this badly, not even the one time I got trip-wired by a tow rope and dragged for a couple yards. I just lay there on the ground for a while in the middle of the parking lot cause it hurt so badly! I really think my parents need to give me a new middle name cause this whole "Grace" thing doesn't seem very fitting! I am forever doing things of this general nature! One time I was playing with the kids in the dark at my parent's house (I think we were playing "Crow in the Cornfield") and ran off the end of a rock retaining wall I didn't know they had put in! Ended up getting cellulitis in my arm from the injury I sustained in that fall! It was just like a cartoon of Wiley Coyotee... One minute I was running on ground then suddenly I was running on mid-air for a minute before plummeting to the ground! Same thing this time... I was walking along on one of those curb things they have in a parking lot and then when I went to step off my foot hit the sewer drain below it, rolled my ankle sideways and with a flailing of arms down I went! Jenna couldn't help laughing about it!
But the simply best thing about this weekend is that I became an Auntie for the first time! I can't tell you how excited I am about that! I feel really sorry for my sister-in-law as the labor process encountered several complications and she is sooo worn out! She is a trooper though and I am so proud of her! Its so cute to see her with my nephew! She just looks the perfect picture of a little Momma! My brother is no less perfect in his sweetly trying to guard and help her while being so gentle and comfortable with the baby. He was doing these crazy lunge things the other night to help quite the baby down and help him get rid of some gas! It was mildly humorous and quite endearing at the same time! They really are going to be/are great parents!
My nephew is a perfect combination of the two of them. When I fist saw him I could immediately see both of their faces reflected in his miniature countenance. Of course once you look at him long enough, you don't see it anymore, but at first it was really evident. He's not the cutest baby that I've ever seen (and before you crucify me for being a bad auntie) let me just say... That I think he's almost more handsome! He looks like a little man! It'll be interesting to see if he keeps the same appearance as he gets older. I, for one, don't think I look much like my little girl or baby pictures as all, but you know how some people look the same all the way growing up? Yeah, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Anyway, I'm excited! Although I think in some regards its almost like I've been an Aunt before because my youngest sibling is 15 years younger than me... But then again its not really the same. Its a lot of responsibility to have a little tyke looking up to you.(Though it'll be a while before that happens for real). But still, one can never be too good of an example for the younger generation in one's life! Did I mention that I love the little guy? Yeah, I do! I even almost told my boyfriend he had competition for my heart. I can sit and just look at his picture for the longest time! I can't wait until I can really get to know him and learn to love him more!
Well, I gotta go check on my laundry now... Yet Auntie Jo had to be responsible and do stupid stuff like laundry... Lol!
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