I love it here!

Well, I just gotta say, I LOVE HOME!  I miss Lance so much, but tonight as I sat and listened to the rain fall and sat in the hearth room, sharing a chair with LJ, I couldn't help but appreciate where I was.  LJ is really starting to get comfortable, and that just adds to my joy of being home.

We had a good day -- just one accident with the potty, and lots of fun outside and in.  We even went back to the pool, and we were so tired.  I actually took a nap, too, and it felt SO good.  I slept harder than I ever do at night.  LJ and I ate at Zoe's kitchen for dinner, (he loved the grilled chicken), then went to Publix before the rain came.  I really do love it here - I don't know if it's the familiar surroundings or what, but there's just something about home.

Tonight, our friends Erik and Rachael came by for dessert.  We joked about how we never thought in college that ten years down the road we'd find so much joy in watching a toddler swing a bat.  I never thought I would, and he's mine.  They were overjoyed watching him, and he's not even their's!  My, how times change.  I guess we are growing up!  Rachael just finished the last task in her Master's course today, so it was cause for celebration.  It was a one-year condensed Degree, and I'm sure she was very happy to finish that final presentation.  She's got a job already, so this last assignment was all that kept her from being a full-time employee in the football office here at U of A.  They are lucky to have her!

Tomorrow night, my friend Tasha and her family may spend the night. Regardless, we plan to go to the pool all day Saturday and have dinner before they leave that night.  On Sunday, my mom is bringing the girls, (Kacy and Tomy) and we are going to pack all day Sunday and much of Monday with fun before they have to head out.  Lance arrives Thursday morning and will stay until Friday morning...only a week till we see him.  After he leaves, we have ten days before heading back to Baltimore for the last five weeks of the season.  The baseball season really is VERY long.  Five weeks sounds like nothing, but it's already been going on since the beginning of April...not to mention February's Spring training!

Ahhh, sorry I'm rambling.  I am trying to finish up quickly so that I can go listen to the rain and finish my last sips of lavender tea before heading to bed.  I am SO thankful to have  this home...not so much the foundation, but the place it holds in my heart.  

I hope you have a place that you feel that way about!  Goodnight!

Love,

Jamie