Us

 So today I've been playing with pictures to hang up in our newly painted and super cleaned kitchen and I came across this one of Rob and I from Christmas. The girls get a lot of attention in our blog and lives, mostly because they are that way and they have to, ut also because it's easy. It's easy for family to ask after them instead of us, it's easy to talk about the girls instead of ourselves, it's easy to let them fill our lives in the day to day stuff of parenting, especially when there is another little one on the way. But, in all the days of trying to raise our kids to be decent people, and keep the house clean, pay bills, and be good family and friends, there is still Rob and I.
If I took the time I could fill in a lot of space about what is happening with Rob or with myself or us together. Our day to day lives, what's new with us, what we hope to get done this month, and our hopes for the future. It easily seems like no one cares, but they easily care about when Quinn got her haircut last (yesterday). And since I don't have all day, I'm only going to take 10 minutes to share about us, just us. It may not be as intersting as what Avrie did at rest time today, or what time Quinn woke up, but it is still valuable and important and thankfully very relevant to our relationship as a couple. It's amazing to think that we will be married 7 yrs in May.
So what's new with us? Rob and I are currently in super spring cleaning mode, or maybe I am and he is along for the ride. I have a 3 page list (ok small pages, but still...) of things I want done by Thursday at 5pm. Why then? Because then our small group friends drop their kids off and chaos insues and by the time we get home and get to bed my brother and his family will be well on there way here. I can not contain my excitement most days about being able to see them, especially my brother whom we have not seen for over a year. I just want things to be good for them to hang out and relax and just enjoy being a family.
While they are here Rob and I will go for our "Big" ultrasound. The one where they check everything out with the baby and find the major organs, etc. And we will find out if this little one doing the tango inside of me is a boy or a girl. Neither of us truly care either way, but if you ask Rob what he secretly, slightly, kind of hopes for, I think he'd tell you a boy. I wish I could decide and give that to him, but God has already decided and we could wait until the birth and of course it won't change, but it'll be nice to know ahead of time to prepare. I'm having an awful time with names right now and I think it will help to know if I can concentrate on boy names or girl names. I'm trying to enjoy this time around as much as possible because as far as we are concerned this is our last, but there are times I'm going about my day that I completely forget I'm pregnant. yes I have a bit of a belly, but nothing to truly boast about, and I am through the nausea and for the most part smells don't send me to the bathroom. I know this will change soon, when the summer heat hits, and I'm back to being tired all the time, but for now, I'm just getting stuff done.
Rob for his part is working like crazy all the time, in charge of a camp committee, and doing his best to stay connected to God and his bible study guys. He wakes up way too early on Fridays and goes to hang out and talk with these guys and I just wish I had half the motivation he does. It's amazing and inspiring. He has been amazing in general while I've dealt with not being able to cook dinner and just not having the energy to clean house as much as I wish I had. Rob is the type of guy that does stuff that needs to be done even if he doesn't want to and I love that. He might do 20 other things along the way, but he still gets stuff done. He also is one of the leaders for the 3-5 yr olds bible story time at church. And it's not just sit and read time, it is silly songs and interative stories. I love how excited the kids get at church when they see him (and how excited he gets about doing things). It's fun that kids love how silly he is, because that is one of the things I love most about him too.
So I could keep going and going, but there are 2 1/2 pages of stuff to get done yet. I've barely began to touch on us, but I do know I am so thankful for Rob and that there is an us to celebrate.