One hump down, 2 billion more to go

Recently, I’m starting to have the feeling of “We did it!” We got over a hump. And by hump I mean crossing over to the place where the kids can play, do a few more things on their own, tag along with us as we do things like run, bike, and even swim. This week, we went swimming at the Y and Dave and I took turns doing laps while the other swam with the kids in the kid pool. Another day we went to the Wissahickon, I went running, while Dave and Zac rode one bike and Tyler rode his own bike.

Dave has been gone all week and I didn't have the anxiety that I use to get when he had to go on a trip. Other than Zac having to visit urgent care for an infected bite of some sort things were good. My Mom took Tyler for a few days and Zac and I had some time together. Zac had no idea what to do without his brother around and it broke my heart. For the first day he must have asked "Where's Tyler?" about 20 times. They both had tears leaving each other. Gah, they make me melt.

There will be a kazillion more humps in our life I know that, but I take one at a time, like this pebble, and celebrate the small victories as they come. So here’s to life starting to feel like a little more like life…you know what I mean? Here’s to a few more hot, full meals in my belly (in turn this might mean a little extra fluffiness on my end), a little more running back and forth between houses with friends, a few more relaxing moments and maybe a little swing in that hammock with my sweet tea by the end of summer…we’ll have wait and see :) It’s all good...even if this new stage of life means they drop to the floor and wrestle over something like a blueberry :)