About 2 weeks ago we got quite the surprise when on Monday John sent me a text saying he was heading to Brazil the next day! Now earlier in March we knew there was a chance that John might go to Brazil in April but, the Friday before he found out he was going, he was told he wouldn't be going till June. So yeah it came as quite the surprise when they said "back your bags you are out of here tomorrow."' Luckily, we had a reward ticket on Southwest (I can't say enough about how much I love having Southwest credit card, but I won't go off on that) and my sister Sarah has a very flexible schedule this semester, so we were able to fly her down for basically the whole week and a half that John was gone. I don't think I physically could have done it without her help. Not pregnant it would have been hard, but doable without live-in help, but at 35-36 weeks pregnant going it alone just wasn't an option.
The kids absolutely loved having Sarah here. She has much more energy and mobility than I do and Netta loved having someone she could climb all over. It also worked out well for Sarah, because her and her husband both got into grad school at University of Texas and she was able to meet with her advisor, apply for some jobs and even meet up with a high school friend who lives in Louisiana. Not to shabby. One of the things we did was head to the neighborhood park. You would think I could do this a lot by myself, but my kids still kind of scare me on big playgrounds and my reaction time just isn't that fast. I am glad we went though, because little did I know, our park is basically a hug field of blue bonnets, which make for excellent pictures.
Sadly, this is the only picture I got of Sarah. I guess at least we have some proof she was here.
I love this picture because it says so much about how goofy EZ is. I plane flew overhead and he had to plug his ears, but Netta didn't even flinch. It seems to be this new thing he is going through where he has to plug his ears if there is something even slightly loud around him.
As I said in the last post, EZ loves baking and we finally got to make the sugar cookies I had planned on doing Easter weekend. Netta kills me because she never ate a single cookie. All she would do was pick the sprinkles out of the icing and eat them. So eventually I just started giving her sprinkles on a plate so she wouldn't make such a mess.
The kids were sooo excited when John came home. Of course he came with gifts, which added to the excitement level. EZ and Netta loved their presents and actually a favorite of both of them is this Hello Kittie backpack. On Saturday EZ insisted on dressing himself and wearing the backpack all day. He never ceases to crack me up.
It was hard having John gone, but it was a blast having Sarah here, so all and all things worked out pretty well. Any other aunts who want to win over the kiddies better step up their game, cause Aunt Sarah is definitely the fave right now.
3 comments:
wow- sounds like everything worked out perfectly. I think I would have been very anxious if my husband went out of town at 36 weeks pregnant. So glad your sister could step in. Sounds like you took it in stride.
The picture of EZ covering his ears and Netta not even acknowledging the plane is too funny!
Aunties are the best! I agree, it is so nice to have family to help with little ones. I say this and I only have one! Heaven help me when there are more. . . :-)
Oh man, your kids have gotten so big! Netta is beautiful! I was hoping to check your blog and see a post about Baby Brown:) I'll be crossing my fingers for you this next week or so.
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