that I don’t have any pictures ready for this post, because there has been an overwhelming amount of cuteness around me this week! I’ve been hanging out with my sister in law and brother in law who are visiting from New Jersey with their twin boys. My sister in law and brother in law who live in town have come to hang out with their 2 boys and newborn girl as well!
It’s been quite a fun week, and will soon come to an end. I will admit, it’s been bittersweet for me too, because I feel so bad for having fun with Knut’s family, and he can’t be there. He stops in for meals, but that’s about it. The weather has been gorgeous this week, which required Knut and his dad to finish planting the soy beans instead of hanging out with all of us. O the life of a farmer!
Yesterday we went to a small zoo, and it was so so much fun. The kids did really well, but melted down pretty quickly after we got back for lunch. Today Silje’s at school, Elias is once again taking a morning nap, and David is kicking his basketball around the basement.
My brother in law, Lars, is graduating from high school tonight, the event that has brought together so much family from across the country. Knut’s dad will go, of course, but Knut may have to stay on the farm to enable that, and for that, it’s bittersweet as well. Still, who knows what will be decided last minute. I think it’s been kinda hard on him this week.
Not only that, but they’ve been working around the clock to get the beans in before the forcasted rain this weekend. Last night Knut got home at 11pm, and headed back out to work at 3am…the usual 4 hour sleep allotment during the busy times. It’s been like that most of the week, and he’s running on fumes and hanging on for Sunday. I love that they take Sunday’s off no matter what. It gives a consistent rest to look forward to. They’re one of the few farms around here that still do that. Honestly, I don’t know how he or our family for that matter, would survive without them during the busy seasons!
I’ve been slacking on the housework big time as I’ve been gone, and when I’ve been home I’ve been working frantically on finishing up the twin’s diapers before they leave. The pocket diapers are basically done. The inserts are not, and may need to be mailed with them. They’re pretty bulky though, because I’m making the inserts in multiple sizes, so maybe they’ll want them mailed anyway. This project I was attempting to get done a few weeks ago, but I’ve not been feeling well, so my sewing has kind of taken the back burner. At the very most, I’ve only been able to handle a fraction of sewing time a day that I normally have done.
On the up side, I’m at 10 weeks, which means that this nausea and fatigue will soon be lifted. I hope! I’ve gotten my garden finally planted, and am adding some flowers to the front flower bed here very soon. The tomatoes and peppers still need to be moved from the pots to garden, but there’s still plenty of time for that.
So with the first trimester soon behind me, and planting season coming to a close possibly this week, things are looking up on the horizon! My mom is coming next week for a super short visit, and I need to catch up on all the things that should have been done this week but haven’t. I think when Knut actually spends time at home again, he may like it a bit cleaner than it is now!
There are so many things I want to blog about too, that I don’t have time to quite yet. From some of our homeschooling ideas, to plans for the birth of our next child. There is so much going on and Knut and I have been having so much fun planning and researching, and we have been blessed with being on the same page for so many of these decisions. It gives such a peace to be like-minded on a decision! Well actually, no decisions have been made, but plans are being made. Subtle difference. The planning process for anything is so much fun with dreaming and thinking and talking!
So as Knut finishes this marathon of a week, I’d like to ask for prayers for endurance for him and the other guys on the farm. We’re praying that all of it gets done before the rain too, so that there will not be lingering worries, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Pray I can somehow manage to prioritize what needs to get done as each day seems to have 5 days worth of work in them lately. Well, that’s maybe an exaggeration. Each day has more like 3 days worth of work in them. Still, I can quickly become overwhelmed and just sit down out of confusion in what I should do first! We can all relax in knowing, though, that Sunday is not that far away!
Rachel Womelsduff Gough says
May 21, 2010 at 6:43 pmI love that you all take Sundays off no matter what. It’s so uncommon and so important. I’m praying that planting gets finished successfully, and that you are able to feel like you’re getting things accomplished. I feel the same way when I have a lot to do: What do I do first?! Just do what you can and don’t feel guilty about the rest. Hope you feel better soon.
missy says
February 2, 2011 at 8:50 pmI too am glad to hear that you priorize Sundays…farms will take all the hours you will give them, especially during the busy seasons. We don’t have that balance here, Dave works 7 days a week, year round. It seems better these days than before though, he’s so much better at being present with us all when he is home, no matter how exhausted.