Two Homes

Last week the kids and I drove down to Oklahoma and stayed there for a whopping 6 days!! I did everything from getting my hair done, a day of shopping with my best friend, a zoo trip with my mom and the kids, dinner with my other bestie who is the cutest pregnant gal around, a photo shoot with possibly the cutest family ever, picked up the hubs from the airport, planned and co-hosted a babyshower for the cute preggo bestie, a birthday party for my mom, and ended the weekend with a fun night of watching the Killing and enjoying pizza, wine, and sherbert Oreo's with my parents, Josh, brother and sister in law, and their friend Blake. Hoooly smokes I crammed a ton into those 6 days but man oh man was it amazing. I had such a fun time and it was definitely non stop all week.

My mom is what you would call NOT a morning person. This gal loves to sleep or lay in bed until 9ish. She is basically baffled at the fact I volunteer to wake up at 5:30 to go to the gym. It is just not something she can comprehend. Needless to say that when we are in town her morning begins much earlier. My kids wake up around 7-7:30 and we head right on down for bananas. Basically Paxton will practically die if he doesn't get his banana in his belly right away! She also has 4 dogs so between them barking and my kids being kids she's up around 7:30. Six days in a row of that seemed to pay a toll on her but we appreciate the hospitality and the fun and the yuuuuummmy food we had while we were there! How I lost 2 pounds while not working out and eating my heart out will baffle me forever but hey, I'll take it!! It was probably water weight from all the freaking humidity there.

Although I just hate being away from Josh I kind of love missing him and him missing me. There is just something endearing about the feeling of truly being sad to be apart from someone and the excitement you get when you are reunited. Anxiously awaiting him to come through the doors at the airport and to be wrapped up in his arms was just oh so wonderful and ever since then I feel like I love him more than ever. We were texting each other yesterday as he was on his way home and grabbing some dinner that it is crazy but when we go to Oklahoma it feels a little different than it did before. We have such a fun time when we are there but we are always ready to come home to Kansas. Kansas has really become our home and our comfort place and we really do love it here. I love our house more than anything, I love the community and all of the great festivals and festivities that go on during the weekend. I love the farmers market and all the fabulous restaurants we have around us and that it is not that far for us to have some seriously good food on the Missouri side (plus you can buy wine at Trader Joe's on the MO side! Woot Woot!!) I love the thought that when the kids start Kindergarden I can just walk up two blocks to drop them off and pick them up from school. I love our babysitter so much and am going to be heartbroken when she goes off to college. And I love the growing friendship we are having with our next door neighbors. It's the best!! Mostly I just love that I actually stepped out of my comfort zone with Josh to come here grow our family for now. I mean honestly as long as I am with Josh and the kids anywhere can be called home. But for now, this is the perfect place for us to be. You're kind of wonderful Kansas Ctiy =).