I'm totally one of those people.
I love to have things going on and scheduled. When I open up the calendar app on my phone, seeing little dots on dates makes me feel quite important.
You can imagine how thrilled I have been these last couple of months and how much I'm looking forward to the months ahead.
We can officially say “We get married this month!” (WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!)
Samma has Kindergarten Round-up this coming week and in two weeks, Logan will be walking into his new classroom at his new school! (We got a lot of great advice and are starting him in April so he makes some friends before summer vacation)
House Construction: Phase One is in full swing, Joe's house is covered in sawdust and little bits of sheetrock. He is very handy and we are doing what we can ourselves.
It is our lofty goal that all four kids have their own bedrooms the week after Easter!
Joe is rocking his new job and is crazy busy with that... My job has been awesome and busy--Can you believe I've been here almost a year???
In a few weeks, we will have Sam in soccer on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Logan in baseball on Mondays and Wednesdays and Samma and Max playing on the same soccer team... Also Mondays and Wednesdays. Oh--and there will be about a month in there where Samma also has dance on Wednesday nights--scheduling glitch involving Dots not being placed on my calendar. Long story.
I am just so ... Happy.
And, with our lives going a million miles an hour .... I am Content.
I get to marry one of the most amazing men in the world.
We are getting married outside (weather permitting) with just our parents, siblings and kids in attendance. Nothing fancy. It's just for "us."
And that is so perfect.
The plan was also to have a reception in July. I was beyond excited about this. We put a hefty deposit down on a fabulous location in Minneapolis. We were making plans (read: Pinteresting) and (Joe was) making spreadsheets.
We were talking bands vs. DJ's, cupcakes vs. an actual cake and figuring out the logistics of Open bar for X Amount of time vs. Free wine and beer all night.
Not that these are not important things to be discussing...
But we came to the conclusion that they really paled in comparison to the real issues at hand:
Making sure this move-in, re-arrangement and adjustment is as smooth and wonderful as possible for those four little stinkers.
That is Job 1.
And it has been going incredibly well.
We do not want to ever drop the ball where they are concerned.
We are also, of course, moving The Blondes and me out of our house, putting an insane amount of both our stuff in storage (Anybody need... Anything?? Because we have two of absolutely everything. Seriously. Let us know what you want.) And we will begin our major summer construction project shortly.
SO, we made the tough decision to not do a reception right now.
I know.
Was I looking forward to partying the night away with some awesome and supportive people? Oh yes. Was I eager to show off my dance moves with my super sexy hubby? Uh huh.
I'll be honest, I am "mourning" the loss of the amazing vision I was cooking up in my head.
But when I brought up the possibility of maybe... not having this on our plate this summer... We were both relieved.
So, all y'all, consider yourselves officially Uninvited to the most amazing celebration that never was and know how absolutely thrilled we are with the incredible support we have received.
We will, at some point, celebrate this wonderful union with everyone.
Whether we have a big anniversary party or simply fly around the world until we have partied with each and every one of you, danced the night away and bought you appetizers and cocktails for an evening, we will celebrate with our loved ones.
But for now, we are going to put everything we have into our life Together:
Our marriage and our family, our house and this Next Chapter.
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