We have our garden boxes done and in place. Admittedly, I had very little to do with this. Unless you count keeping the children out of the way while Hubby worked on the boxes. Which really, that can be quite the task! Especially with a baby. Try keeping two toddlers inside the house while Daddy is outside sawing or painting or doing other things with power tools. So, okay, this is definitely a success for me! I shared a couple pictures of the early stages of the garden boxes in THIS POST. Here's the rest of the pictures:
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| Painting the concrete board |
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| Finally in place, dirt sitting by ready to go in. I did help with placement, which took many tries. And those boxes are much heavier than they look!! |
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| Dirt in and seeds planted. I wasn't home for this part, Hubby and the boys did all this together. Silas and I went shopping. |
#2
As of this week I have now been back to work for three months. This also means that I have been successfully pumping for three months! With as much of a struggle as breastfeeding was in the beginning and how much I was not enjoying it, I really, truly thought that we wouldn't continue once I returned to work. But we did. Twice a day every day I leave my office (or I leave a meeting early or interrupt a conversation with a coworker or student or stop doing something right in the middle or ... something), and I walk to a different building to pump milk. And I've been doing that twice a day, every day for three full months now. I never thought I'd last this long. And Baby Silas is doing great!! Isn't he cute?
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| Almost 6 months old!! |
#3
I took a walk on Monday! I finally did what I have been saying I want to do. Monday after dinner and some play time, Hubby took the twins up to do baths and I stuck Silas into the ring sling and we went for a walk. I think I managed to walk about 30-35 minutes. It felt great and Silas got a little snooze in as well. I had a little baseball cap for him that he looked sooooooooooo cute in. Oh my goodness, this boy! I got back home just after the boys had had their evening snack and read some books and Hubby was getting ready to get them upstairs to bed.So far, that's only one day this week, but it's a 100% improvement over last week and the week before that and the week before that and ... well, you get the idea.
Bonus #4
I have finally completed my application to start the process of becoming a Benedictine Oblate through the St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. I've have been praying about this for several months now and have had the application sitting on my desk since March. I finally got it filled out and am handing it over today to be mailed off with several others. Thus starts a new journey! I haven't mentioned this previously and I don't know how much I'll share about it on the blog (at least initially). Eventually I may share a few things, but we'll see how things go. The process to become an Oblate takes at least a year, possibly longer if you're juggling a young family at the same time. Prayers appreciated!
What are your small successes this week? We're all sharing over at CatholicMom.com.
Congratulations on your successes! Especially #3. I did my Secular Franciscan formation when I had 2 young kids; I was pregnant with Little Brother at profession. So I know how that goes. You have my prayers and encouragement! My Franciscan fraternity was so supportive of me doing this while my kids were still young. I'm sure you'll find the same to be true at your Benedictine Oblate group (is there a special name for Benedictine groups?)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Barb! I actually don't know if there is a particular name for a Benedictine group. Not yet anyway. There isn't yet an official group in my area, but there is a small group of us that are all starting together. So we're starting from nothing, all together. And actually we all have young kids, so we'll all be in the same boat! That should help and we'll be able to support each other along the way. Thank you for the prayers and encouragement!!!
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