Time Away

For the third consecutive year, Luke's employer has sent him to a week long conference.

Two years ago Micah and I joined Luke in Atlanta for a week in May. It was kind of a crazy week, but Micah and I had a lot of fun. Levi joined our family just two months later.

Last year the conference was in Orlando. Levi wasn't quite a year old, and my parents kept him for some fun bonding time while Micah and I joined Luke. We did a day of Disney and Micah and I had fun doing Disney things, movies and had lots of pool time!

This year the conference is in New Orleans. Luke and I haven't had time alone (aside from surgeries) since Micah was born, so this year we left the boys with my sister and brother-in-law so we could get away and really enjoy each other in a place neither of us has visited before. We left them yesterday after church and headed down. The timing of this trip couldn't be better as we're diving back into the sea of adoption paperwork and paper chasing and even without that needed some time alone. We're having a great time. The food is great. The city is beautiful. The quiet during the day while Luke is in conference is refreshing and relaxing. Today I slept in. I took a LONG shower. I had an amazing lunch alone. I watched TV (we don't have cable, so this was a double treat as I never watch TV during the day nor do I ever get to see anything on cable). And tonight Luke and I had a great dinner and walked around the city a bit.

I'm looking forward to the rest of this trip as I'll be enjoying more of the city with some adoption mama friends and Luke's co-worker's wife who I met last year. Looking forward to spending more time with Luke without distractions. And I'm eager to eat more yummy food and playing tourist. I'm excited for the rest of the week and not wishing the time to pass at all.

Before you think I'm terrible, I do miss my boys. In fact, I was just missing them a bit and looking through some pictures taken over the past couple of months that I haven't shared yet here or on FB, so I thought I'd share them with you.

I do miss them. And when this week is over, I'll be ready to dive right back into full-time motherhood and ready to continue on the path to my girls. And I can't wait. Yet I can and will wait. And I intended to enjoy every single second away from the boys enjoying the alone time I so often wish for. Thankful for this second honeymoon and time of rejuvenation.

My sweet boys

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