Sundays...

Well, 99.9% of the time I love being a "pastors" wife (TJ is technically a pastor even though he is a worship pastor). But Sunday mornings sometimes I don't like it. Sundays just tend to be a little hard on me, but not too much to handle. TJ typically leaves around 6:45AM and I try and get up around 7:45-8AM and at least take a shower before the kids wake up. The first thing I don't like is that I never get to go to church with my husband. I miss that kind of... having a non stressful Sunday morning would be so nice. Getting to church is not really an issue because we go to the 10:30AM service (if there was a later service I would go to it... I am NOT a morning person!). Problem is that Anderson usually naps at 10:30AM so he basically misses his morning nap. So here comes the hard part.... TJ has to stay at church to help tear down and lock up because we are meeting in a gym. I have to come home with two VERY HUNGRY kids, one of which is VERY overtired.

So it is just mass chaos for about an hour as I attempt to nurse Anderson while Karoline is fussing because she wants her lunch, Anderson won't let me put him down while I make her lunch... So I make a PB&J and cut an avocado one handed, then Anderson is screaming for his sweet potatoes... Whisper follows me around looking for food and he is HUGE... Karoline gets avocado all over the place (because between Karoline fussing and Anderson screaming I forgot to put on her bib)... While finally feeding Anderson he hits the spoon and sends the sweet potato flying, I knock down the sweet potato bowl trying to get the paper towel to clean it up... so it is on the rug while Whisper is running over to "clean" it up for me, and then Anderson keeps screaming while I get more. Karoline wants fruit RIGHT AWAY while I can't get it for her because if I get up Anderson will start screaming again!! The chaos keeps going and going until finally both of them are in bed.... then TJ walks in the door!!! I lay down on the sofa and breath! It is very short term but is my most stressful part of my week.... That being said, I cannot complain really! If that is as bad as it gets I really should not complain. It is NOTHING compared to what my friends have to go through, I know! But there are many Sundays where I just wish my mom was around to come help me... She is coming TUESDAY!! YEAH!!!!

I also miss going out to eat after church... Since TJ does not get home until after 1PM we never get to go to Sunday lunch as a family. I always LOVED doing this as a family when I was younger and I wish we could. I hope that maybe the Lord will bless us with a permanent facility soon so we can start this tradition in our family. Enough of my pointless rambling... PICTURES!
EDITED TO ADD... The PERKS of being a pastors wife totally outway the issues of Sunday morning! I LOVE BEING IN THE MINISTRY! I could name a million things I LOVE about being in the ministry! Maybe I'll blog about that one day :)

It is very common for Karoline to wake up and her hair look like a birds nest!!! I just had to take some pictures this morning... her hair can be a little difficult to tame!



Yes, she HAD to wear her "spy" glasses today to church with her new beautiful watermelon smocked dress! And YES, she wore them the entire time she was at church... inside and out! But at least they matched!!

Anderson up on all 4's... he has been doing this a lot lately!!

Karoline was going in for a kiss...

Anderson's 5 month picture in his chair... GiGi and PopPop call this his prison outfit!

Karoline LOVES her pop up tent, she calls "yellow house", that she got from her third set of grandparents, Judy and Eddie (Natalie's parents).... It was a little cold outside so we played inside...


My living room is too small or the toys are too big... OR both!! :)